Heat prompts MoBOT to cancel Whitaker Music Festival
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The dangerous heat has prompted the Missouri Botanical Garden to cancel Wednesday night’s Whitaker Music Festival. The Whitaker Music Festival is a concert every Wednesday night at the garden. The garden posted on social media that due to the excessive heat, the...
The St. Louis besties behind Pleated Boutique want to be your personal stylists
With a shared belief that a stylish outfit can help anyone take on the world, best friends Lisa Rose and Angela Trokey launched Pleated Boutique in St. Louis in September 2017. “We kept hearing women say, ‘I have a closet full of clothes and nothing to wear,’ and we knew we could fix that,” Rose laughs.
Gravois ‘quick construction’ additions hopes to create safer route
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - There is new action to improve safety along Gravois Avenue. Crosswalks, bump outs and medians are a few of the new features being added along the route in the city. “What goes through my head is it’s a long time coming,” said Ben...
A community searches for answers
A week after 7-month-old Kiyomi Parker was fatally shot inside a North St. Louis home, her mother isn’t asking people to choose sides. She’s asking them to pray. “I want others to pray for my family,” 19-year-old Janyla Parker told KSDK. “Pray for her father’s family as well.”
As BreakThru Beverage strike heads into 9th week, bars feel the pressure
Even as a brutal heat wave rages on this week, the striking workers at St. Louis’ BreakThru Beverage show no sign of stopping. The strike at one of St. Louis’ largest wholesale alcohol distributorships is nearing its ninth week, with more than 100 workers participating. A large inflatable Scabby the Rat and an assortme
Bosnian fans in St. Louis shift support to Team USA after loss
ST. LOUIS – Fans cheering for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the World Cup were disappointed over their team’s loss to the US Men’s National Soccer Team. St. Louis is home to the largest population of Bosnians outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina. “It’s like you got two nations...
Octogenerian accused of terrorizing St. Louis Hills says he’s an all right guy
Roland Clubb says he never expected to spend his eighties in court. In the past few years he’s faced an assault charge for trying to run over a maintenance worker at St. Raphael the Archangel Church, a civil suit for assault for allegedly brandishing a gun at a tenant and attempting to run over a neighbor, and a crimin
Syberg’s marks 50 years by celebrating family, wings, and St. Louis
When the Sybergs go to work, they’re not camped out in an office or studying spreadsheets. They’re unloading a delivery truck, greeting regulars, checking in with cooks, or pitching in to help wherever needed. It’s a philosophy that’s guided the family-owned restaurant group for five decades.
St. Louis schools seek to recover $270K from former superintendent over alleged misuse of...
St. Louis Public Schools is seeking to recover money from former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett, alleging in a counterclaim that she misused district funds, bypassed board approval for contracts and salary increases, and hired employees who were not qualified for top administrative posts. The district made the allegati
11-year-old boy, charged in St. Louis infant’s shooting death, placed in state care
ST. LOUIS – An 11-year-old boy, charged in the shooting death of an infant girl last week in north St. Louis, will be placed in a state facility for mental health treatment. On Wednesday, the Missouri Juvenile Courts ordered for the boy to be placed into the custody of the Missouri Children’s Division, where he will be
