St. Clair County chief public defender says office is overloaded with cases

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 (KMOV) - Whether it be recreational weed or Medicaid expansion, Missouri voters have bypassed the legislature and put laws into the constitution with a simple majority. But a joint resolution that passed the Missouri House of Representatives this week and is headed to the Missouri Senate would require 60 percent of voters to approve initiative petitions.

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) - For the second time in three months, tornado sirens went off by accident in St. Louis County. The sirens went off around 7:00 a.m. Friday. St. Louis County police tell News 4 that someone accidentally activated the sirens. The sirens also went off by mistake...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - The Missouri Department of Revenue is upping car dealer fees. According to the Post Dispatch, car dealers can charge a $500 maximum fee. That price will increase by $65. It is meant to reflect increases in the consumer price index. The original fee of $200 was...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Dispensaries across the St. Louis region are gearing up for what likely could be a very busy weekend for the first ever sales of recreational, adult-use cannabis in the state. According to the Missouri Department of Health, the Division of Cannabis Regulation will begin approving...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Missouri dispensaries were scrambling Thursday when they found out they could start selling for non-medical use as early as Friday. They all initially expected that would not happen until Monday. State regulators made the announcement Thursday afternoon. By Friday morning, several dispensaries went live with...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A truck drove off after hitting a pedestrian, killing him, Thursday night in St. Louis County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that William Woolford, 47, was struck and killed shortly after 9 p.m. on Midland Blvd. at Goodale Ave. The agency described the vehicle that hit him as a full-size black pickup truck.

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 bill circulating in the Missouri State Legislature would ban any city or county from charging people to park on the street. That means all on-street parking meters would be gone in the state, or at least unenforceable. Ketan Patel was plugging his meter on Thursday,...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV) – St. Louis County police are asking for help identifying a man sought in connection with a car theft. The theft reportedly occurred on Jan. 6 in the 6000 block of Lemay Ferry Road. According to police, the suspect then used the stolen debit cards in south St. Louis County. The stolen vehicle was later recovered.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) --- A new website to help Missouri veterans and their families is online now. Governor Mike Parson announced the website launch on Thursday. The site is focused on preventing suicide and offers resources for the military community and those who want to support them. It also offers free online military culture and suicide prevention training programs.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A Spire worker was hit when a chase ended in a crash in South City Wednesday morning. St. Louis County police tell News 4 one of their officers was chasing the Suburban when it hit a Spire worker and crashed near the intersection of Gravois and Christy.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A 2015 Honda CRV that was stolen from a residence in Glendale was recovered 1,000 miles away in Laredo, Texas, where a transport driver attempted to cross the border into Mexico, according to Glendale police. The vehicle was owned by Andrew Wendell, who said, “Certainly...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) is the number one cause of death in babies aged 29 days to 1 year old. In the St. Louis area and throughout Missouri, the rates are even higher. In today’s Living Well, we talk to a doctor about the...