Saint Louis MO

After Cahokia Heights residents found E. coli in their drinking water , those in the metro-east may be wondering what exactly the bacteria is and what kind of illnesses it can cause. E. coli is a group of bacteria that can cause infections in several parts of the body, including the gastrointestinal tract and urinary...

Cahokia Heights residents have found E. coli in their drinking water through community-organized testing of samples from kitchen taps. The results raise new questions about infrastructure in a community plagued by sewage spills and flooding. The findings contradict test results from the city’s two water providers —...

Midtown St. Louis business owners and nonprofits, tired of watching customers dodge craters and crumbling curbs, are rallying behind a plan for a local taxing district to finally fix their streets. They say chronic pavement damage and failing curbs are scaring off shoppers and hurting event turnout, and argue that a...

ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and a $50,000 fine Monday after admitting last fall to pandemic loan fraud. In September, Diehl entered a guilty plea to one count of wire fraud. He was accused of defrauding the U.S....

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - If you’re feeling the weight of carrying extra credit cards or other types of debt from month to month, you’re not alone. The Fed reports that household debt has hit a record $18.6 trillion and that defaults have been climbing. Along with that, the number of complaints being filed...

A Romanian national who crisscrossed the country pulling a cash-register con at Target stores is headed to federal prison. On Monday in St. Louis, a judge sentenced 39-year-old Bobi Covaciu to 21 months behind bars for a multi-state "sleight-of-hand" scam that prosecutors say stretched across at least 22 states and...

Shots fired once again. After what feels like years of comments about not touring and/or playing select dates, Zach Bryan kicked off his lengthy, 35+ show With Heaven On Tour over the weekend in St. Louis. Given the fact that he’s coming off his all-genre #1 album, With Heaven On Top back in January, fans were quite...

A MetroLink security officer is recovering after being attacked with a railroad spike downtown.

A woman who previously dated St. Louis Treasurer Adam Layne has for more than a year been using a city-issued hangtag that exempts vehicles from paying for parking meters and city-owned lots. The vehicle is driven by a woman who court records indicate shared an address with Layne last year...

ST. LOUIS — The city of St. Louis has officially resumed the booting and towing of vehicles with delinquent parking tickets, marking the return of an enforcement measure that has been dormant since 2018. The Treasurer’s Office confirmed the move this week following a period of heightened scrutiny regarding...