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Maissa Abdallah loved laughing, dancing around rooms, swimming and giving to others. Even after she took her life on Aug. 10, 2024, she gave the ultimate gift: Her donated organs saved four people and inspired a story in “Gifted: The Docuseries”, which premiered April 1. The project takes viewers on a journey through t

Months after a deadly May 16 tornado tore through south St. Louis, Rachel Baltazar says she is still waiting for basic answers from City Hall about how it all went so wrong. Her husband, Juan Baltazar, was killed when a tree slammed onto his pickup inside Carondelet Park. Now the widow of the 48-year-old food truck own

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A jury convicted a man Thursday of involuntary manslaughter and related crimes in the 2023 shooting death of a woman in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood. A St. Louis jury found 48-year-old Mario Lee guilty of involuntary manslaughter, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of...

ST. LOUIS — The scale of the city of St. Louis' population woes are clearer with new U.S. Census figures and an analysis from a demographer. The city lost 7.7% of its population from 2020 to 2025, ending at 278,144 residents. That's off by 23,205 residents over the period, according to an analysis from Ness Sandoval, p

GRANITE CITY, Ill (First Alert 4) - A woman was convicted by a Madison County jury on Friday of killing her ex-boyfriend. Tara A. Anderson, 40, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Phillip Armstrong, 39. Armstrong was shot and killed on Sept. 24, 2023, outside...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The husband of a woman killed during the May 16 tornado has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Harry Penelton, the husband of Patricia Penelton, filed the lawsuit Wednesday. The suit names the city of St. Louis, the Centennial Christian Church of St. Louis and the church’s insurance compan

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man from St. Louis is accused of stealing $735,000 from a retired St. Louis teacher. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 40-year-old Michael N. Jones was named Power of Attorney for the former teacher in 2023. The indictment says he used the...

One ticket, one evening! The USAC Silver Crown Championship, the NTT INDYCAR Series and the INDY NXT by Firestone series are part of a tripleheader lineup, all on one ticket for Sunday, June 7, 2026, at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, just outside of Saint Louis. One ticket grants you admission to t

Kevin McKernan owns a half-dozen of the kind of classic neighborhood businesses that feel increasingly endangered. He and his wife Erin own Donut Drive-In, the unpretentious shop in Lindenwood Park. They own Epiphany Lanes, a low-key bowling alley once run by the Catholic parish that still shares its parking lot. He fo

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A north St. Louis non-profit says it is owed $250,000 after housing dozens of tornado victims for nearly a year. When the May 16 tornado tore through north St. Louis, Peter and Paul Community Services immediately opened its doors to displaced residents. “We...