Florissant family to lose home after atomic bomb waste found beneath properties
FLORISSANT, Mo. — Six families living side by side in a St. Louis County subdivision are being forced to permanently move. It all began when nuclear waste from the production of the atomic bomb in St. Louis was dumped in multiple sites. The material wasn't covered properly and the material was exposed to wind and...
Belleville man faces meth delivery, possession charges after traffic stop
Madison County traffic stop for no visible registration uncovers nearly 80 grams of meth
Man critically injured in overnight shooting in Midtown
A man was left in critical condition after an overnight shooting in St. Louis' Midtown neighborhood, and an investigation is ongoing.
Family buries son after jail death as concern grows that city could bury evidence
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The funeral for Samuel Hayes Jr. was held Thursday, just over a month after his death while in custody at the St. Louis City Justice Center. Hayes, 31, was placed in a restraint chair after a fight with another detainee. He was later found unresponsive and pronounced dead July 19.
What’s been buried under Forest Park for 100 years in an attempt to keep...
ST. LOUIS — The tunnel starts in University City and flows under Forest Park. At one point in St. Louis' history, the river contained in concrete was meandering and stream-like. Now, the River Des Peres can rage with wild abandon during a classic St. Louis storm. Sean Stone works...
Jury Rejects Stokes’ Self-Defense Defense in Deadly Altercation
EDWARDSVILLE — A Madison County jury on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, found Stanford Stokes, 44, of St. Louis, guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Jarred Hayes, 32, at a residence on Seventh Street in Alton on Nov. 7, 2023. The jury also convicted Stokes of home...
Menendez brothers’ parole hearings begin today
The Menendez brothers' parole hearings are set to begin Thursday morning, with each of the brothers having their own day in court. Annie Rose Ramos reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Aug. 21, 2025.
Pair abandoned dead man outside SLU hospital, took his car and tried to pawn...
ST. LOUIS — Two people are facing charges after police said they abandoned a man's body outside Saint Louis University Hospital and then kept his car and phone. Terrence Leon Clark, 46, and Billie Jean Claeys, 43, were both charged with corpse abandonment, stealing a motor vehicle and stealing $750 or more.
Witnesses say a truck dumped a box of puppies along I-55. Now, they’re all...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - More than a dozen puppies have a warm place to sleep tonight thanks to the quick thinking of a St. Louis couple who reported seeing something suspicious last Friday. According to the couple, a truck driving on I-55 near Arnold pulled over onto...
The rise, fall and symbolism of St. Louis’ most scrutinized public housing project
Driving into the Carr Square neighborhood along Jefferson Avenue toward Cass Avenue, if you stop and glance out the passenger-side window, you’ll see the former site of Pruitt-Igoe – a high-rise public housing project still synonymous with architectural failure and socioeconomic inequity. The 57-acre area is now...
