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News

State Rep. Sarah Unsicker participates in a Missouri House subcommittee hearing December 5,...

Missouri Democrat ousted from caucus over ‘failure to uphold standards’

Updated: 8 minutes ago
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By Joe McLean
The Missouri House Democratic caucus voted Thursday to remove state Rep. Sarah Unsicker, D-Shrewsberry, over her controversial social media behavior and her association with an admitted holocaust-denier and conspiracy theorist.

News

The logo for Cardinal Ritter College Prep

Donors provide early Christmas gifts to Cardinal Ritter students

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Donors gifted every student at Cardinal Ritter College Prep $250 to celebrate the holiday season.

News

Dairius Kinnie, 23, was charged with the 2021 murder of Tianna Baker on Wednesday, December...

Man convicted for murder after shooting woman over a dozen times

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Rheanna Wachter
A ShotSpotter recording aided in convicting a man of shooting and killing a woman and shooting and injuring her mother in 2021.

News

SLMPD says officer in Bar:PM crash was adjusting radio before collision, officers were not...

SLMPD says officer in Bar:PM crash was adjusting radio before collision, officers were not tested for intoxication

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By Nathan Vickers
Police provided some additional information about what led to two officers crashing into a south city bar, though the department is still not releasing body camera video of the incident.

News

St. Louis firefighters victim of car break-ins

St. Louis firefighters victims of car break-ins at firehouse

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By Justin Andrews
Firefighters with the St. Louis Fire Department woke up Wednesday morning to learn they’re the latest victims of car break-ins.

News

Authorities investigating crash on Dunn Road in Hazelwood

Authorities investigating crash on Dunn Road in Hazelwood

Updated: 16 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Authorities are investigating a crash that happened just after 7 p.m. Wednesday near Dunn and Brown roads in Hazelwood.

News

Missouri Secretary of State blasts Colorado court’s decision on Trump eligibility

Missouri Secretary of State blasts Colorado court’s decision on Trump eligibility

Updated: 19 hours ago
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By Joe McLean
Missouri’s Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, who is running in the Republican primary for Governor, criticized the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling, which disqualified former president Donald Trump from appearing on that state’s primary election ballot.

News

Schnucks, Salvation Army partner in 'Round up at the Register'

Schnucks, Salvation Army partner in 'Round up at the Register'

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Schnucks has a new way to give back.

News

Derontae Martin’s family visits with FBI more than 2 years after death

Derontae Martin’s family visits with FBI more than 2 years after death

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By Deion Broxton
The family of a 19-year-old man who died in a rural Missouri town met with federal officials Wednesday.

News

Soda Fountain Express to open Dec. 27

Soda Fountain Express to open Dec. 27

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A new spot in Maryland Heights is set to open one week from today.
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Crime

911 calls released in New Baden murder case, suspect due in court Wednesday

911 calls released in New Baden murder case as suspect waives another hearing

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By Cameron Bopp
Six weeks after a shooting in a small Metro East village left a 24-year-old woman dead, First Alert 4 has retrieved the 911 calls made in the case as the suspect is due in court.

News

Program offers free ride home on New Year’s Eve in St. Louis

Program offers free ride home on New Year’s Eve in St. Louis

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Two companies are partnering to offer free rides home via Lyft on New Year’s Eve in St. Louis.

News

Daughter shares how Christmas has changed since mom diagnosed with dementia

Daughter shares how Christmas has changed since mom diagnosed with dementia; Alzheimer's Association gives tips for the holidays

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By Shoshana Stahl
As the countdown to Christmas continues, many families are adjusting the way they celebrate the holidays if their loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or Dementia.

News

Man sentenced for selling fatal dose of fentanyl to mother of 3

Updated: 20 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a Maryland Heights man to more than seven years in prison after he admitted providing a fatal dose of fentanyl which killed a mother of three young children.

Local

Imperial man’s rare stroke tests the region’s elite stroke doctors

ONLY ON 4: Imperial man’s rare stroke tests the region’s elite stroke doctors

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By David Amelotti
This holiday season, this Imperial, Missouri family views cramming for a spelling test as a family a blessing.

News

Eureka Police Department victim of gas pump skimmers

Eureka Police Department victim of gas pump skimmers

Updated: 21 hours ago
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By Russell Kinsaul
The Eureka Police Department recently discovered around $3,000 in suspicious charges on the credit cards that two officers use when gassing up their patrol vehicles. The credit cards can only be used for buying gas.

News

St. Louis CITY SC announces its 2024 MLS Regular-Season dates December 20, 2023.

St. Louis CITY SC 2024 schedule released

Updated: 24 hours ago
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The 2024 St. Louis CITY SC schedule has been released.

