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The race to fill out the next Board of Aldermen kicked off Monday, the first day candidates were allowed to file signatures to get their names on the ballot.

Kevin Johnson is on death row for the murder of Kirkwood police Sgt. William McEntee.

EDWARDSVILLE - A ruptured gas pipe in a field on the east side of Edwardsville late Monday afternoon forced the temporary closure of a portion of Illinois Route 143. The Edwardsville Fire Department shut down Route 143 between Staunton Road and Goshen Road (east of Interstate 55) just before 5 p.m. There was no immediate danger to anyone who lives in the area. An update was issued later Monday night: "One lane of traffic on Route 143 has reopened, but drivers are asked to please be cautious and heed the guidance of first responders as traffic alternates between the eastbound and westbound directions." The Edwardsville Fire Department is being assisted in this matter by the Marine Fire Department. Drivers were asked to avoid the area as the road is likely to remain closed for the next several hours while Ameren works to bypass the broken pipe. Fire Chief James Whiteford said those needing to travel east along the route could drive south on Staunton Road, then east on Goshen Road and

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St. Louis soccer fans dreaming of a United States victory over Iran at the World Cup now have something else to dream about: a player known worldwide by a single name: Messi.

A St. Louis County 911 call was routed to Colorado while a 6-year-old boy drowned. FOX 2 has learned it was because of a failure by St. Louis County to properly set up its phone system. It’s a problem the county says has since been fixed.

The Missouri Supreme Court decided to overrule the motion to stop the execution of Kevin Johnson.

For the last couple of years doctors have mostly been dealing with COVID-19. Now, they are dealing with COVID-19 and several other respiratory illnesses at once.

Kevin Johnson, 37, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing Kirkwood police Sgt. William McEntee in 2005.

Kevin Johnson, who is on death row for the murder of Kirkwood police officer William McEntee, will be executed tomorrow as planned. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Monday not to delay the execution. The court’s majority decision comes just hours after a last-ditch effort to save Johnson’s life.

Customers took advantage of holiday deals and shopped at local mom-and-pop shops on Main Street in St. Charles as “Christmas Traditions” kicked off.

When the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is cut in half next April, a bill has been introduced to raise their pay to $72,000.

When cops decide they’ve found the right perp, very little can persuade them to look elsewhere. This tunnel vision has the tendency to take years of freedom away from innocent people. And it would be terrible enough if officers simply refused to consider exonerative evidence. But in this case (like far too many others), the […]

A national organization is stepping in to help the grieving families of two Saint Louis University graduate students who drowned this past weekend at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Ron Unterreiner, founder of PEOPLE of Construction received a lifetime achievement award from MOKAN St. Louis Contractors Assistance Center at that organization’s 48th anniversary celebration and awards dinner on Nov. 18. MOKAN provides training for minority and women preapprentices and business services for M/WBE contractors. Unterreiner founded PEOPLE of Construction  in 2014 with the objective […]

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St. Louis police ask anyone with information to contact the Homicide Division at 314-444-5371. To leave an anonymous tip, call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477.

Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience students return to in-person classes for the first time in five weeks.

Ayanna Woods and DeVonne Wilson were driving down the intersection of Meramec and Gravois when they were hit and killed on Tuesday, Nov. 22.