2 new cases added to Missouri’s list of missing children for 2026
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), there are five missing children from Missouri, for 2026 as of February 23. Two new cases were added this month.
Lawyers and judges face ‘legal morass’ in lawsuits against St. Louis police
Around 70 lawsuits against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department face delays and confusion amid a yearlong legal battle between lawyers for the state and the City of St. Louis. The situation has entangled several notable cases of wrongful convictions and false arrests, including those of Lamar Johnson, Mansur...
SLU speech-pathologist leads effort to add speech impairment alert to state IDs
In the middle of 2020, Christine Rose, a speech-language pathologist at Saint Louis University, met the mother of one of her young clients, Jamie Saunders. Saunders’ daughter is a person who stutters, and when she turned 14 years old, Saunders began to worry about what would happen when her daughter turned 16 and...
St. Louis stylist Kelsey Miller is in the spotlight after Alysa Liu’s platinum turn
America cheered Alysa Liu’s gold medal winning performance in Milan last week—but perhaps no American more than Kelsey Miller. The St. Louis-based stylist spent five hours perfecting Liu’s halo hair at her downtown salon on Jan. 8. Now that Liu has gone gold, the whole world has been calling, including Allure,...
Hundreds of students sign petition protesting SLU’s removal of beloved social work professor
Hundreds of Saint Louis University community members signed an online petition in hopes of reinstating social work professor Laurie Brockhaus, whose position is set to be terminated due to budget cuts. Laurie Brockhaus joined SLU’s School of Social Work as a full-time faculty member at the start of the 2024-25...
St. Louis activates Code Blue through Tuesday
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The City of St. Louis is expanding emergency shelter capacity as temperatures drop below 25 degrees, opening an additional 450 beds Sunday on top of the standard 400. Walk-up shelters are open across the city — north, central and south — including Peter...
Customs and Border Protection removed from career fair following student protest
On Feb. 3, Saint Louis University students successfully prevented U.S. Customs and Border Protection from attending and recruiting at a career fair event scheduled for March 4 in the Busch Student Center. USCBP is an agency under the Department of Homeland Security that holds the authority to detain and question...
Ex-girlfriend charged in killing of former fire chief, juvenile
A Ferguson woman is charged with the shooting deaths of a former Berkeley fire chief and a juvenile girl over the weekend.
New Men’s Bible Study in Collinsville
Men who are looking to get more in touch with their faith can now attend a Bible Study on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 9-10 AM at Bert's Chuckwagon, 101 E. Main St. in Collinsville (enter through Verona Coffee in the front). Participants should bring their own Bible (any version) for this...
Circuit Attorney’s Citizens Academy accepting applications
Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore said increasing public understanding of his office could help strengthen its relationship with St. Louis residents. The Circuit Attorney’s Office is accepting applications for the spring session of its Citizens Academy through March 9. The program follows last year’s inaugural class. The...

















