Saint Louis MO

Affordable housing developers are speaking out, saying that rules passed by the City of St. Louis one year ago are making it almost impossible for them to build new housing. The culprit, Board Bill 155, was backed by labor unions and won unanimous passage at the Board of Aldermen last February. It requires that...

GRANITE CITY – Granite City High School’s speech team has qualified for the Illinois High School Association State Tournament, scheduled for Feb. 20-21, 2026, in Peoria, according to the Granite City School District #9. The district congratulated the team on its state qualification and highlighted individual and...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A condemned building in the Marine Villa neighborhood is being demolished after part of it collapsed onto a neighbor’s home in December, damaging the roof and caving into a teenage son’s bedroom. In December, First Alert 4 spoke with Karen Mitchell,...

GRANITE CITY – Madison County authorities recently charged a local man with firing an illegally possessed weapon in a Granite City neighborhood. Robert L. Fayne, 44, of East St. Louis, was charged on Feb. 13, 2026 with one count each of felon in possession of a weapon (a Class 2 felony) and reckless discharge of a...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - After the snow hit, several city neighborhoods, especially Tower Grove South, were awash after water mains failed due to the cold. Those have been fixed for now, but the City of St. Louis is working to make more repairs before these problems happen, and they need money to do it.

ST. LOUIS — Nine months ago, a generational tornado tore through north St. Louis, leaving a trail of collapsed brick and shattered lives. Today on Kensington Avenue, the skyline is still defined by boarded-up windows and homes you can see straight through. While workers in hard hats are still finally visible on...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - February is American Heart Month, drawing attention to heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. Heart disease sometimes develops during a lifetime and sometimes it’s inherited. John Carney, a radio host with the Big 550 KTRS who...

Here is the latest timing and possible threats for tomorrows thunderstorms in the Southern Illinois, Metro East region.

The owner of a Bridgeton, Missouri-based home health care company and three associates have been accused of fraudulently billing the Missouri Medicaid Program $1.46 million. A federal grand jury on Feb. 11, 2026, indicted Daniell Green, 48, of St. Charles; Dejuan Bingham, 51, of Florissant; Kimberly Diazascencio, 51;...

Roger Graddy has been disturbed recently by the number of plaques and tributes that have been missing.