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News

SEMI catches fire on I-44 in Franklin County, two lanes closed

SEMI catches fire on I-44 in Franklin County following fatal accident, eastbound lanes closed

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Eastbound lanes are currently closed on I-44 at 185 in Franklin County due to a SEMI on fire following a crash.

Crime

Man caught on camera committing carjacking in downtown St. Louis sentenced to 27 years in prison

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By Stephanie Usery
A man who was convicted in a 2020 carjacking that was caught on camera in downtown St. Louis was sentenced Tuesday

News

Education reform bill would make key change to how Missouri Schools are funded

Updated: 17 hours ago
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By Joe McLean
An omnibus education reform package approved by the Missouri Senate would change how state money is allocated to public schools.

News

Well Being Check in Fairview Heights leads to discovery of man who had a stroke days prior

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A Fairview Heights police officer helped save an 83-year-old man who had a stroke while home alone.

Politics

Taylor Swift AI

Missouri lawmakers take action on the “Taylor Swift” act

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff
On Tuesday, Missouri lawmakers discussed how to protect people against potential threats from technology.

News

Attorney for Hazelwood School District responds to AG Bailey’s investigation

Attorney for Hazelwood School District responds to AG Bailey’s investigation; Bailey responds back

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
An attorney for the Hazelwood School District has sent a letter to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey after he announced he would launch an investigation into the district’s DEI after a teenager was seen being beaten by another student on camera.

News

Overnight police pursuit of stolen vehicle ends on I-70 in St. Ann

1 in custody after overnight police pursuit of stolen vehicle ends in St. Ann

Updated: Mar. 26, 2024 at 5:48 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
One person is in custody after leading police on a chase through St. Louis County into St. Ann.

First Alert 4 Investigates

First Alert 4 Investigates uncovers medical privacy breach, biohazard affecting St. Louis...

First Alert 4 Investigates uncovers medical privacy breach, biohazard affecting St. Louis County patients

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 10:33 PM CDT
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By Susan El Khoury
A medical breach leaves patients exposed, creating not only a privacy concern but a biohazard

News

Tamika Stewart

Woman accused of threatening Berkeley school over son’s restraint is in custody, police say

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 5:19 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A parent is facing felony charges following an expletive-laden rant on Facebook Live threatening to harm Berkeley Elementary School staff.

News

Robyn Handley received the Carnegie Hero Fund award for her helping two women who were...

Florissant woman receives national award for dog attack rescue

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 4:39 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The Carnegie Hero Fund recognizes a woman from Florissant for her role in saving two people being attacked by dogs.
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News

Steven Deering is accused of assault and car theft in St. Louis & Jefferson Counties.

Police: Man who left woman unconscious at St. Louis County gym went on crime spree in Jefferson County

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 3:34 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A 33-year-old man faces several charges in two Missouri counties.

News

The Missouri House of Representatives chamber on March 13, 2024.

State lawmakers mull suicide prevention training requirements in Missouri schools

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM CDT
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By Joe McLean
Missouri legislators are debating a requirement that suicide awareness and prevention training be mandated in schools and that students as young as 5th grade should begin age-appropriate material on the subject.

News

1 killed, another injured in barn collapse in Monroe County, Illinois

1 killed, another injured in barn collapse in Monroe County, Illinois

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 2:02 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Authorities say one person was killed and another person injured when a barn collapsed Saturday in Monroe County, Illinois.

News

Police at the PNC Bank in Jennings after a robbery on March 25, 2024

PNC Bank in Jennings robbed

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
An investigation is underway after a bank robbery Monday morning in Jennings.

News

FILE — Denton Loudermill has filed a lawsuit against Tennessee Congressman Rep. Tim Burchett...

Man files lawsuit against Congressman over accusations of being shooter at Chiefs rally

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 1:12 PM CDT
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By Greg Dailey
Denton Loudermill has filed a lawsuit against Tennessee Congressman Rep. Tim Burchett over tweets following the Chiefs rally shooting.

News

A semi-truck and police on Interstate 270 at McDonnell Blvd. after the interstate closed on...

Person struck, killed by SEMI on I-270, two lanes reopened

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 10:48 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Authorities are responding after a person was hit and killed by a SEMI on I-270 Monday morning.

Crime

A Florissant man was charged Monday morning for allegedly raping a woman and physically...

