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Chris Jones' Heir Apparent Named Chiefs' Most Promising Building Block of 2024
The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs are trying to win an unprecedented third-straight title, which is unheard of in the NFL. For the Chiefs to accomplish this impressive feat, they will need their defense to play lights out again, which they did last season. Kansas City was ranked second in scoring defense (17.3 points per game allowed) and sacks (56) only behind the Baltimore Ravens.
Taxpayers on the hook for $40K a month for now-ousted St. Louis official
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- Explore St. Louis announced Tuesday that its president, Kitty Ratcliffe, will be retiring early amid mounting criticism about construction on the convention center. First Alert 4 Investigates has learned Ratcliffe will exit her job at the end of next month but will still collect...
They spent years addicted to drugs. A college scholarship gave them a second chance
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- Christy Ivory was scared when she found out she was pregnant at 26 years old. She had a crack cocaine addiction she didn’t know how to overcome. She was trying to lead a normal life. She was still working, but the prevalence of the drug at that time made it difficult to stop.
Multi-day celebration for southwest Missouri’s “oldest mining town” set to begin
GRANBY, Mo. — We’re days away from celebrating what locals claim to be, the oldest mining town in southwest Missouri. The City of Granby will kick off its annual Old Mining Town Days celebration on Friday. We caught up with event organizers Wednesday to find out what those...
St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop Masyn Winn has Played 110 Games in His Young Major League Career, But None Will Feel Like This One
The MLB at Rickwood Field: A Tribute to the Negro Leagues was the first of its kind, played in celebration and remembrance of Negro League players. Played at the oldest professional baseball stadium in America and the former home of the Birmingham Black Barons, the Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants wore the uniforms of their Negro League counterparts, the St. Louis Stars and the San Francisco Sea Lions. 99-year-old Bill Gleason, the oldest living Negro League alumni, threw out the first pitch after a pregame performance by Grammy-nominated musician Jon Batiste who was accompanied by Brittney Spencer, Willie Jones and C.S. Armstrong, and a ceremony honoring the approximately 60 Negro Leaguers in attendance and Willie Mays, who passed away two days before.
Farmington Correctional Center without water
FARMINGTON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Inmates are being provided bottled water and portable toilets as maintenance crews work to repair a broken water main at Farmington Correctional Center. The Missouri Department of Corrections said the break happened Wednesday morning at a main underneath one of the central buildings. While...
A small Missouri hospital could no longer go it alone — so it turned to KU for help
A hospital merger that caused a short-lived political storm tinged with Missouri-Kansas rivalries earlier this year kicks in with the start of July. Liberty Hospital, a 177-bed community hospital on the Missouri side of the metro, will be gobbled up by The University of Kansas Health System, a Kansas neighbor six times larger.
A Cardinals-Rangers blockbuster to form two-headed monster with Sonny Gray
As the trade deadline approaches, it's clear that the St. Louis Cardinals are going to need some help in their starting rotation, which has exceeded expectations but only has one starter that can be counted on in the postseason, Sonny Gray. After a 15-24 start, the Cardinals looked like they...
MoDOT Kansas City hiring maintenance workers at job fair on July 20
10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturday, July 20, at the Belton Maintenance Facility, 17321 S. Peculiar Dr., Belton, MO 64012. At this event, MoDOT KC will be hiring for maintenance workers. You can complete your application ahead of time at modot.org/careers. If you are unable to attend the job...
Three AFC & NFC Teams Not Named The Chiefs Or 49ers That Are Super Bowl Contenders
The Kansas City Chiefs have won back-to-back Super Bowls. Last year, they faced the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl and were victorious. Both the Chiefs and 49ers are understandably the favorites to come out of the AFC and NFC once again. However, anything can happen in the NFL.
'Someone's going to die': Growing AC concerns, more at St. Louis senior apartment building
ST. LOUIS — "We are in urgent need," said Sharon Williams, the president of the residents' association at the Homer G. Phillips Senior Living apartment building, located near Whittier Street and Kennerly Avenue in north St. Louis. Williams told 5 On Your Side for weeks, she and many of...
Remains of Arkansas-born sailor lost at Pearl Harbor identified, set to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery
The remains of a sailor born in Arkansas and killed in the early hours of the Pearl Harbor attack that pulled the US into World War II have been identified and will receive a formal military internment.
Oklahoma, Arkansas Prepare for 100°F Heat, Quarter-Sized Hail and 80 MPH Winds Tonight
Tulsa, OK – Parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas are bracing for severe weather today, with temperatures expected to reach 100°F. Cooler temperatures and potential severe storms are anticipated this evening, bringing quarter-sized hail and winds up to 80 mph. According to the National Weather Service in Tulsa, an...
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