The Illinois Department of Transportation said that the Martin Luther King Bridge will be completely closed from the I-55/64/70 exit ramps to the MLK bridge and Third Street in Missouri starting, if the weather is good, at 9 p.m. on Friday, August 11.
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state's ban on the sale or possession of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally.
A new blog from Jeff Asher, a New Orleans-based crime analyst, explains that some crime studies might lead to misconceptions about crime in certain cities, including St. Louis.
At the capitol of Missouri Emily Manley is dedicated to political news. Manley is the Missouri Chief Capital Bureau reporter for Nexstar Media, and her job is to cover news about the state's capital.
Hundreds showed up for the opening day of the Illinois State Fair on Thursday, but some were surprised to find that a lot of the rides were closed. The Illinois Department of Labor shared that due to the heavy rain on Wednesday, they weren't able to finish inspecting the rides.
An impactful round of storms is expected into the early hours of Saturday. A few of these storms could be severe, producing large hail, damaging winds, and the chance of a tornado.
A job fair Friday is aimed at helping the hundreds of workers who lost their jobs when the South City Hospital abruptly closed one week ago. However, those laid off workers aren’t the only ones who can benefit from Friday’s event. The St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment, or 'SLATE,' is hosting the job fair.
The film "Oppenheimer" is generating a lot of interest in the Manhattan Project and St. Louis' involvement in the development of the atomic bomb. This comes just one day after the 78th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, signaling the end of World War II.
KTVI is celebrating its 70th birthday as a television station. We began broadcasting on Aug. 10, 1953, as WTVI Channel 54. Two years later, we became KTVI.
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