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Police said the 55-year-old man was attacked at the 4500 block of Alice on April 15. Tuesday, the coroner ruled the death as suspicious.

Detectives initiated a homicide investigation after being notified on June 17, 2025, that the victim of a prior assault had died from his injuries and the manner of death was ruled homicide. The assault originally occurred on April 15, 2025, in the 4500 block of Alice.  The victim, a 55-year-old man, suffered injuries to his […]

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EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville City Council members gave the city’s rules for door-to-door solicitors a long-needed update on Tuesday night. Unanimously approved at this week’s meeting was an ordinance amending the section of the Edwardsville City Code concerning solicitors. Alderman William Krause said these updates have been needed for decades. “This was an item requested out of the Police Department: Update our solicitors … taking into account the various legal changes that have occurred over the last 40 some-odd years from our previous 50-years law that we had on the books,” Krause said. Krause clarified that certain exceptions will apply to Boy Scouts, religious organizations, and political surveyors, but said “solar salesmen” and most other solicitors would first need to register with the city and obtain a permit. He added the city will also establish a “Do Not Knock” list for individual residences to sign up for.

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On June 15, just after 3:20am, District 4 officers received a call for a shooting that occurred at 900 O’Fallon St. When officers arrived, they located four people occupying a sedan and three of them were shot.

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ST. LOUIS - The family of a St. Louis woman killed during last month's tornado is speaking out, saying the city failed her. The family of 74-year-old Delois Holmes believes a breakdown in the emergency warning system cost her life. Holmes was known as a loving mother, grandmother and a pillar in her north St. Louis [...]

Daniel Stahl, 16, was walking with his friend and his friend's parents in downtown St. Louis when a car hit him on Washington Avenue.

SALEM, Ill. - In an effort to identify an unknown train wreck victim, Salem, Illinois, has instead uncovered a new mystery. For 54 years, an unidentified victim of a 1971 train wreck lay at rest in a Salem cemetery. But Henry Morton, a Mizzou student and Salem native, and the city of Salem teamed up to [...]

People and companies from across the construction industry have been stepping up with donations of both materials and effort to assist in the early stages of recovery from the May 16th tornado. Here are some ways in which you can connect if you want to help. Resources gathered/provided by Greater St. Louis Inc. Includes updated […]

From NextSTL:  Late last year I stumbled upon a photograph – a scale model of Cementland made by City Museum visionary Bob Cassilly as an in-progress representation of the core 40 acres of the then-56-acre Riverview Neighborhood/Riverview Municipality site. I had always heard that any plans for Cementland were entirely in Bob’s head, and thus […]

The so-called Big Beautiful Bill targets the tax credits designed to put the U.S. on the path to net-zero carbon emissions.

"Text to 911 can be an important lifeline for anyone who is deaf, hard of hearing, or has trouble speaking,” County Executive Sam Page said.

For a month, Tony Stewart has slept in his semitruck after a tornado destroyed his home. Now, he's feeding more than 100 people a day in north St. Louis.