Man accused of beating, raping woman in St. Louis County field

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 10:25 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A man is accused raping a woman and physically harming her in St. Louis County.

News

St. Louis City Police, St. Louis County Police, North County Co-op, and Missouri State Highway...

Armed carjacking leads to pursuit of stolen vehicle in North County, three in custody

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 10:14 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Three people, including two juveniles, are in custody following a pursuit of a stolen vehicle early Monday morning.

News

Riley Strain was visiting Nashville with members of his fraternity and left Luke Bryan’s bar...

‘I believe it to be Riley’: 911 call reveals moments after college student was found dead

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 9:33 AM CDT
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By Daniel Smithson
“I have just found a dead body,” the caller told a dispatcher.

News

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company by the end of the year, CNN reports.

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down by end of year

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will leave the company by the end of the year, CNN reports.

News

Riley Strain found in the Cumberland River

Riley Strain’s death appears ‘accidental,’ police say

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 8:23 AM CDT
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By Daniel Smithson
Authorities emphasized there has been no evidence to suggest foul play.

News

Hometown sports legend returns to save youth, brings all-star boxing tournament to STL

Hometown sports legend returns to save youth, brings all-star boxing tournament to St. Louis

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 5:52 AM CDT
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By Melanie Johnson
It is a homecoming, superstar boxer, Devon Alexander, hopes will spark a positive change in St. Louis.

News

Kidney Walk St. Louis raises awareness about kidney disease

Kidney Walk St. Louis raises awareness about kidney disease

Updated: Mar. 25, 2024 at 5:50 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A local event is helping raise awareness about the risk of kidney disease, as the month of March is National Kidney Month.

News

City and county police host Ballin’ in the Lou on Saturday

City and county police host Ballin’ in the Lou on Saturday

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 10:35 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The department’s annual basketball game Ballin’ in the Lou took place Saturday afternoon at Vashon High School. The event pits the two agencies against each other in a friendly game of roundball for the benefit of fans.

News

Anti-abortion rally held in downtown St. Louis

Anti-abortion rally held in downtown St. Louis

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 10:33 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Anti-abortion advocates gathered Saturday morning in downtown St. Louis against efforts to expand abortion access in the state.

News

Jennings Youth Commission hosts anti-violence rally

Jennings Youth Commission hosts anti-violence rally

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 10:25 PM CDT
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By Shoshana Stahl
The Jennings Youth Commission held an anti-violence rally Saturday afternoon.

News

Award winning singer, Ledisi, brings Good Life Tour to St. Louis

Grammy award singer, Ledisi, comes to St. Louis with special R&B guests

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 2:58 PM CDT
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By Melanie Johnson
The soulful sound of R&B and Jazz singer Ledisi is coming to St. Louis.

News

Kaylee Gain was injured in fight near Hazelwood East High School on March 8, 2024.

Teen injured in north St. Louis County fight moved out of intensive care, in stable condition

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 2:49 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The north St. Louis County teen injured in a fight earlier this month has made strides in her recovery, the family says.

News

Generic image of text that reads "FOUND SAFE" over a missing person poster.

Missing St. Louis County teen found safe

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A missing St. Louis County teen was found safe after reports that she had been missing since March 4.

News

19-year-old in critical condition following shooting in Dutchtown

19-year-old in critical condition following shooting in Dutchtown

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 9:39 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A 19-year-old man is in critical condition after police say he was shot in the back early Saturday in Dutchtown.

News

O'Fallon homeowners waiting for repairs after hail damage

O'Fallon homeowners waiting for repairs after hail damage

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 8:00 AM CDT
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By Shoshana Stahl
It’s been just over a week since storms hit the Metro and large hail damaged cars and homes.

News

Metro East home littered with signs referencing Nazis, slave plantations, politicians drawing...

Metro East home littered with signs referencing Nazis, slave plantations, politicians drawing criticism

Updated: Mar. 23, 2024 at 7:54 AM CDT
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By Deion Broxton
A home in the Metro East is drawing criticism from neighbors and social advocacy groups for signs referencing Nazis, Black people on slave plantations and political rhetoric.

News

‘It couldn’t have possibly been me’ Ferguson man says he had nothing to do with a carjacking...

Family sues St. Louis County over SWAT team entering home, executing search warrant

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 9:21 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A family has filed a lawsuit in St. Louis County after a SWAT team knocked and then came into a Ferguson home in May 2023 to serve a search warrant.

