71-year-old charged in City Justice Center escape
A 71-year-old St. Louis man has been charged after another man recently escaped from the City Justice Center.
SWAT responding to ‘active incident’ in south city
SWAT officers are responding to an incident in the City of St. Louis Tuesday afternoon.
Near collision at St. Louis Lambert
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - An Air Canada flight was stopped at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Tuesday, just seconds before another plane landed on the runway it was headed for. No one was hurt. First Alert 4 Investigates obtained audio from air traffic control showing the...
Belleville Soldier Missing Since 1950 Set to Return Home for Burial
Private First Class John Robert Stovall vanished during the Korean War in July 1950, and for decades his remains sat unidentified, his fate unknown to the family and community he left behind in East St. Louis, Illinois. Now, more than seven decades later, he is finally coming home. Stovall is scheduled to be laid to rest with full military honors on October 29 at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Belleville, and Flagman's Mission Continues is asking the public to help send him off.
Belleville to spend $4.1 million to reduce lanes, add bike paths on West Main
Belleville City Council voted Monday night to accept the low bid of $4.1 million and hire Hank’s Excavating & Landscaping to restructure a large section of West Main Street. The project will reduce the number of vehicle lanes from five to three between 28th and 49th streets. The reduction, called a road diet, is designed to slow traffic and improve safety. “It’s an effort to curtail an endless supply of speeding concerns and to bring back a community feel,” said Jason Poole, director of public w
Early voting begins Tuesday across Missouri
ST. LOUIS – Early voting in Missouri begins Tuesday across the state, including in the St. Louis area. No-excuse absentee voting allows Missouri voters to cast ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election without having to provide a specific reason for voting early. This election cycle, St. Louis County election officials said the county […]
These Illinois and St. Louis area burgers recently named among nation’s best
An Illinois burger restaurant and one in the St. Louis area serve some of the best burgers in the nation, according to one recent analysis. The Oct. 8 report by restaurant review publication The Infatuation, “ The Best Burgers In America ,” reported Smash Jibarito in Chicago and Balkan Treat Box in Webster Groves, Mo., among the 21 best places to grab burgers in the U.S. The analysis, which did not numerically rank the restaurants, lauded Smash Jibarito for its Puerto Rican and Chicago-style fus
Missouri loses a historic 78-year-old grocery store
A Missouri grocery store that had been part of St. Louis’s Central West End since 1948 closed on September 25, ending a 78-year run at the same neighborhood address. While…
A Former Radiologist Is Building an Online Archive of Lost St. Louis Restaurants —...
Harley Hammerman created Lost Tables, an archival collection of former restaurants of St. Louis featuring family histories, menus and more
Missouri Winter 2026-27: St. Louis and 17.5-Inch Snow History
From St. Louis to Kansas City, El Niño patterns offer no guarantee against winter storms through March.

















