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FLORISSANT, Mo. — It's been a busy couple of days for dispensaries across Missouri. Sunday wrapped up the first full weekend of recreational marijuana sales. An amendment allowing for recreational sales in Missouri passed in November 2022, which paved a way for dispensaries to open across our area. Several...

ST. LOUIS — "What can we really do?" asked Bob Swan. "This is kind of strange," said Russ Geminn. Strange or not, the big, suspected spy balloon from China is now moving across the United States, and it has captivated the world. It's also captured the attention of balloon...

PARK HILLS, Mo. — This Valentine's Day is going to be one to remember for hundreds of Missouri seniors living in long-term care facilities. Residents will be getting a special gift that'll last a lifetime. Roses for Residents is an initiative based in Park Hills, Missouri. The project started...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A man is dead after a Saturday double shooting in East St. Louis. According to Illinois State Police, the shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. in a vehicle at the intersection of 18th Street and Old Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis. 2 people...

DES PERES, Mo. — A tiny home intended to help Habitat for Humanity raise funds was stolen Saturday morning. It was found Saturday evening, a Des Peres official said. Surveillance footage shows what appears to be an SUV back up to the tiny home's trailer hitch before the home was towed away, Harper Zielonko with Habitat for Humanity St. Louis said.

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the fatal shooting of a man Saturday. Police said officers responded to a shooting near the intersection of S. Broadway and Bates Street at about 3:20 p.m. Saturday. There, they found a 2-vehicle crash, where the 36-year-old driver of a Pontiac Grand Prix was found unconscious and not breathing from a gunshot to the neck.

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Protesters gathered in downtown Belleville on Saturday calling for change and justice in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death. Nichols was beaten to death by a group of Memphis police officers almost a month ago. Six police officers were fired for their roles in the beating...

FENTON, Mo. — A local U.S. Army veteran will be celebrating his 100th birthday with friends, family and the VA St. Louis Health Care System. John Trenholm, a St. Louis area resident, will celebrate his milestone birthday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at Olde Towne Donuts in Fenton. Trenholm is known to employees because of his regular order of 18 Maple-Bacon long johns.

ST. LOUIS — We have some sad news to share. Former KSDK reporter and anchor Chris Condon has died. Condon joined the station, then known as KSD-TV, in 1961, after working as a television news anchor at KVOO-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and at WDAF in Kansas City. During his...

ALTON, Ill. — There are two motorcycle enthusiasts in Alton, Illinois, who are looking to put the local chopper scene in the national spotlight, and they are letting their imaginations flow. “Whatever comes in my mind that day,” Chris Dvorchak said. Dvorchak and Drew Huddleston are taking those...

ST. LOUIS — The wait for America's oldest operating brewing company to arrive in St. Louis is almost over. Yuengling is expanding its selling market to three new states, including Missouri, starting in 2023. Yeungling draft beer will be available on Feb. 6, but won't hit store shelves for another month, according to a spokeswoman for Dierbergs.

ST. LOUIS — A juvenile was fatally shot in the face Sunday evening in St. Louis, police investigators said. The fatal shooting happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. in the 800 block of O'Fallon Street, three blocks north of the Dome at America's Center in the city's Columbus Square neighborhood.

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Public Schools has selected its new superintendent. The St. Louis Board of Education announced on Wednesday that it has appointed Dr. Keisha Scarlett as the next superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools. She will officially step into the role on July 1. Scarlett was...

ST. LOUIS — A suspect has been charged in the killings of a 60-year-man and a 3-year-old girl earlier this week in St. Louis. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office on Saturday charged Henry Hughes, 55, of St. Louis with two counts of first-degree murder, armed criminal action, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a dangerous felon.

FLORISSANT, Mo. — The Florissant Valley Fire Protection District is hosting its first female fire camp this spring. 'Fire Up St. Louis' is a hands-on experience for women thinking about becoming a firefighter or paramedic. The idea came from Kate Freshman. She's been a firefighter for the last four...

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says in the month of January, there were 691 reported incidents of motor vehicle theft compared to 311 during the same time period in 2022. 5 On Your Side learned there are two types of cars that thieves are targeting...

WATERLOO, Ill. — After more than an hour of drawing numbers in the Queen of Hearts game in Waterloo, Illinois, a 61-year-old man from Red Bud, Illinois, is taking home nearly $2 million. The winning card number on the board was 28. Thousands of people from all over came...

ST. LOUIS — An unknown caller threatened to shoot up three LGBTQ bars in The Grove in St. Louis over the weekend. Rehab, Just John and PRISM STL all received disturbing calls between Saturday night and Sunday morning from someone threatening to harm staff and their patrons and shoot up the establishments.

BRIDGETON, Mo. — The fight to clean up radioactive waste left over from the Manhattan Project in Bridgeton has reached a milestone. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) set a start date to clean up the site for March 2024. "We're not done fighting until we have an...

ST. LOUIS — Two St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers were shot in Soulard Thursday night, and now city officials say our city needs more to prevent guns on our streets. “This is not a battle with a victory line in place," said Jared Boyd, chief of staff to...