Proposed County budget slashes jobs and closes pools
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page wants to balance his final budget with about $66M in one-time money, most of it from the Rams settlement.
Granite City man gets 4 years in prison after plea in Wood River battery...
37-year-old Granite City man sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty
UPDATE: Stray emaciated dog found safety on kind woman’s porch
An emaciated and injured dog found safety on a woman’s porch in a St. Louis suburb late last week. The kind homeowner reached out to Stray Rescue of St. Louis for help. On the way back to the clinic, rescuers named him Victor E. His skin looked awful; likely he had been suffering from a skin disease characterized by oo
St. Louis mayor says city ‘doing everything we can’ to silence train horns
As frustrations mount over the return of train horns in St. Louis, Mayor Cara Spencer says the city is "doing everything we can" in an effort to restore its quiet zones.
St. Louis prosecutors decline to charge officer in teen’s shooting death
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office says it will not pursue criminal charges against a police officer who fatally shot a teenager two years ago.
St. Louis beer blends to try at home
Six years ago, I wrote a story about mixing beer. Not beer cocktails or beer with lemonade or soda. Two perfectly good beers, pouring them into the same glass and seeing whether they could become something that neither brewery actually made. The idea started during a conversation at Schlafly’s Cabin...
With its expansion, the Beckwood press facility in St. Louis will grow from 56,000...
Since 1976, Beckwood has engineered and manufactured press systems in the United States for manufacturers across a wide range of industries and applications. Beckwood’s St. Louis headquarters and manufacturing facility has expanded from 56,000 to 92,000 sq. ft. — a 64% increase in total space and a 40% increase in dedi
Police investigate overnight homicide on Hamilton Avenue
Police investigate overnight homicide on Hamilton Avenue.
The tornado sparked a housing crisis in north St. Louis. It’s set to get...
Nearly a year and a half after a tornado ripped through the north and west sides of St. Louis, recovery work is slowly creeping along in the area. But the city’s head of tornado recovery efforts says an ongoing housing crisis in the area still could get worse. The...
2nd person pleads guilty in shooting death of Colin Brown
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A second person has pleaded guilty in the shooting death of Colin Brown. Diamond M. Baucom pleaded guilty in a St. Louis City courtroom on Thursday to second-degree murder, first-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and three counts of armed criminal action.