News

Granite City elementary school celebrates ‘Orlando Day’ in honor of classmate recovering from...

Granite City elementary school celebrates ‘Orlando Day’ in honor of classmate recovering from liver transplant

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM CDT
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By Caroline Hecker
Students at Frohardt Elementary School in Granite City are rallying around a classmate recovering from a recent liver transplant.

News

‘Ferguson and Beyond’: Webster University hosts art exhibit for the past decade of social...

‘Ferguson and Beyond’: Webster University hosts art exhibit for the past decade of social upheaval

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 6:01 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Webster University is hosting a month-long art exhibit called Ferguson and Beyond: Artistic responses to a decade of social upheaval.”

News

First Alert 4 speaks with area doctor about Kate Middleton cancer diagnosis

First Alert 4 speaks with area doctor about Kate Middleton cancer diagnosis

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
First Alert 4 spoke with Dr. Kavitha Kosuri, an oncologist with Mercy, following the announcement that Kate Middleton has cancer.

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Festus City Council cracking down on rising homeless population

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The Festus City Council is cracking down on the rising homeless population by limiting the times people are allowed on city property.

News

St. Louis City BOE tests voting equipment

St. Louis City BOE tests voting equipment

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 5:38 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
St. Louis City’s Board of Elections tested voting equipment before the April 2 elections in Missouri.

News

Drivers urged to report potholes

Drivers urged to report potholes

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 5:35 PM CDT
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By Russell Kinsaul
Spring may have just begun but pothole season is in full bloom.

News

‘Go back to Africa’: Racism rant disrupts Ferguson city meeting, police investigating

‘Go back to Africa’: Racism rant disrupts Ferguson city meeting, police investigating

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 5:22 PM CDT
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By Melanie Johnson
The Ferguson community is in shock after someone entered a North County virtual meeting and verbally attacked the committee with racial slurs and hate speech.

News

Shane D. Baur

St. Louis man charged with child abuse after allegedly fracturing infant’s legs

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 4:55 PM CDT
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By Pat Pratt
A St. Louis man is facing a felony child abuse charge after allegedly swinging an infant, fracturing both of his legs.

News

The Mega Millions jackpot is nearly at a billion dollars! First Alert 4′s Steve Harris spoke...

What would you do if you won the Mega Millions jackpot?

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
First Alert 4′s Steve Harris spoke with some hopeful lotto players ahead of the next drawing.

News

Hazelwood middle schooler makes acting debut in Abbott Elementary

Hazelwood middle schooler makes acting debut in Abbott Elementary

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A Hazelwood School District middle schooler made his acting debut in Abbott Elementary last month.

Crime

This image from police body-worn video and contained in the Justice Department statement of...

Rally Runner pleads guilty to charge in connection to January 6 riot at US Capital

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 2:30 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A Cardinals fan known as “Rally Runner” pleaded guilty Friday to a felony offense related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capital.

News

Michael Penton

Florissant man sentenced in friend’s murder

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A man convicted of murdering a friend in St. Louis been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

News

MO AG Bailey launches investigation to Hazelwood School District DEI after teen beaten on camera

MO AG Bailey launches investigation to Hazelwood School District DEI after teen beaten on camera

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 1:50 PM CDT
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By Rheanna Wachter
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is launching an investigation into Hazelwood School District’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Programs after a high school girl ended up in the ICU after being beaten by another student.

News

A neighbor in the area told First Alert 4 the home is vacant, but they’ve seen squatters there.

1 dead in East St. Louis fire

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 1:48 PM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
One person was found dead after a house fire in East St. Louis.

Crime

File

Man sentenced to 40 years in carjackings that killed 1, injured another

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 1:44 PM CDT
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By Kalie Strain
A St. Louis man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday after he was convicted of two carjackings from 2022 in which he shot two women, killing one of them.

News

Randall Smith, 21, of 3700 block of Lawler Drive in St. Louis, Missouri has been charged after...

Local man arrested, charged after 100 mph police chase through St. Louis Co.

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM CDT
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By Rheanna Wachter
A St. Louis man has been charged after leading a high-speed chase by police through St. Louis County that caused multiple accidents Wednesday.

News

Riley Strain, 22, was in Nashville for a fraternity trip where he was last seen downtown...

Riley Strain’s body found in Cumberland River

Updated: Mar. 22, 2024 at 10:13 AM CDT
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The body of missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain has been found.
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