Former SLU teaching assistant pleads guilty to blackmailing student

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The FBI is now involved in the search for who is responsible for making threats to three LGBTQ businesses in the grove and the venue that was set to host a drag performer storytime. The co-owner of Prism said he had death threats made against...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A man has been arrested for killing a father and his 3-year-old daughter at their Pennsylvania Avenue apartment. According to police, 60-year-old, Tommy Williams and toddler, Octavia Williams were murdered on Thursday. Neighbors tell News 4 the pair had an inseparable bond. “She was a...

SULLIVAN, Mo. (KMOV) -- The suffering and sorrow of a grieving family are still so sharp, more than a year after a fatal crash on Interstate 44 in Franklin County. Vickie Wilson died, and her husband Ryan was severely injured. The woman accused of being drunk behind the wheel is Emily Hernandez. She is most notorious for being at the Capitol insurrection.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Today is National Women and Girls in Sports day. And there is a brand new non-profit offering a program to get women and girls of all ages more involved. News 4′s Steve Harris visited Dreamflight Theatricals at the Powerplex in Hazelwood.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Calls are growing for a fired East St. Louis public works director to be removed from the city’s school district board. East St. Louis Mayor Robert Eastern III told News 4 that public works director, Timothy Lockett Sr., was fired for signing off on certain contracts without seeking council approval. Eastern estimates that the contracts are worth around $250,000, dating to back to roughly 2021.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted moving across Missouri, and has been spotted by the Gateway Arch. Sightings of the balloon have been reported over Kansas City and Columbia earlier in the day. Gov. Parson referenced the balloon in a Tweet stating he...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The St. Louis rapper 30 Deep Grimeyy, also known as Arthur Pressley, has been sentenced to seven years and eight months in prison for gun charges. The 25-year-old rapper was caught in possession of a gun as a convicted felon and fake documents pertaining to the weapon.

MADISON COUNTY (KMOV) -The Madison County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced charges against a 55-year-old man in connection with a cold case in Pontoon Beach. Prosecutors say Roger Sutton is charged with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death in connection to the disappearance and death of East St. Louis resident Patrenia Butler-Turner. Investigators say she was 40 years old when she was last seen getting into a red pick-up truck on January 17, 2013. Sutton is accused of beating and strangling Butler-Turner and hiding her body in a wooded area of Pontoon Beach.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Black history throughout the United States is rich with achievements, and St. Louis is no exception to important events in Black history. Learn about St. Louis’ first Black lawyer, how ACTION members chained themselves to the Gateway Arch, and listen to Scott Joplin’s New Rag!

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- A suspect has been charged after two St. Louis Police officers were shot at 9th and Lafayette in the Soulard neighborhood Thursday night. Friday afternoon, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged 36-year-old Cortez Darrell Sipes with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action, two counts of resisting arrest and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm. Court documents state Sipes is a convicted felon.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - St. Louis University’s researched showed that cancer immunotherapy does not interfere with COVID-19 immunity in previously vaccinated patients. The university says this means it supposed recommending the vaccine for patients with cancer, even if they are receiving therapy. The lab studied T-Cell responses and antibody responses against COVID in vaccinated and unvaccinated patients receiving immunotherapy.

WENTZVILLE (KMOV) -- A St. Charles County family has a bit of relief thanks to great medical care, and a great mom. Doctors determined last January that 10-year-old Jaxson Dreiling had stage 4 chronic kidney disease. He would need a transplant. Late last summer, the family got some good news....

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- A toddler and a man were found dead in a south St. Louis home Thursday. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said Octavia Williams, 3, and Tommy Williams, 60, were found dead at the home in the 5100 block of Pennsylvania just around 4 p.m. The man had been shot but the girl had “no obvious signs of trauma,” according to authorities.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- Many things in our world have changed in the past 80 years. One thing that hasn’t changed is the friendship between a group of women right here in St. Louis. They went to kindergarten together in 1940 and have been together ever since. One of...

FLORISSANT, Mo. (KMOV) - Parents are calling out the Hazelwood School District for a lack of transparency and violating the rights of staff and students. “Quit playing games, quit hiding, and come and talk to us. We’re asking you. Answer us,” said parent, Pastor Michael Williams. Williams said...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - It’s been nearly a week since pastor Mike Coleman’s terrifying run in with two car thieves, caught on camera, in the parking lot of Carondelet Baptist Church. “I’ve talked to people I haven’t talked to in three or four decades that were like,...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - St. Louis officials today raised the red, black and green flag at City Hall, recognizing the start of Black History Month. St. Louis mayor Tishaura Jones said that teaching Black history is important because it is American history. Every year Black History Month has a...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Il. (KMOV) - The East St. Louis Public Works director was recently fired following questionable spending, according to the mayor. East St. Louis Mayor Robert Eastern III told News 4 that public works director, Timothy Lockett Sr., was fired for signing off on certain contracts without seeking council approval. Eastern estimates that contracts are worth around $250,000, dating to back to roughly 2021.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Dr. Keisha Scarlett has been named the new superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools, the district announced Wednesday. Scarlett has been the superintendent of academics for the Seattle Public School since 2021, and has worked for the district for 24 years. Scarlett will succeed...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Beyoncé is coming to St. Louis this summer, the artist announced Monday. Beyoncé will be performing at the Dome at America’s Center on Monday, August 21 as part of her Renaissance World Tour. The tour will start in Stockholm, Sweeden on May 10 and end at Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans on September 27.