ST. LOUIS -- The Blues are partnering with the Siteman Cancer Center tonight for their annual Hockey Fights Cancer Night at the Enterprise Center. During the event, they will announce the launch of a groundbreaking pediatric cancer research project, funded by last year’s campaign. This year’s fundraising goal is $200,000. Fans can support the cause [...]
TOWN & COUNTRY, Mo. -- BJC Healthcare has opened its first milk drop site at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. The site includes a freezer to store donated breast milk, which will be sent to a milk bank in Ohio. From there, the milk is distributed across North America to help babies in need. Those interested [...]
St. Louis Public Schools has been awarded a $10 million grant from the EPA to purchase 30 zero-emission electric vehicles, which will replace diesel buses and improve air quality while reducing transportation costs.
ST. CHARLES, Mo -- A new McDonald’s is officially opening today in St. Charles. Located on Upper Bottom Road, the restaurant will host a grand opening ceremony and ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. This marks the 202nd McDonald’s location in the St. Louis region.
FENTON, Mo. -- A fire broke out late last night in the lawn and garden section of the Lowe’s store in Fenton. Firefighters responded around 11:30 p.m. to find heavy smoke inside the building. The store’s sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading further. Crews ventilated the building and monitored air quality to ensure it [...]
Doug Burris, who was credited with improving conditions at the St. Louis County jail, has signed on as a consultant to recommend fixes to the troubled downtown city jail.
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Former Alderman John Collins-Muhammad, who pleaded guilty in August 2022 to accepting bribes from a local businessman, registered as a lobbyist this week with the Missouri Ethics Commission, records show.
ST. LOUIS -- A man in his 40s was fatally shot late Tuesday night in the Bevo Mill neighborhood, police report. The incident occurred near the intersection of Gravois and Bates. St. Louis Metropolitan Police homicide detectives are investigating the shooting. According to preliminary reports, EMS took the victim to a hospital after he was [...]
ST. LOUIS -- Clouds are moving into the region and a few flurries are possible across mainly northeast Missouri into central Illinois. While much of the morning will be mostly cloudy, clouds should decrease through the afternoon. Temperatures will be colder today, not making it out of the 30s. The warmup begins tomorrow with highs [...]
An early morning police chase involving multiple departments ended in Jennings with one suspect in custody and two others still at large, after a pursuit lasting over 30 minutes and covering several highways.
The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation Wednesday morning of something it feared — three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu. Samples from the birds — two recovered in Henry County and one in Vernon County — were reported as “non-negative” for avian influenza after testing at […]
Travis Timmerman appears to have been among thousands of people released from the country’s notorious prisons after rebels reached Damascus over the weekend.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger testified Wednesday that more than 700 threats against members of Congress were made during the last month alone, with at least 50 cases of people making false 911 calls in an attempt to get police teams to respond to lawmakers’ homes, often called “swatting.” Manger, who took […]
Illinois law requires transparency when people die at the hands of police officers. But many of those cases remain unseen. Farrah Anderson and Chris Weber explain what happens when prosecutors stay silent on police killings.
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