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Missing 6-Year-Old Is Located After Missing Persons Report To Police

2 years ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - At 3:09 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2023, St. Louis County Police Officers from the North County Precinct responded to the 2300 block of Bramble Lane for a report of a missing juvenile. The St. Louis County Police Department has announced the missing juvenile has been found and is safe. Arriving officers made contact with the juvenile’s mother who informed officers her 6-year-old son, Amir Statem, was last seen walking out of the house at 3 p.m. Sunday. Amir was reported then last seen wearing a blue tank top, cartoon pajama pants and was not wearing shoes. A missing endangered search for Amir then began. The St. Louis County Police Special Response Unit, Canine and Air Support assisted the North County Precinct with the search for Amir.

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When can we expect our next chance of rain?

2 years ago
Another cold front will move into the area Sunday evening. While it will mainly be a dry front, areas to our northeast could see some sprinkles as the front attempts to squeeze any leftover atmospheric moisture.
Haley Fitzpatrick

Challenge Unlimited Connects Disabled Job-Seekers with "Meaningful Employment"

2 years ago
ALTON - Challenge Unlimited believes in meaningful employment for everybody, and they’re doing what they can to make it a reality. The Alton-based organization helps disabled job-seekers connect with employers through programs that offer job coaching, interview skills and “job carving” services. October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, but Challenge Unlimited works year-round to advocate for disabled individuals in the workplace. “The way I look at things, everybody has some kind of limitation, disability, some kind of issue. We all carry our own challenge,” said John Becker, who works with the employment programs at Challenge Unlimited. “ have the same desires as everybody else. They want a job, they want to be successful, they want to, like everybody, own their own home, chase the American dream. And when people are unfortunately stereotyped or categorized because of a disability, they’re being held back.”

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