Edwardsville, Glen Carbon area restaurant inspections for Aug. 17-21
Check out this week's restaurant inspections from the health department.
The Saint Louis Zoo welcomes new zebra foal, the second born there in 3...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The Saint Louis Zoo welcomed a female Grevy’s zebra foal on Aug. 16, making her the second zebra foal born to the zoo in three months. The zebra foal, named Magnolia, is now out in the public habitat at the Red Rocks area of the zoo along with her mom, Georgia. Her birth follows Prince,
St. Louis officials plan to demolish long-vacant parking garage as part of downtown revitalization
St. Louis officials may demolish a parking garage at the southeast corner of Tucker and Locust in downtown St. Louis. Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority commissioners voted to hire CDG Engineers to study the roughly 50-year-old building at a meeting Tuesday and eyed the possible construction of a new structure.
Vacant St. Louis home filled with stolen items
A vacant home in south St. Louis is found with several stolen lawnmowers, bikes, scooters, tools and instruments.
Arrest made in St. Louis County double shooting
A Ferguson, Missouri, man is in custody for a shooting last week that left two people injured.
HAZMAT crews respond to chemical explosion in Sauget, Illinois
HAZMAT crews responded to a chemical manufacturing plant Wednesday afternoon in Sauget, Illinois after reports of a chemical explosion.
Two shot, one killed in Soulard; apparent gun sale leads to shooting
Two people were shot and one was killed late Tuesday evening in St. Louis' Soulard neighborhood. Police say the shooting stemmed from an apparent gun sale.
9 Small-Town Missouri Diners That Have Been Flipping Pancakes For Generations
Missouri has a soft spot for the classic small-town diner, the kind of place where the coffee keeps coming and the griddle rarely cools down. Some of these spots have been serving breakfast to the same families for decades, passing recipes and routines from one generation to the next. If...
Nearly 160 residents being forced out of the Mark Twain Hotel
Back in July 2026, the Missouri Attorney General’s office sent a notice to the owners of the Mark Twain Hotel in downtown St. Louis regarding illegal activity occurring on the property, as well as health and safety concerns inside the building, and demanded that these issues be addressed.
‘I want our street back’: Overgrown lots frustrating South City residents
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A vacant lot filled with weeds taller than most people is what Carla Ennis and other residents on Iowa Avenue have to look at daily. “That’s a lot of grass, I mean, look at all that,” said Carla Ennis. “It’s really been just growing and growing and growing.”

















