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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office searching for man involved in string of thefts
HOUSE SPRINGS, Mo. — The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office needs your help tracking down a suspect they believe to be connected to at least three thefts near House Springs. Investigators believe that the same man was involved in two separate thefts in House Springs on Sept. 21. Andy Lenzen,...
Accomplice of suspect killed during robbery attempt had just been released from prison, police say
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A man who was just released from prison days ago is now facing murder charges after one of his accomplices was shot and killed Monday during an attempted robbery, Ferguson police said. The robbery, captured on a Ring doorbell camera, showed the victim shoot...
2 Starbucks locations in St. Louis have 'temporarily' closed
ST. LOUIS — Two Starbucks locations in the city of St. Louis have shut down temporarily in closures that have now lasted more than a month. The closed locations are at 6 Cardinal Way, at Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis, and 301 DeBaliviere Ave., just north of Forest Park in Skinker DeBaliviere. Signs on doors of both locations say the stores are temporarily closed, but do not provide further details. A spokesperson for the Seattle-based coffee chain confirmed the temporary closures but did not respond to questions about why the stores are closed and when they could reopen.
Cahokia Heights mayor reunited with 7-year-old whose life he helped save
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill — During a city council meeting Wednesday, the Mayor of Cahokia Heights was re-united with the 7-year-old girl whose life he helped save during an asthma attack. A big crowd showed up to celebrate her. "I don't want to get emotional myself," Mayor Curtis McCall said,...
Historic Chouteau Apartments, once known as the Parkway Dwellings in St. Louis are still amazing
The Chouteau Apartments (Parkway Dwellings) are at 4927-43 Laclede Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. They're also known as the Chouteau Condominiums. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 10, 1983.
St. Louis hires contractors to perform unwanted repairs, leaves 'absentee' owners with the bill
ST. LOUIS, Missouri — While St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was welcoming the national conference on Reclaiming Vacant Properties to town at the Hyatt Regency Wednesday afternoon, her Building Division was implementing a new program targeting problem properties for mandatory repairs on the owners' dime. "It's no secret that...
Lindbergh High School closed Thursday after 'unexpected outage', district says
ST. LOUIS — Lindbergh High School is closed Thursday after an unexpected power outage hit the facility Thursday morning, district officials told 5 On Your Side. The district's high school, the Early Childhood Education Center, and the Idea Center are all closed due to the outage. District officials said they did not have an estimated time power would be restored.
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