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Bethalto group plans Memorial Day service
The Bethalto Memorial Day activities will consist of the traditional ceremony at Rose Lawn Memory Gardens but not a parade. The parade has been an off-and-on proposition for the last several years, at first due to pandemic concerns, but organizers are focusing on a simple service at the cemetery. Tim...
Troy Family Dental is the only dental practice with YOMI technology in the area!
Yomi is the first and only FDA-cleared robotic system for dental surgery. This technology is at Troy Family Dental in Illinois; they are the only practice in Illinois with this robotic system. Yomi allows dental implants to be perfectly placed, cutting down on invasive procedures and allowing for quicker recovery times. Yomi allows for same-day implant surgery and rest-assures the doctor is always in control of the instrumentation. Remember, Troy Family Dental is in Illinois, just 20 minutes away from any bridge!
For 25 years, a south St. Louis County hospice house offers patients alternative for end-of-life care
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - For the last three weeks, 102-year-old Maxine Blaine has called room 13 at the de Greeff Hospice House home. “The rooms are pleasant; the people are wonderful. The food is good,” Blaine said. Blaine has pancreatic cancer. She said she felt quite...
K9 Unit leads successful drug bust: fentanyl, cocaine, and illegal marijuana seized in operation, LEO says
NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. — Southwest Missouri authorities stop a vehicle resulting in a large drug haul. According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Will Weiser and his K9 Loki assisted in a search of a vehicle travelling from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to St. Louis, Missouri. The department says...
Stormy end to the work week; warmer for the weekend
Rain and storms are back in our forecast. Scattered showers and non-severe storms around Thursday morning. Behind the morning rain, we could see isolated strong to severe storms this afternoon and early evening, bringing heavy rain, strong wind gusts, and hail. Highs Thursday in the low to mid 70s.
Missing money and memories: Auctioneer accused of scamming grieving families
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The death of a loved one can be a terrible time, but a number of local people say it was prime time for them to be scammed by a business promising to help in their time of grief. A local auctioneer is accused...
Police investigate fatal Wood River apartment shooting
WOOD RIVER, Ill. — Police are investigating a death at the Thompson St. Apartments in Wood River, Illinois. On May 16, 2024, just before midnight, several people called 911 about a gunshot and a person down in the parking lot at 133 Thompson St. Police from multiple nearby departments came to help. When they got […]
Suspect in church kidnapping and assault breaks silence
ST. LOUIS — Talk to 28-year-old Grace Kipendo and he'll tell you he's a caring husband from Arnold. He and his wife are expecting their first child. Ten years ago, the Second Lieutenant in the Army emigrated from the Republic of Congo to the United States with big dreams.
Man sentenced in St. Louis County taxi driver's murder in 2022
HAZELWOOD, Mo. — A man was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison for fatally shooting a taxi driver during an April 2022 robbery in Hazelwood. Trishawn Jones is one of four teens who pleaded guilty in the robbery of Dewight Price, 54. Jones and Tywon Harris, both 20,...
'It's eerie when you have to sit in a room with the person who murdered your husband': St. Louis police widow reacts to verdict, new heartache
ST. LOUIS — The first thing you see when you walk into the home where the Bohannon family now lives is a shrine to its patriarch. It houses a collection of police mementos, photos and other memorabilia donated to fallen St. Louis Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon’s family. He...
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