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SIHF Healthcare has received state approval to build a new $231 million hospital to replace Touchette Regional Hospital in Cahokia Heights. The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve the project, SIHF announced in a news release. The board is charged with keeping health care c

Timothy Ray Johnson of St. Louis passed away unexpectedly at his home on July 8, 2026, at the age of 50. He was born on May 23, 1976, in Farmington, Missouri, the son of Charles “Dick” Johnson Sr. and Donna (Holdman) Johnson. Timmy graduated from Farmington High School in 1994. He was a veteran who proudly served his c

CASEYVILLE, Ill. (First Alert 4) - A crash has closed a portion of southbound Interstate 255 in the Metro East. The lanes of the interstate were closed near Illinois Route 162 shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car. It is unknown when the interstate will reopen to traffic.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The St. Louis County Pet Adoption Center in Olivette is waiving adoption fees through Friday as the shelter continues to face overcrowding. Hours have also been extended, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., as the shelter works to open up space. Officials declared the situation an emergency event.

The smoke came down out of Canada last week. It turned the skies in Chicago and throughout the Midwest the color of dishwater. Then it kept coming south, until it drifted over a field across the river from St. Louis where the largest city north of what is now Mexico once stood.

All lanes of eastbound I-70 are temporarily closed near Salisbury Street in St. Louis due to a crash involving a semi-truck.

ST. LOUIS — A task force of public education and civic leaders met on Tuesday to address issues facing public districts across the St. Louis region. Normandy Schools Collaborative is one of many districts hurting. Task force leaders said the district is facing a downgrade in accreditation in January 2027. That means it

An awards banquet honoring officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department took an unexpected turn when a young boy called out from the crowd to celebrate his father.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A woman says she has spent more than a week trying to get a leaking bathroom ceiling and a hole repaired at her sister’s apartment at Etzel Place Apartments, located along Etzel Avenue and Plymouth Avenue in St. Louis’s West End neighborhood.

Check out this week's restaurant inspections from the health department.