Health

Two new companies, Schnucks Markets and Weis Markets, announced recalls of certain cinnamon...

5 cases of childhood lead poisoning in Mo. linked to recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches, DHSS says

Updated: Dec. 20, 2023 at 11:35 AM CST
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By Amber Ruch
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported five lead poisoning cases in children in the state linked to recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches.

News

Man in critical condition following apartment fire in Maryville, Ill.

Man in critical condition following apartment fire in Maryville, Ill.

Updated: Dec. 20, 2023 at 5:44 AM CST
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By Lucas Sellem
A man is in critical condition after crews responded to an apartment fire in Maryville early Wednesday morning.

News

Person hospitalized after jumping from building on fire in St. Charles

Person hospitalized after jumping from building on fire in St. Charles

Updated: Dec. 20, 2023 at 5:32 AM CST
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By Lucas Sellem
One person is in the hospital after jumping from the second story of a home on fire in St. Charles.

News

South City woman’s wheels stolen, car left on blocks

South City woman’s wheels stolen, car left on blocks

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 10:33 PM CST
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By Justin Andrews
The holiday season isn’t so bright right now for Jessica Sagar, who had two wheels swiped off her car in Benton Park.

News

CARE STL is in need of emergency flooring repairs.

Care STL empty after all dogs adopted or in foster homes

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
After a major push to get all their pups homes for the holidays, Care STL said on Tuesday its shelter is empty.

News

Missouri Supreme Court shuts down law banning camping on state-owned property

Missouri Supreme Court shuts down law banning camping on state-owned property

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 8:55 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
The Missouri Supreme Court struck down a law critics have argued penalizes being homeless in the state.

News

SLU leading in prison education program

SLU leading in prison education program

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 8:51 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Saint Louis University is part of a new program that helps those behind bars receive a Jesuit education.

News

Push to ban red light cameras filed in Missouri Senate

Push to ban red light cameras filed in Missouri Senate

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 8:48 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
While city leaders in St. Louis are considering bringing back red-light cameras, a push to ban the devices is back in the Missouri Senate.

News

St. Louis County PD investigating verbal altercation between Jennings mayor, councilmember

St. Louis County PD investigating verbal altercation between Jennings mayor, councilmember

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 8:02 PM CST
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By Deion Broxton
The St. Louis County Police Department is investigating a dispute between two Jennings city officials.

News

Ronnell Compentente leaves the Philippines to teach in North County

Teacher moves from Asia to St. Louis to teach North County students

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 7:49 PM CST
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By Melanie Johnson
Ronnell “RJ” Compentente moved 8,000 miles away for an opportunity to teach students in the Riverview Gardens School District.

News

As police departments see rise in mental health related 911 calls, O’Fallon, Mo., officer...

As police departments see rise in mental health related 911 calls, O’Fallon, Mo., officer applauded for saving teen

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 7:17 PM CST
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By Caroline Hecker
The O’Fallon Police Department is thanking one of its own after successfully talking a suicidal teen away from the edge of an interstate overpass.

News

Arch lights shining once again

Gateway Arch shines after new light display finishes

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 6:58 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
New lights at the Gateway Arch came on Tuesday.

News

Both directions of I-70 at TR Hughes shut down for vehicle fire

Eastbound I-70 at TR Hughes remains shut down after vehicle fire

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 6:46 PM CST
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By Kalie Strain
Both directions of I-70 is shut down at TR Hughes Tuesday due to a car fire, according to MoDOT.

News

New leads sought in 1979 disappearance of 13-year-old St. Charles girl

New leads sought in 1979 disappearance of 13-year-old St. Charles girl

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 6:27 PM CST
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By Russell Kinsaul
April Fowler is the last living immediate relative of 13-year-old Tammy Surdam, who went missing on Aug. 11, 1979.

News

Former Northview Village workers protest over lack of pay after nursing home shuts down abruptly

Former Northview Village workers protest over lack of pay after nursing home shuts down abruptly

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 5:33 PM CST
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By Shoshana Stahl
Frustrations are beyond boiling over the abrupt shutdown of a St. Louis city nursing home, leaving its residents, their families and employees with uncertainty.

News

Man who helped scam nearly $1.2 million from St. Louis area woman sentenced

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 1:05 PM CST
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By Stephanie Usery
A man who helped scam nearly $1.2 million from a St. Louis area woman has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to repay the victim.

St. Louis City

A still image taken from a surveillance video showing a police car crashing.

WATCH: Newly-released video shows squad car crashing into South City bar

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 12:30 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
Surveillance video reportedly showing the moment a St. Louis police car crashed into a South City bar Monday has been released.

