Final approval for earlier Sunday liquor sales
A change in the liquor code that will allow for Sunday liquor sales to begin at 8am instead of the current 9am has been given final approval. The change comes as a local golf course has asked for the adjustment to better reflect start times in other municipalities. The only...
Alton shooting sends one to St. Louis hospital; police say parties knew each other
Police probe Locust Street shooting in Alton; officials say incident not random
Five admit to $2.2M St. Louis-area mail theft scheme
ST. LOUIS – Five people have now admitted to stealing mail from St. Louis-area collection boxes three years ago through an elaborate $2.2 million scheme. Roderick Orlandez Walker, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy, two counts of mail theft and one count of possession of stolen mail.
St. Louis-area nonprofit founder sentenced to 41 months in prison after admiting to student...
The founder and owner of a St. Louis area non-profit, intended to feed low-income families, has admitted to a $2.3 million student meal fraud. She was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in prison.
Shooter in murder-for-hire plot sentenced for killing Collinsville woman
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The man convicted of shooting and killing a Metro East woman in a murder-for-hire plot in 2025 will spend the rest of his life in prison. In March, 46-year-old Gary D. Johnson was found guilty on both counts of first-degree murder in the death of Portia Rowland outside a Collinsville home in January 2025. On Thursday, he...
CWE Taco Corner Heats Up With Wood-Fired Mexican Makeover
LaPez Mod Mex has taken over the former Session Taco corner in the Central West End, bringing the Tilford brothers’ polished, wood-fired spin on Mexican cooking to Euclid and McPherson. The menu leans into seafood and big flavors, with plates like duck confit taquitos and bacon-fat fried lobster tacos, while the room glows under perforated tin stars and a Day of the...
Kids’ Meal Money Heist: St. Louis Nonprofit Boss Gets 41 Months
A federal judge in downtown St. Louis on Thursday, April 23, 2026, sentenced Cymone Shanae McClellan to 41 months in federal prison after she admitted steering more than $2 million out of a state program that was supposed to feed low-income children. McClellan, who founded the Sisters of Lavender Rose nonprofit, was also ordered to forfeit houses and vehicles and to repay program...
Downtown St. Louis skyscraper’s windows shot out again
ST. LOUIS — Windows at a downtown St. Louis office tower have been shot out again, with six plywood coverings visible Thursday. It marks another such event at 701 Market St., long known as Peabody Plaza, the 15-story building just west of Kiener Plaza. The St. Louis Police Department...
Sonic The Hedgehog Speed Café coming to the Delmar Loop
Sonic The Hedgehog Speed Café, a pop-up eatery inspired by the iconic SEGA video game franchise, will open Friday at the Delmar Loop.
St. Louis man acquitted of murder, convicted of unlawful gun possession in party shooting
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A jury found a St. Louis man not guilty of murdering another man at a party, but found him guilty of illegally possessing a gun. Turley Smith, 32, was found not guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the death of Percy Bowman, 44, on March 15, 2025, according to the 22nd Judicial...
