Spencer vows not to leave ‘money on the table’ as city hustles to spend...
The City of St. Louis has about 10 months to spend around $196 million—and if it doesn’t, the federal government can claw the money back. The money represents nearly 40 percent of the $498 million the city received as part of the American Rescue Plan Act four years ago. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer says her...
Laborers hold joint job actions at Doe Run demanding an end to intimidation against...
St. Louis – Laborers’ (LiUNA) locals 42, 660, 840, 829 and LiUNA Midwest organizers held a job action Feb. 11 at Doe Run corporate headquarters in St. Louis in support of Doe Run workers organizing with LiUNA Local 829 and demanding fair treatment, respect, and the right to form a union without intimidation at the...
Belleville Man Pleads Guilty to Assault at Gateway Arch
ST. LOUIS – A Belleville man admitted in federal court on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, to choking and assaulting a woman on the grounds of Gateway Arch National Park, according to a plea agreement detailing an incident that began during an argument in Belleville, Illinois, and ended on a service road in St. Louis.
St. Louis’ Crime Chime: Donald Eugene Fields II: FBI Brings Down a Most Wanted...
St. Louis’ Crime Chime – Weekly Whirlwind of Woes: FBI Nabs Donald Eugene Fields: Predator’s Reign Ends in Florida. On the FBI’s list, now infamous with blame. A predator’s reign that justice couldn’t ignore. From St. Louis streets to a Florida lane,. Fields thought...
3 injured, 1 critically, in south St. Louis house fire
ST. LOUIS — Three people were taken to the hospital after a house fire Thursday night in south St. Louis. The St. Louis Fire Department said at around 8:30 p.m., firefighters responded to the 4000 block of Magnolia Place for reports of people trapped on the second floor. By...
1 dead after SWAT, multiple police agencies respond to officer-involved shooting, barricaded subject in...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man is dead after multiple police agencies responded to a call for a barricade subject shooting at police early Friday. Reports came out around 3 a.m. on Friday for reports of a shooting at the 1600 block of Woodson Road in Overland.
5 St. Louis restaurant favorites of Schlafly Beer’s Jared Williamson
Schlafly Beer Head Brewer Jared Williamson – our podcast guest this week and one of our Ones to Watch stars in the February issue – may be one of the biggest beer experts in town, but he also knows good food. Below, he shares five of his favorite St. Louis spots.
Former injured STL officer undergoes partial leg amputation, hopes to inspire first responders
A line-of-duty injury nearly took his life. Four years later, a former St. Louis Metropolitan Police officer is faced with a new challenge.
Missing public documents raise questions on Riverview’s government, Mike Cornell’s authority
During First Alert 4’s multiple-month-long investigation into Riverview, missing public documents raised questions about whether the municipality followed procedure to become a city and whether Mike Cornell Jr. is legally its mayor.
St. Louis radio history gets added to the Library of Congress
Hours of historic St. Louis radio broadcasts are being added to the Library of Congress thanks to the work of Frank Absher, executive director of the St. Louis Media History Foundation. Absher says that the broadcasts accepted by the federal archive include such nuggets as the KMOX broadcast of the end of Prohibition...

















