Saint Louis MO

A man who distributed large amounts of cocaine in St. Louis for a Mexican cartel was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison.

WEST ALTON, MO. - A 40-year-old Fairview Heights, Illinois, man died on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, after his SUV overturned and he was ejected on southbound U.S. 67 in St. Charles County, according to a crash report. The crash occurred at 4:20 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, north of...

The crash happened before dawn on U.S. 67 north of Riverlands Way.

22-year-old Cahokia man gets prison term after guilty plea in machine gun case

ALTON, Ill. (First Alert 4) - A statue stolen from an Alton church was scrapped shortly after being taken. The decades-old statue of St. Francis was stolen in mid-September from the Episcopal Parish of Alton. The church said the hammered copper statue was made by the artist Hillis Arnold. On...

Authorities have now arrested a man wanted in connection with 77 damaged fire hydrants in the City of St. Louis.

FERGUSON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A Ferguson man faces felony charges after police said he shot his brother following an argument in their home. Montel Blanks, 33, faces charges of first-degree assault with serious physical injury and armed criminal action after the shooting, according to court records. A probable...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man is facing 11 charges in connection with car break-ins that happened in Forest Park across the month of September. Jarvis Williams, 43, was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree property damage, four counts of second-degree burglary, one count of stealing a firearm,

Global coffee chain Starbucks recently closed three Missouri locations, including two in the St. Louis region.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Human remains were found inside a south St. Louis building on Thursday. Around 11:30 a.m., the St. Louis medical examiner was called to a building in the 3200 block of Indiana Ave. after human remains were found. Officers detained two people who were...