Students are being turned away from schools in Cahokia Heights
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. – School started Monday, but many parents are saying the district still won’t say when their children can attend. It’s at the Cahokia Heights School District where parent Jada Spiller says there are hundreds of other children locked out. Spiller said, “This neighborhood alone,...
Defamation suit targets attorney Al Watkins, ex-wife
A St. Louis attorney is being sued by the executive chairman of a billion dollar critical minerals company after the attorney allegedly urged his ex-wife to make a “defamatory and outrageous” call to the executive’s Idaho housekeeper. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Idaho, is just...
CVPA High School employee in custody after gun found in bag on campus
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - An employee of the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School is in custody after a gun was found in their bag on school grounds on Thursday, officials said. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said that St. Louis Public Safety found the...
Update: Charges pending in Glen Carbon animal cruelty case
Police said all of the animals were removed and are receiving medical care in safe homes.
Firefighters battle flames at two adjacent East St. Louis homes
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (First Alert 4) - Firefighters are battling a large structure fire in East St. Louis. Herb Simmons with St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency said crews responded to the 500 block of North 22nd Street for a report of a house fire. First Alert 4 crews...
4 injured in Belleville dog attack
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (First Alert 4) - Three children and one adult were bitten by dogs during an incident Tuesday afternoon in Belleville. According to police, two dogs attacked four people in the 2800 block of Brookmeadow Drive around 3:40 p.m. A witness described the dogs as possibly German Shepherds. Three...
Man charged in Clayton shooting, fired shots at victim’s vehicle
One man has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting Thursday in Clayton, Missouri.
St. Louis man charged with murder after shooting man on porch, police say
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A St. Louis man faces a murder charge after police said he shot and killed a man on the victim’s porch in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. Walter Fowler, 29, faces charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of Dwayne Henderson-Murphy, 34, on Aug. 4,
Former St. Louis anchor pleads guilty in mother’s murder
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) — A former St. Louis news anchor has pleaded guilty in the murder of her mother. Angelynn Mock killed her 80-year-old mother, Anita Avers, last Halloween in south Wichita. She was charged with one count of first degree murder in the case. According to a probable...
A $600M Stadium Deal, Destructive Storms, and Massive Drug Busts Shake Kansas City: This...
Overview: Kansas City has committed $600 million toward a new downtown ballpark for the Kansas City Royals. Across the metro, recovery efforts continue following severe storms that ripped roofs off buildings, while federal courts finalized convictions for an armed robbery and major fentanyl trafficking. Major downtown

















