Saint Louis MO

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Two St. Louis City restaurants have announced closures. SOHA Bar and Grill in Clifton Heights announced their final day of business will be on Sept. 30. It opened on Hampton Avenue back in 2012. Ownership changed in 2024 to a group that operates...

Great Rivers Greenway held an open house last week showcasing proposed plans for a two-phase expansion of the Shady Creek Greenway in Webster Groves. More than three dozen residents attended the Sept. 10 open house to learn about the project and provide feedback. The first phase of the project will...

Crew and passengers of the 35 hot air balloons that launched during the Great Forest Park Balloon Race on Saturday landed safely, and are all accounted for, officials for the event reported. Curious observers in north St. Louis on Saturday evening came upon a handful of the balloons that had...

Fairmount Park in Collinsville has the state’s approval to expand its race schedule next year. The Illinois Racing Board voted this month for Fairmount to host 73 race days in 2027, compared to 57 this year. Fairmount Park is the last remaining thoroughbred track in Illinois. The Racing Board...

Linda Mitchell doesn’t judge a book by its cover. But after more than 1,000 home visits, St. Louis’ “Book Lady” learned that a family’s bookshelves can tell quite a story. During her years as a parent educator with St. Louis Public Schools, Mitchell began paying...

Tens of thousands of Catholics will fill the Dome at America’s Center for the upcoming beatification Mass for Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The service will bring the archbishop one step closer to sainthood.

In Missouri, 166 more people die each year of heat-related illnesses than are officially reported, according to an analysis by NPR and Boston University. As part of a joint investigation, the two-year project created a new statistical model that aims to address the difference between reported and actual heat-related de

A 2-year-old and a 12-year-old child were airlifted to St. Louis hospitals after several dogs running at large attacked them in Perryville, Missouri, Friday evening. Police and Mercy Ambulance responded to the 800 block of North Main Street at approximately 6:55 p.m. after the attack, and helicopters landed near the ho

For the 32nd year in a row, Des Peres residents will not pay property taxes. Aldermen on Sept. 14 introduced a bill to pass the 2026 tax levy, and there will be a public hearing on the rates at the board’s Sept. 28 meeting. There are 10 cities in...

The Brentwood Board of Aldermen on Sept. 21 will consider final passage of 2026 tax rates for the city, and residents are expected to see a significant drop in property taxes. At the currently proposed rates, residential tax rates in Brentwood will decrease by 61% because the city will not be assessing a library tax ra