Area Drivers Encouraged to Make Their Move to Metro in March
Free Monthly Transit Pass Allows Commuters to Test-Drive MetroLink and MetroBus through Citizens for Modern Transit Campaign. Area commuters looking to save money, reduce stress and rethink their daily drive are encouraged to give transit a try as part of “Make Your Move to Metro.” This Citizens for Modern Transit...
Chance of winter weather increasing for this weekend in West-Central Illinois
To be the bearer of bad news, after reaching 70 degrees on Friday, there's an increasing chance for winter weather to end the weekend in Illinois. Here's what is currently expected.
BJC Healthcare reveals employee pay changes
BJC Healthcare announced a new compensation structure that it says would maintain or increase pay for 72% of its employees, but the health system did not immediately clarify impacts on the remaining 28% of its workforce.
This Week Now in St. Louis and Missouri: Kansas City News: Streetcar Expansion, Violence,...
Top Stories in St. Louis and Missouri: This Week Now. Here’s The Top News headlines in St. Louis, KC and Missouri this week. Kansas City is making headlines with efforts to address violence, expand public transit, and solve a decades-old cold case. These stories reflect the city’s ongoing challenges and progress in...
Berkeley Police Major Steve Runge on reopening Shemika Cosey’s case
Berkeley Police Major Steve Runge told First Alert 4 that the case has been reopened and is being reviewed with updated investigative resources.
Madison County grand jury indicts St. Louis man on gun, drug charges
During a search, police found about 100 fentanyl capsules.
Chances are you probably know someone who’s been sick with the flu recently
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Doctors told First Alert 4 they’re seeing a rising number of flu cases in the St. Louis area. At Total Access Urgent Care in Chesterfield, Dr. Mollie Spire said that right now, every 1 out of 3 people who walk in their doors to test for the flu are positive. She said they haven’t...
When birds meet glass, the St. Louis Audubon Society is counting
For the last six years, the BirdSafe program incubated by the St. Louis Audubon Society has documented a deadly toll in St. Louis: bird collisions. With the Mississippi River flyway bringing flocks of birds through St. Louis during seasonal migrations, the region’s central corridor witnesses hundreds of birds dying...
Man accused of holding woman, son hostage in Metro East
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (First Alert 4) - A man is accused of holding a woman and her son hostage for several days in the Metro East. Johnny Turner Jr. was charged in connection with a standoff that happened Monday on Jerome Lane. Police said they were tipped off when the...
Man involved in large-scale Kohl’s Cash scam sentenced to prison
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis man has been sentenced to prison for a scam involving $300,000 worth of Kohl’s Cash. Marshall Lampkin, 36, was given 87 months in prison and ordered to repay $301,713 as well as forfeit items that have been recovered. During evidence and testimony provided...
