Driver who ‘disliked’ police faces charges after striking patrol car
Four criminal felony charges have been filed by the office of St. Clair County State’s Attorney James F. Gomric against Keajion L. Jennings, 28, of Belleville in connection with the crashing of a car into the rear of a Fairview Heights Police Department vehicle on Sept. 24. A Fairview...
Downtown ATV joyride ends in arrest, charges for driver: SLMPD
ST. LOUIS – A noise disturbance in St. Louis has left a Florissant man behind bars after he allegedly rode his ATV in the downtown area “like a playground,” according to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD). According to SLMPD, the incident happened on Sept. 28,...
Woman dies after being shot in North City, police say
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A woman has died Tuesday evening after a shooting in North St. Louis City, police say. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. in the 6300 block of Shulte Ave. Police told First Alert 4 that a woman was shot and transported to the hospital, where she later died.
Man accused of throwing asphalt onto car from I-44 overpass
A St. Louis man is in custody for throwing pieces of asphalt from an overpass onto cars traveling on Interstate 44.
4 injured after car crashes into McDonald’s: SLMPD
Four people were taken to the hospital after a car reportedly drove into a McDonald’s in the Central West End neighborhood.
St. Louis starts negotiations to develop vacant properties in North City
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis city officials are beginning the process of negotiating with Northside Regeneration for properties in north city owned by Paul McKee. Ward Alderman Rasheen Aldridge says that offer letters were sent to more than 100 properties by the city earlier this year.
Sentence handed down to duo who attempted to kidnap apartment property manager
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Two people have been sentenced to prison for their role in an attempted armed kidnapping and robbery of a St. Louis apartment property manager. Emma M. Cunningham, 33, and Jervonz L. Williams, 49, both pleaded guilty in June to attempted kidnapping. Additionally, Cunningham...
Student found with gun at Belleville East High School
A student at Belleville East High School was found with a firearm on campus Tuesday morning. According to police, a Belleville Police Department School Resource Officer was notified by a student that another was in possession of a gun at school. The student was quickly located, and the firearm was taken during a...
St. Louis woman makes hundreds of lunches for neighborhood kids each week
Champale Anderson started making a few lunches for kids in need in her north St. Louis neighborhood more than a decade ago, with a $7 and a trip to Aldi. Now she makes hundreds a week.
Judge says St. Louis sheriff must transport jail detainees to get medical care —...
St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery will have to immediately begin transporting jail detainees to receive medical care, a circuit judge ordered on Tuesday. The ruling is in response to the sheriff’s request last week for a temporary restraining order on Board Bill 33, a recently passed law that requires the Sheriff’s...

















