Truck Driver Says He ‘Might Have Dozed Off’ Causing 8-Vehicle Crash That Killed Mom...
A commercial truck driver from Louisiana rear-ended a vehicle on Interstate 55 just south of St. Louis on September 28, 2025. The collision caused a chain reaction involving eight vehicles. Richard Allen Holden, 45, hit a Toyota Camry with Vanessa Y. Knowles, 63, and Donnie Briggs, 66, both from Memphis , Tennessee,...
Granite City Police Charge Two With Interstate Meth Trafficking, Fentanyl Possession
GRANITE CITY – A man and woman from Madison, Ill. have been charged with transporting meth and fentanyl across state lines from Missouri into Illinois as part of an “ongoing interstate distribution operation.”. Mario S. Hunt, 44, and Vanessa S. Womack, 44, both of Madison, Ill., were charged...
Man shot, killed in overnight shooting in south St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – A man was killed overnight Wednesday after a shooting in south St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting happened around 5 a.m. in the area of Bingham and S. 37th Street in the city’s Dutchtown neighborhood. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing. If...
Local police dress up as super heroes to surprise kids at hospital
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital got a very special surprise Tuesday. Superheroes repelled down sides of the building. Underneath the costumes were members of the St. Louis Police Swat team, repelling down the hospital’s 12 story tower makes for excellent practice.
Small Illinois town finds hope in new school and grocery store
When steel and manufacturing jobs dried up over the last several decades in Venice, Illinois, the town lost two-thirds of the population.
Body reported inside park lake in Ferguson, search underway
First responders are working to pull a body out of the January-Wabash Park Lake in Ferguson after someone reported a person in the water around 11 p.m. Tuesday night.
SLMPD SWAT team surprises Children’s Hospital in superhero costumes
Patients at Children's Hospital got a once-in-a-lifetime surprise on Tuesday.
Washington University announces more than 300 job cuts, elimination of 200 job openings
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Washington University announced Tuesday that it has recently eliminated more than 300 jobs and will not fill 200 vacant posts. The school says the cuts are being made to balance the budget amid cuts to federal research funding. The university did not get more specific on how much...
After violent weekend across US, locals say emergency planning is key
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Gun attacks are rising in the United States, with a string of violence this past weekend that left four people dead in a Michigan church, three killed at a North Carolina restaurant and three people shot in downtown Columbia, Missouri after bars closed.
Man charged with kidnapping girl from middle school said he took her to play...
A 43-year-old Missouri man is charged with child kidnapping after officials claim he posed as a relative to sign a 13-year-old student out from school. According to authorities, the kidnapping occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. at Cross Keys Middle School last Tuesday. Officials said James E. Paulette walked into the...
