Saint Louis MO

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -A man was charged Friday with a fatal shooting that occurred in November. Marquise Louis Porter, 19, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. According to court records, St. Louis Metropolitan officers responded to a call at the...

An unidentified woman died this week after police found her in a north St. Louis alley, but authorities say it’s too soon to tell if her death was caused by cold exposure. Police found the woman Monday morning near the city’s Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood as temperatures dropped to near zero. She later died at a...

ST. LOUIS – A former official with a St. Louis-based non-profit circus on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, admitted embezzling over $123,000 from December 2022 through at least September 2023. George S. Pace, 63, of Ladue, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to four counts of wire...

Anwar Shands, 44, received a life sentence without the possibility of parole this Wednesday for the 2020 murder of his cousin, Mallam Amir Tifah, in St. Louis's Lewis Place neighborhood. Judge Lynne R. Perkins handed down the sentence after Shands's conviction in October 2025 on charges of first-degree murder and...

WOOD RIVER/GRANITE CITY – Local authorities have charged two men from Wood River and Granite City in separate felony cases of domestic battery. William K. Kampmann III, 37, of Wood River, was charged on Jan. 23, 2026 with one count each of aggravated domestic battery (a Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (a Class 4...

January ends with another restaurant closure. In a video post Friday night, Station No. 3 co-owner Natasha Kwan announced that the flagship restaurant, at 1956 Utah, would close at the end of business on January 31. The satellite location in Kirkwood (10463 Manchester) remains open, as do Frida’s/Bonito Bar and...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man is in the hospital after he was rescued from a burning building in St. Louis’s Dutchtown neighborhood overnight. The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. on Friday in the 3900 block of South Grand, which is the former Roosevelt Apartment building.

JENNINGS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Residents on Belridge Court say they haven’t seen a snow plow on their street since the weekend snowstorm, while other residential streets in the area have been cleared. Teresa Lowman, who lives on Belridge Court, said the unplowed conditions have disrupted daily life.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - An overnight pursuit initiated in Granite City ended with a crash in north St. Louis. According to police, Granite City officers initiated a pursuit around 2 a.m. for a wanted driver. It is unknown what crime the suspect committed at this time. Granite...

A local landmark in St. Louis is marking a milestone in 2026. Jefferson Barracks, is the oldest, operation U.S. military installation West of the Mississippi river.