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St. Louis man arrested in Scott City after police locate AR-15 pistol
SCOTT CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - A St. Louis man was arrested after Scott City police located an AR-15 pistol. According to the Scott City Police Department, officers were dispatched to a residence in Scott City around 8:19 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14. This was for a report of an armed man refusing to leave.
Rainfall is way up in St. Louis this year, here's what that means for the region
ST. LOUIS — It has been increasingly wetter over the last few weeks, with some rivers swelling, localized flash flooding and plenty of nuisance rain. While some of this has been an issue, it has been largely beneficial in ending our drought region-wide. To no one's surprise, we have...
St. Louis City reveals plans to repave and redesign Kingshighway
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The city of St. Louis revealed the first of several repaving and redesign projects as part of the $46 million traffic safety improvement plan funded by COVID relief money. The first part of the project is Kingshighway. The City released the plan for...
Experts: Cicada noise is uncomfortable but not harmful to hearing
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Cicadas are beginning to emerge all across the bi-state, and even if you haven’t seen the shells they leave behind, you’ve almost certainly heard them. Well, all that noise has some worried whether those insect’s racket can actually damage your hearing....
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...
'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...
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...
Central West End shopping plaza deals with car break-ins, double shooting days apart
ST. LOUIS — A shopping plaza in the city's Central West End neighborhood is dealing with back-to-back crimes in just over a week span. Late Wednesday night, gym goers picked up shattered glass outside of Planet Fitness in the Lindell Marketplace shopping plaza. That's where four cars were broken...
University buys former grocery store site in Lafayette Square for $4M
ST. LOUIS — A university with multiple campuses has purchased a former grocery store site near Lafayette Square for $4 million. A.T. Still University, a health sciences university and medical school based in Kirksville, purchased 1500 Lafayette Ave., the site of one of the locations of local chain Fields Foods, which shut down last year, in January, according to sales data from Reonomy. The seller was St. Louis Food Hub LLC, which is organized by Chris Goodson, the owner of Fields Foods.
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