FOX 2 viewer helps St. Louis woman waiting on delayed city rental assistance program
Kristie Shackelford’s situation needed an alteration. The single mom has three teenagers, four jobs and one big problem: She’s behind on rent and just weeks from eviction.
‘15 percent is ridiculous’: Customers sound off on Ameren Missouri’s proposed price increase for...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -Residents filled St. Louis Community College Forest Park to weigh in on an Ameren Missouri 15% rate hike plan. Customers testified during a public hearing in front of the state’s Public Service Commission, who has the final say on the bill...
19-year-old African Lion at Saint Louis Zoo was ‘humanely euthanized’ Tuesday
The Saint Louis Zoo announced that Cabara, a 19-year-old African lion was ‘humanely euthanized’ on Tuesday after a battle with advanced liver disease.
Man captured on video killing victim in downtown St. Louis deemed unfit to stand...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A St. Louis judge has ordered that a man charged with murder in the broad-daylight execution-style killing of a man in downtown St. Louis is not mentally fit to stand trial. Circuit Judge Craig Higgins on Wednesday ordered the criminal case of...
St. Louis man helps a driver stuck in the snow and then proceeds to...
Some things aren't what they seem. Even benevolence. The post St. Louis man helps a driver stuck in the snow and then proceeds to carjack him at gunpoint appeared first on MotorBiscuit .
Cities oppose proposed Ameren Missouri rate increase
The Missouri Public Service Commission is holding public hearings this month regarding Ameren Missouri’s request to increase rates. For the average residential customer, the proposed increase would be approximately 15.77% or $17.45 per month, according to the Public Service...
All-Black improv team performs for laughs, boosts diversity on stage and in the crowd
Signs: that’s how the St. Louis improv team Some Black People got its start. The first was the painted one that Jessica Nicole, the group’s founder, spotted for classes at the Improv Shop near the Grove Business District. The second came in the form of absence, a lack of Black...
Assisted living facility in Collinsville is sold, displacing its residents
Douglas Albrecht just moved into Addington Place, an assisted living facility in Collinsville, three months ago. But now he has to move again. Addington Place managers announced this month that the facility is closing in April because the owner of the building sold the...
Woman shot and killed while warming up car; suspect photos released
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis has released photos of a suspect in a deadly Tuesday shooting in Collinsville, Illinois, which police now believe was a targeted attack. Portia L. Rowland, 32, was shot at about 6 a.m. in the 1300 block of Olive...
St. Louis woman celebrates ancestral slave’s official pardon, nearly 170 years later
One of former Governor Mike Parson’s final acts before leaving office was issuing 16 pardons, one of which was for Celia Newsom. Newsom was a Callaway County slave who was executed after defending herself against her owner. Her descendant, Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge, celebrates...
