The ‘audacity to not give up’ fuels a St. Louis couple’s fight to recover...
Johnel Langerston Sr. was hundreds of miles away in Kentucky with his daughter when his phone rang the afternoon of May 16. It was his wife, La Tasha Langerston. “[There was a] panic in her voice describing the scene,” he said. La Tasha Langerston was on her way to...
Ferguson city council holds special meeting over obscene gesture
FERGUSON, Mo. – Before Tuesday night’s regular council meeting, the Ferguson City Council held a special meeting to discuss an incident involving a council member. Councilman David Williams was recorded on camera displaying an obscene gesture during last month’s council meeting in response to a citizen’s behavior....
St. Louis drug case nets 27 years for leader, 16 years for lieutenant
A St. Louis man who oversaw a large drug trafficking network responsible for moving hundreds of pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine into the region has been sentenced to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday ordered 51-year-old Stephen Griffin Jr. to serve 27 years. The sentence included...
Man sentenced for 2023 Dutchtown gas station murder
A St. Louis man appeared in court Monday and admitted shooting and killing a man outside a Dutchtown gas station in 2023.
Vehicle crashes into two buildings in Affton, triggers gas leak
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – No injuries were reported Tuesday evening after a vehicle struck two buildings in Affton, causing heavy damage and a gas leak. The crash happened Tuesday evening along Laclede Station Road in Affton. According to the Affton Fire Protection District, the first building that was struck sustained...
St. Louis Police Seeking Suspect After Shots Fired at Wells-Goodfellow Store
Police are on the lookout for a male suspect involved in a shooting at a Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood store last week. The incident took place last Wednesday morning. Officers received a call at approximately 9:40 a.m. regarding shots fired at the local Price Chopper store, located on the 2700 block of Goodfellow,...
Inside West County Center Mall in St. Louis MO Where Retail Still Thrives
On February 20, 1969, the West County Center opened in Des Peres, Missouri, developed by May Co.'s CenterMark Properties, featuring 563,600 square feet of enclosed retail space. The site had been home to the Manchester Drive-In, remembered for its Easter sunrise services, until Famous-Barr and JCPenney took over as...
Firefighters responding to large fire next to I-64 in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Fire Department is responding to a large fire Wednesday morning in St. Louis. According to the fire department, the first-alarm fire is from an abandoned two-story brick warehouse near S. Vandeventer Avenue and Market Street. The building used to be JJ’s Clubhouse, directly next to the...
Two rare Amur leopard cubs born at Saint Louis Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoo is celebrating the birth of two Amur leopard cubs, one of the most critically endangered big cats in the world.
Cahokia: The Ancient City in Illinois Bigger Than London (And With More Corn)
Imagine a sprawling city, its grand earthen pyramids looming above the flat floodplain, bustling with thousands of people, and fields of golden corn stretching as far as the eye can see. It’s not in Egypt or Mexico, but right in the heart of what is now Illinois. Centuries before Columbus ever set sail, Cahokia was...
