The St. Louis community is uniting to support Puerto Rico in the aftermath of a St. Peters woman being charged with torching multiple businesses there while on vacation.
A homicide investigation is underway after police say a resident forced their way into an upstairs apartment in north St. Louis only to be met with gunfire.
A St. Louis woman has been charged with fatally shooting a mother of four in Midtown over the weekend. But questions linger as investigators piece together exactly where the shooting happened.
The St. Louis region will be well represented at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, with several native artists already having secured Grammy awards for their contributions to the music industry.
ST. LOUIS – A vacant home went up in flames in north St. Louis early Sunday morning. Shortly before 2 a.m., the Saint Louis Fire Department was called out to the two-story brick building on Destrehan Street off Blair Avenue. Firefighters say heavy flames were pouring from the building when they got there. Crews were [...]
ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green is apologizing to Alderman Joe Vollmer after accusing him on social media of being drunk during a heated meeting. Our partners at the Post-Dispatch report Green made a post on Facebook accusing him of being “visibly intoxicated” during a board meeting on Friday as [...]
Near record warmth both Sunday and Monday. Temperatures Sunday will be in the 60s with sun and some clouds mixing. It'll be mild overnight with lows in the 40s which sets us up for an even warmer Monday. Highs on Monday could hit about 70. A cold front then enters the region Monday night and [...]
ST. LOUIS -- A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 2.4 struck near the Missouri-Illinois border Saturday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It happened at around 6:00 p.m. Central Time on February 1, with no reports of damage or injuries. The earthquake's epicenter was located approximately 2.3 miles south-southwest of Valmeyer, Illinois, and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation and an undeniable sense of betrayal from the country's North American neighbors as a trade war erupted among the longtime allies. The Republican president posted on social media that the [...]
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ST. LOUIS -- Missouri Baptist star defensive end Rakweon Ramsey has been catching the eye of pro football scouts from various leagues. Ramsey, a Belleville East High School alum, played five seasons for the Spartans and is the program's all-time leader in sacks with 32.5. In 2024, Ramsey tallied 17.5 sacks in 10 games for [...]
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Each year Punxsutawney Phil predicts whether there will be six more weeks of winter or early spring when he emerges from his home in Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day. It's official! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, meaning a prediction of six more weeks of winter. WTAJ's Zach Petey and Tristan Klinefelter [...]
ST. LOUIS -- A section of the iconic Lemp Brewery in downtown St. Louis collapsed late last night. City authorities are investigating the cause of the latest collapse at the 19th-century landmark. The brewery, which has stood as a fixture of the St. Louis community since the 1840s, experienced a similar incident in 2020 when [...]
ST. LOUIS -- The Homer G. Phillips Nurse's Alumni Group was honored at a special reception today in Maryland Heights as part of Black History Month. Homer G. Phillips was a nationally renowned hospital during a time of segregation in the United States. It trained thousands of Black nurses who served the community for decades. [...]
ST. LOUIS -- The City of St. Louis joined Toronto as one of only two major North American cities to raise the red, black and green Pan-African flag in recognition of Black History Month. The flag-raising ceremony, led by the St. Louis African American Aldermanic Caucus, took place Wednesday morning at City Hall. The initiative, [...]
ST. LOUIS -- A protest in downtown St. Louis as federal funding delays forced the International Institute of St. Louis to furlough over 60% of its staff statewide. The protest, which saw over 1,000 participants, was in response to recent actions by the Trump administration that suspended numerous immigration initiatives, including refugee resettlement programs. The [...]
ST. LOUIS-- Emergency personnel are responding to a fatal incident involving a train and a pedestrian near Michigan and Tesson Street in South St. Louis City. The call for help was received around 7:30 p.m., and many first responders are at the scene. The situation remains active as authorities work to gather more information.