Spencer addresses city’s response to snow removal
City crews have been responding nonstop for close to two days straight during this winter storm.
Man jumps from second floor to escape building fire Sunday night
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -A man jumped from a second-floor building to escape from a Sunday night fire in North City. The St. Louis Fire Department firefighters battled a fire at the 4000 block of Fair Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. According to Captain Garon Mosby, the man...
T-Mobile Approved For Hanley Station Location
The Brentwood Board of Aldermen unanimously approved the conditional use permit and site development plan for a T-Mobile store on the corner of Strassner Drive and S. Hanley Road at its Jan. 20 meeting. The store will occupy the former Twin Oaks Wood Fire Fare restaurant, and is located within...
8th Circuit tosses $158.8M verdict in Amtrak shooting case
ST. LOUIS — Amtrak was entitled to judgment as a matter of law in an action brought by the estate of a man shot and killed while riding the train, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on December 31, reversing a jury verdict and award of $158.8 million.
Blog: St. Louis closes ‘non-essential’ city operations Monday
ST. LOUIS — An Extreme Cold Warning is in place from midnight Monday morning through noon. Very cold air will settle in as skies clear after a fresh coating of snow. The National Weather Service says an Extreme Cold Warning is issued when extremely dangerous cold conditions or wind chill values are expected or...
51-Year-Old Woman Charged with First-Degree Murder in 2025 Hyde Park Homicide Case
A 51-year-old woman has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a man found in Hyde Park last year. The victim, subsequently identified as 52-year-old Christopher Lewis of St. Louis City, MO, was discovered with fatal gunshot wounds on July 27, 2025. In a recent development, the St. Louis City...
Man charged with killing woman found on Monday
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -A man has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of Lindsey Smith, 40, of Richmond Heights, Missouri, who was found on Monday. Ephron Tony Long, 54, is being charged with one count of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. According...
St. Louis looms large in Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger
Last July, two of the largest railroad companies in the U.S.—Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway—announced their intention to merge their networks, giving birth to the nation’s first railroad spanning coast to coast. The companies submitted an application to do so to the Surface Transportation Board,...
STL Board of Aldermen honors career and legacy of Wiley Price
In his more than 45 years as a photojournalist, Wiley Price has been in Room 208 of City Hall as many times as any elected official. But on Friday morning, he entered without a camera — for the first time since he was a child accompanying his father, Wiley Price Jr., who worked in the building as an accountant.
The Evening Whirl: Lessons from Kirkwood: Honoring Victims and Confronting the Legacy of Mass...
The Evening Whirl: St. Louis’ Crime Chime – Weekly Whirlwind of Woes: In Remembrance: Mass Shootings: Kirkwood’s Fallen, Forever in Our Hearts. Mass Shooters: In Remembrance: Kirkwood’s Fallen, Forever in Our Hearts. In Kirkwood, Missouri, where shadows fell,. A night of sorrow, too painful to tell.

















