Saint Louis MO

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., (KBSI) — Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed four bills into law Thursday, addressing issues including antisemitism in schools, cannabis regulation and regional governance in St. Louis. One measure, House Bill 2061, adopts a definition of antisemitism for use in public schools and colleges and requires such...

The small community of Brooklyn’s post office recently closed its doors with no warning and no timeline for reopening. With no home delivery service in the village of 650 people, residents are forced to travel to an East St. Louis post office to pick up their mail, according to Village Mayor Trenton Atkins. He said it’s not the first time this has happened to...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A man on a bicycle died and the driver fled the scene after a crash in the 4700 block of S. Grand Boulevard on Thursday night. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, Accident Reconstruction investigators were called to the scene at about 11:21 p.m.

Tarvis Phenix was arrested in Missouri after he allegedly left his 3-year-old son home alone, allowing the boy to wonder into the hallway and fall 11 stories to his death. The post 'Straight drop to the concrete': 3-year-old left home alone in 11th-floor apartment wandered into hallway, fell from window first appeared on Law & Crime .

A change in the liquor code that will allow for Sunday liquor sales to begin at 8am instead of the current 9am has been given final approval. The change comes as a local golf course has asked for the adjustment to better reflect start times in other municipalities. The only...

Police probe Locust Street shooting in Alton; officials say incident not random

ST. LOUIS – Five people have now admitted to stealing mail from St. Louis-area collection boxes three years ago through an elaborate $2.2 million scheme. Roderick Orlandez Walker, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of conspiracy, two counts of mail theft and one count of possession of stolen mail.

The founder and owner of a St. Louis area non-profit, intended to feed low-income families, has admitted to a $2.3 million student meal fraud. She was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in prison.

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The man convicted of shooting and killing a Metro East woman in a murder-for-hire plot in 2025 will spend the rest of his life in prison. In March, 46-year-old Gary D. Johnson was found guilty on both counts of first-degree murder in the death of Portia Rowland outside a Collinsville home in January 2025. On Thursday, he...

LaPez Mod Mex has taken over the former Session Taco corner in the Central West End, bringing the Tilford brothers’ polished, wood-fired spin on Mexican cooking to Euclid and McPherson. The menu leans into seafood and big flavors, with plates like duck confit taquitos and bacon-fat fried lobster tacos, while the room glows under perforated tin stars and a Day of the...