In one day, car thieves took seven cars in Fairview Heights and nearby areas. Police departments in the Metro East are teaming up to investigate and find courses of action to prevent future thefts.
A frightening and deadly episode occurred overnight on the Stan Musial Veteran's Memorial Bridge. The Illinois State Police shared that gunfire erupted on the bridge, leaving one person dead and another injured.
ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. The [...]
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning a huge highway project on Interstate 55 in Jefferson County. The 12-mile stretch of road goes from Highway Z to Missouri 67. MoDOT says it’s a scene of numerous highway back-ups and about 1,000 accidents. MoDOT District Engineer Tom Blair told investigator Elliott Davis that [...]
ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Several St. Louis area groups continue to rally over the Israel-Hamas war. This afternoon, a pro-Israel rally was held for victims of anti-Semitism at Frontier Park on South Riverside Drive. Those attending the rally displayed pictures of those missing and presumed to have been taken by Hamas in the October 7th [...]
BLACKJACK, Mo. -- A fatal car crash at Jerries Lane and Parker Road has left one dead and two injured. Responding to a call at 10:51 AM, officers found that a Chevy Equinox had veered off Parker Road, striking a speed limit sign. The driver collided head-on with another vehicle. The passenger in the second [...]
A man has been found guilty in the death of a woman whose remains were found inside a duffel bag along a rural northwest Missouri road almost two weeks after she was killed at a Kansas City hotel.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WMBD) -- Each year, Campbell's releases its "State of the Sides" which shows each state's favorite side dishes. The report said the top dish in the United States is mashed potatoes, which is up from second place in 2022. Stuffing/dressing dropped from the national favorite into second place for this year. A new [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- As firearm deer hunting season is underway, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is offering tree stand safety tips as tree stands are the number one source of hunting-related accidents in Illinois. “Our utmost priority is ensuring hunters’ safety so they can return home unharmed after every hunt,” said Jed [...]
Dani Doncevic is a junior at St. Louis University. When the biology and spanish major isn't also busy with track and field, she's running around the Campus Kitchen.
Home prices are largely starting to normalize across the country, but remain high even as the number of homes for sale continues to decline. Record-high mortgage rates are keeping homes largely unaffordable for most buyers. Even a percentage point increase can increase a monthly mortgage payment by more than $100. That's causing potential homeowners to expand their [...]
The holiday season is officially underway as the Salvation Army hosted its annual Tree of Lights Campaign, where they lit up a Christmas tree in Keener Plaza.
An argument between two men escalated into a shooting in Hazelwood. Police responded to a gas station on Lindbergh, near Elm Grove Lane. One man was shot, and another man is currently in custody.