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Age 85. Visitation Monday, June 9, 2025, Baue Funeral Home Cave Springs, 4:00 pm — 8:00 pm. Service Tuesday, June 10, 2025, Sts. Joachim & Ann Catholic Church, 9:30 am. Contact 636-946-7811 or visit baue.com

TROY, Mo. – Police in Troy, Missouri, say they have received reports of multiple people in a dark-colored Dodge truck tampering with and even stealing Ring doorbell cameras from homes in the area. They said multiple homes have been targeted in the early morning hours over recent days. A video shared by police shows a [...]

ST. LOUIS - The city plans to demolish nearly 200 buildings damaged by the May 16 tornado, which are owned by the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA). According to partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 182 structures under the LRA were severely damaged during the tornado. The LRA was already in the process of demolishing 1,000 [...]

ST. LOUIS - Plastic tarps on roofs can be signs of hope amid the hardship in the neighborhoods hardest hit by the tornado. The people FOX 2 met installing them Wednesday call themselves the "Tarpenters." A lighthearted play on words for a group providing a serious service. Wednesday’s weather may have slowed their progress, but [...]

It’s time for yet another reminder that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is an incapable leader at odds with the scientists who actually know what they’re talking about. At the CDC specifically, we recently discussed the government’s decision to do away with the team that was helping to identify, track, and remediate elevated levels of lead […]

ST. LOUIS - There is an influx of help for St. Louis tornado victims coming from other states. Texas and Oklahoma are among those teaming up with Missouri and making an astounding difference in the May 16 tornado relief effort. The Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief group was on the ground and delivering its first meal in [...]

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) has issued an Endangered SILVER Advisory for a 68-year-old woman who went missing just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4. The missing person incident was reported at 635 SE Chambers Road in St. Louis. SLMPD says that Carolyn Olantunbosum was last seen wearing a tan [...]

Gary Wilds admitted bribing three license office employees $100 per vehicle to falsely represent that the vehicles had passed emissions and safety checks and that taxes were paid.

Police said Deandre Miller, 28, shot and killed Jorre Hadley while she was in the car with their 3-year-old son. Her siblings were also in the car.

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is amending his call for this year’s special session of the 103rd General Assembly by expanding the focus to include more money for tornado relief as well as legislation regarding tax cuts.

Even when they are off duty, they are on a mission. Local firefighters are stepping up to support neighborhoods hit by the May 16 tornado. And they are doing it on their own time.

Midwest Dreams Music Festival is sued over unpaid loans, but organizers dispute the claims and say they are committed to rescheduling the event.

BENTON — A federal jury convicted Kevin D. Stewart, 59, of Edwardsville, on two counts related to methamphetamine distribution in Franklin and Perry counties. Stewart was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of meth. The verdict followed a trial that centered on a traffic stop in March 2024, during which Illinois State Police officers recovered 312 grams of methamphetamine, 924 grams of homemade THC gummies, and a scale from a vehicle driven by co-defendant Elizabeth J. Schwartzkopf, 43, of Pinckneyville. Stewart was a passenger in the vehicle at the time. Schwartzkopf pleaded guilty in September to one count of conspiracy to distribute meth and one count of possession with intent to distribute meth. She was sentenced Wednesday to 48 months in prison. “The collaboration between the ISP and the U.S. Attorney’s Office is essential in dismantling drug trafficking networks,” said Illinoi

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ALTON – The Alton Police Department is providing an update regarding the death of Christopher D. Green, a 41-year-old male from East Alton, who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 1, 2025. On Sunday afternoon, approximately six hours after the original incident, officers from the Alton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Patrol Division took a juvenile male into custody in connection with the case. On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine’s Office filed a Delinquency Petition charging the 17-year-old male from Alton. The juvenile is currently being detained pending further legal proceedings. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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