Saint Louis MO

ST. LOUIS – At least 77 fire hydrants across St. Louis have been damaged after being stripped of their brass attachment points. Firefighters have developed a temporary device to ensure crews can still access water during emergencies while city repairs continue. The damage was discovered on a Friday morning...

The troubled Senate Square apartment complex in Benton Park—made up of 30 rowhouses in the northern part of the St. Louis neighborhood—is up for auction next month after its out-of-state owners defaulted on its mortgage. The properties will “sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash”...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A debris-related vehicle crash Thursday morning caused eastbound Interstate 44 at Interstate 64 to close before reopening again. MoDOT said the crash happened around 8 a.m. and that the road was closed. Police said that the person who called the crash in said that his vehicle was struck

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - MetroLink will begin testing single-car trains this Saturday, a pilot program that is drawing concerns from some local rider advocates over accessibility and safety. The initial phase starts with one single-car train operating on both the red and blue lines. For riders who...

A man who admitted to distributing cocaine in St. Louis for a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison. Jose Luis Mata-Cedillo, 40, pleaded guilty in June to four felony counts: conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, illegal

A former St. Louis tax preparer was sentenced Wednesday to 56 months in federal prison for preparing false tax returns and was ordered to repay $270,793. U.S. District Judge Joshua M. Divine sentenced Latasha L. Frison, 39, following her conviction on 16 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentatio

Opening a business in downtown St. Louis and its surrounding neighborhoods is tricky. Some people are going to celebrate the move, of course. But the downtown doomsayers also come out in force and point to recent closings, like last month’s loss of Ozzy’s Market in Downtown West after less than a year or even the shutt

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police responded to multiple shooting scenes Wednesday night into Thursday morning in the St. Louis area. The first incident took place around 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Florissant area. The Florissant Police Department said officers responded to a crash near Parker Road and Waterford. Upo

The alleged haul included a Chevelle SS 454, vintage race cars, an Indy car and 20 Bultaco motorcycles

Antar Shafer knew there had to be others like him. A longtime workout enthusiast and athlete, he didn’t fit many people’s image of a typical cannabis user. Yet he had a feeling that there was an untapped community like him that existed in both spaces. “I have been...