Tammi Fanson’s case is an example of the importance of what’s known as door-to-balloon time. That measures the time between when a patient has first contact with a medical professional to when a balloon is placed in their heart’s arteries to get rid of blockages and resume blood flow. To say time was of the essence for Tammi Fanson on July 18, 2022, would be an understatement. The Gibson City, Illinois, woman had been dealing with high blood pressure, stress, fatigue and shortness of breath, but she chalked it up to life just being difficult. But on that day, she found herself at her local Gibson Area Hospital in the midst of a heart attack. Fanson was then taken by ambulance to OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, Illinois – around 40 minutes on a regular drive but half that with the blaring red lights. That, combined with the cooperation between the two hospitals, and Fanson was fast-tracked straight to the cardiac catheterization
ST. LOUIS - Wednesday is Tower Grove Park's 150th anniversary. The park opened to the public on September 28 after Henry Shaw and others road carriages from Downtown to the Grand Avenue entrance of Tower Grove Park. A 20-piece military band met them there to mark the day with music. The land for Tower Grove [...]
The one singular sensation that exhilarated Broadway for over fifteen years returns to STAGES! Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 9 Tony Awards,
A Missouri woman admitted in federal court today that last year — as she awaited sentencing on a $700,000 embezzlement case — she committed $27,000 worth of COVID-relief-related fraud. Today in federal court, Christen Diane Schulte of Franklin County pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges related to her attempts last spring to take out multiple Paycheck Protection Program loans. Schulte received two loans, each worth $13,566, for her Mama Bear Cake Company.
ST. LOUIS - A fire started at a manufacturing warehouse in north St. Louis Wednesday afternoon. The fire started at about 1 p.m. at a warehouse in the 400 block of East DeSoto Avenue. The St. Louis Fire Department is responding. They said they have deployed one line and there is a "report of a [...]
Just when you think the Albert Pujols retirement tour couldn't add much more, think again. The St. Louis Cardinals legend sparked the action-packed celebrations Tuesday evening as his longtime club punched a ticket to the postseason
An ex-aide to St. Louis County Executive Sam Page who worked in the government's jail will now plead guilty to federal corruption charges, a document filed Wednesday in court indicates.
A change-of-plea hearing for Anthony "Tony" Weaver is now scheduled for Oct. 21 in federal court in St. Louis, it says.
Weaver previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, in which the U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis in June accused him of attempting to fraudulently obtain Covid-19 relief funds for a local…
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a discrimination lawsuit against an apartment complex in south St. Louis County. The suit alleges the apartments are not accessible to people with disabilities.
Jimmy Buffett is shelving the remaining five dates on his 2022 Life on the Flip Side – Redux tour after being briefly hospitalized and experiencing unspecified health issues. A message…
A study from the city of St. Louis' development agency is pitching a way to lure thousands of new residents in a bid to reverse decades of population loss: earnings and payroll tax credits.
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Cahokia High School is on lockdown Wednesday. This comes after they've received a threat via airdrop three times this week. The first came on Monday, then again Tuesday, and now on Wednesday. FOX 2 was notified of Wednesday's lockdown at about 1 p.m. Cahokia School District Superintendent Arnett Harvey said the [...]
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
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