News

Thousands of troops head home for the holidays

Thousands of troops head home for the holidays

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 11:41 AM CST
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By Cameron Bopp
Thousands of soldiers passed through Lambert International Airport early Tuesday for Holiday Block Leave, many of them taking flights to be with their families for the holidays.

News

Bar:PM owner facing felony charge after St. Louis City cop crashes into bar

Bar:PM owner to be released on own recognizance after after cop car crashed into building

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 11:20 AM CST
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By Justin Andrews
Frequent bar-goers at Bar:PM are demanding answers and an apology after a St. Louis City probation officer crashed a police cruiser into the bar Monday morning.

News

Quan Rhodes, 31, is accused of shooting a woman in Florissant on Dec. 17, 2023.

Man charged for allegedly shooting his girlfriend

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 11:14 AM CST
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By Meghan McKinzie
A St. Louis-area man was charged on Tuesday for allegedly shooting his girlfriend.

City SC

October 29, 2023; St. Louis, Missouri, USA;  Images from MLS Playoffs Round One Game One St....

St. Louis CITY SC 2024 preseason schedule released

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 10:45 AM CST
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By Lucas Sellem
St. Louis CITY SC has released its 2024 preseason schedule.

News

Othel Moore Jr., 38, died on Dec. 8, 2023 while in custody at the Jefferson City Correctional...

Family of Missouri prison inmate who died in custody to file wrongful death lawsuit

Updated: Dec. 19, 2023 at 10:18 AM CST
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By Joe McLean
Attorneys representing the family said they are also demanding the release of the names of the corrections officers who were working in the facility at the time of Moore’s death.

News

Employees without pay, residents displaced after largest St. Louis nursing home abruptly shuts...

Employees without pay, residents displaced after largest St. Louis nursing home abruptly shuts down

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 10:22 PM CST
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By Alexis Zotos
Ned Gibson lived at Northview Village Nursing Home in North St. Louis for about a year before he was told Friday night the facility was shutting down.

News

Man charged after Christmas decor was destroyed in House Springs

Man charged after Christmas decor was destroyed in House Springs

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 10:16 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
A man was charged Monday after a Christmas display was destroyed in House Springs.

First Alert 4 Investigates

couch fire

Their couch caught fire, now a local family faces holiday season without a home

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 6:27 PM CST
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By Lauren Trager
A local family finds themselves without a home just in time for the holidays and their residence reduced to rubble after a devastating fire.

News

Metro East great grandmother injured in home invasion

Metro East great grandmother injured in home invasion

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 6:18 PM CST
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By Russell Kinsaul
Granite City police are investigating after an intruder walked into a home on St. Clair Avenue Thursday night and attacked a great-grandmother.

News

St. Louis mayor signs senior tax freeze

St. Louis mayor signs senior tax freeze

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 4:55 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
St. Louis City Mayor Tishaura Jones has signed the senior property tax freeze into law.

News

West County Center to add ‘giving vending machines’

West County Center to add ‘giving vending machines’

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 4:54 PM CST
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By First Alert 4 Staff
West County Center will add ‘giving vending machines’ starting on Wednesday.

News

The State Capitol building is positioned along the Missouri River in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Ashcroft: No evidence of Missouri lawmaker’s claim of foreign election interference

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 3:17 PM CST
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By Joe McLean
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said there is no evidence to the claim that unregistered foreign agents are interfering in Missouri’s elections.

News

Robert L. Palmer, 38, has been charged and arrested in connection to the death of Ryan Morton,...

Man charged in Metro East nightclub murder disarmed officer during arrest, court documents say

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 3:12 PM CST
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By Kalie Strain
An East St. Louis man has been arrested and charged in connection to a July 2023 nightclub murder.

News

Floyd Celvin Williams is charged with kidnapping, domestic assault, armed criminal action and...

Poplar Bluff man accused of holding woman hostage for 2 days

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 2:25 PM CST
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By Michale Johnson
A Poplar Bluff man faces multiple charges after allegedly holding a woman hostage for two days.

News

SEMI crash overnight blocks southbound lanes of Highway 61 in Lincoln Co.

Lanes reopen following overnight SEMI crash on Highway 61 in Lincoln Co.

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 10:53 AM CST
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By Lucas Sellem
All lanes of Highway 61 have reopened following an overnight semi-truck crash in Lincoln County.

Local

State releases annual report on school performance

FIND YOUR DISTRICT: State releases annual report on school performance

Updated: Dec. 18, 2023 at 9:45 AM CST
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By Joe McLean
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its annual performance report of the state’s 518 public school districts and 36 charter school networks.
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