SLPS audit shows financial distress, questionable spending
The audit gave the district a rating of “poor,” and found the St. Louis Public Schools District is burning through reserves, with funds set to run out by 2031.
We asked families of St. Louis homicide victims what they want from the police
The U.S. has one of the lowest clearance rates — the percentage of open homicide cases that end in prosecution — in the industrialized world. The rates are often worse in communities of color and neighborhoods with rampant gun violence. In St. Louis, for example, Black people represent the vast majority of people...
Residents express frustrations after Airbnb party ends in gunfire; property owner speaks out
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A weekend party at a short-term rental ended in chaos in the Carondelet neighborhood, leaving a 17-year-old girl shot and neighbors rattled by gunfire. “I mean it was just gunshots and screaming. I looked out my front window right after we heard some...
Woman injures 3 in alleged stabbing spree: Police
Police believe the incident was a targeted attack and not a threat to the community.
Teenager walking home from store in St. Louis shot by masked man, police say
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A teenager was shot by a masked man while walking home from the store on Monday night, according to St. Louis police. The 17-year-old was walking in the 2900 block of Greer Avenue when a masked man shot him around 6:20 p.m. The teenager ran home and was taken to the hospital in...
St. Louis Police release names of people shot and killed over the weekend
A 17 year old is injured after being shot while leaving a short term rental party in the 65-hundred block of Minnesota. Police say a large fight broke out around 2:00 Sunday morning.
St. Louis City Fire Dept. engine struck while responding to crash
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - An engine with the St. Louis Fire Department was hit by a car while helping with a previous crash Sunday. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), first responders were at a car crash on Interstate 44 near Jamieson Sunday morning, when another crash occurred.
MetroLink trains resume operations in North County after downed power line stops service
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - MetroLink trains have resumed operations between the UMSL South and Forest Park-DeBaliviere MetroLink Stations after being shut down temporarily Sunday. The trains were not operating due to a downed power line. Bi-State Development says MetroLink Station Shuttles are cancelled....
Calverton Park man charged in mid-July homicide
A Calverton Park man was arrested last week in connection with a fatal shooting in the Walnut Park West neighborhood.
WashU poll: Gun violence key issue in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – For the third straight year, St. Louis adults have ranked gun violence as the most important health issue in the region, according to a recent survey conducted by WashU (iHeard). The survey polls adults from St. Louis City and County each July and this year revealed that while gun violence remains the […]
