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ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- We’re a long way away from spring. But flowers are already in bloom at the Missouri Botanical Garden. News 4′s Steve Harris takes us inside the exhibit putting your mind in the spring mood.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Shattered glass and broken hearts for Tia Zanti and her family, the owners of Adriana’s on The Hill, after someone overnight busted out their restaurant’s front window. Family said it could be thousands of dollars worth of damages, as wood boards cover the...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - Another option has emerged in St. Louis for the homeless population to escape the cold. Grace House, a homeless shelter funded and run by the St. Patrick Center, opened its doors this week. This comes as temperatures are expected to be in the teens next week.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- A St. Louis jury ruled an insurance company must pay a homicide victim’s mother millions of dollars over a nightclub shooting in 2010. Orlando Willis was 16 when he was shot and killed outside Pulse Nightclub on North Broadway more than a decade ago. His mother, Latronya Adams, sued after her son’s death, claiming the club’s operators were negligent by inviting a minor to help set up for an adults-only event.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted to double their salary Friday. The final vote was 15 for, 8 against and 1 abstention. The plan would double the salary from about $36,000 to $72,000. It would go into effect in April, when the board shrinks from 28 members to 14. Alderpersons are expected to work 32 hours a week.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A 62-year-old woman was robbed and pistol-whipped just outside Forest Park Thursday afternoon, police tell News 4. The robbery happened around 3:45 p.m. on Lindell between DeBaliviere and Union. The woman was walking eastbound when the suspect approached her from behind and demanded he give him her purse. When she turned around, she noticed the suspect was pointing a gun at her.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A time-honored winter tradition in St. Louis. Plenty of people used the snow day to get outside and to Forest Park. Art Hill is the place to be on a snowy winter day like Wednesday. News 4′s Steve Harris took us sledding.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Overflowing recycling bins in a church parking lot in Mehlville are frustrating neighbors and parishioners at the Catholic church where it sits. The bins are supposed to be picked up weekly, but it’s been over a month since they’ve been picked up. “Well,...

EAST ST. LOUIS, Il. (KMOV) - The East St. Louis mayor and former police chief disagree over the departure of the city’s top cop. Earlier this week, Mayor Robert Eastern III said former police chief Kendall Perry retired after failing to attend a meeting regarding Perry’s performance as chief on January 17. On Friday, Perry said he missed the meeting because of class, and then was granted leave from his doctor because he was ill.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - News 4 viewers sent in their best photos from the snowfall that occurred on January 25, 2023. Submit your photo here to have it added to the slideshow.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A road in wildwood is getting a new name. The winding road, just off Wild Horse Creek Road, has been named Old Slave Road but will now be called Madison Valley. Residents of Old Slave Road petitioned city leaders to change the name back in...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The East St. Louis Chief of Police is being terminated, leaving the town searching for a new police chief. The chief, Kendall Perry, was told “insubordination” is the reason he is being let go. Perry was promoted to chief in May 2019. Sources...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- The City of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry is partnering with Forest Park Forever to add basketball courts to Forest Park. There will be four open houses around the city in the coming days and weeks for community input on the projects. The dates for the meetings are January 26, 31 and February 1, 2. All the meetings will go from 4-7 p.m.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The City of East St. Louis said former police chief Kendall Perry retired, contradicting reports stating Perry was fired. On Thursday, East St. Louis Mayor Robert Eastern III issued the following press release:. “East St. Louis Mayor Robert Eastern III recently announced that Police Chief...

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -- Auto repair centers and tow truck companies are becoming the latest victims of grand theft auto crimes across the Metro. “It’s gotten like the Wild Wild West out there,” says the owner of Union Weber Autocare, Mark Milles. “One police officer told me he arrested the same guy three times in an eight-week period.”

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – St. Louis police are investigating two separate homicides that occurred within an hour Tuesday in south St. Louis. One suspect was in custody as of Wednesday. Around 5:50 p.m., officers were called to the 3500 block of Minnesota after a man was shot in the...

JEFFERSON CITY (KMOV) -- Sweeping public safety legislation moving through Missouri’s governing body could change the way certain violent crime cases are handled in the City of St. Louis. “What happens in St. Louis and some of our more urban areas affect the entire state. It affects our economy....

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - A woman died in a morning fire in Fairview Heights. The St. Clair Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. told News 4 Nancy Perkins, 61, died in the fire while she was asleep in bed. She was wearing a medical bracelet that alerted Medstar Ambulance to respond.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The FBI reached out to NAACP chapters including the one is St. Louis on Friday. The briefing came ahead of the graphic video that showed deadly police brutality by Memphis police. Federal authorities alerted the organization of what to expect from the body camera footage and encouraged peaceful protesting.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Three teenagers were arrested for a number of burglaries in the St. Louis region. Officers with St. Louis County and St. Louis City said a stolen white Hyundai Sonata was used in a string of business burglaries that happened on December 6, 2022. Officers arrested two 16-year-old boys on burglary and stealing charges for hitting these businesses: