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Police Looking For Four People After Park Vandalism
Surveillance photos captured four people vandalizing a Hillview park. There is 24-hour video surveillance at the Maryville Park and it caught the vandals in action. It happened on Tuesday between 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. by Maryville Elementary School off Summers Drive. Two men and two women pushed porta-pot restrooms...
Smoke billows from massive St. Louis warehouse fire
ST. LOUIS — Firefighters were in the 8200 block of Hall Street for a three-alarm warehouse fire. Dark smoke coming from the building located in the North Riverfront neighborhood of St. Louis could be seen from miles away. At one point pushed firefighters back into a defensive stance. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says there are […]
16-year-old shot by victim during armed robbery in Soulard
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Police say a 16-year-old was shot in the chest as he and three other suspects attempted an armed robbery early Saturday in Soulard. Following the incident, the male juvenile was dropped off at an area hospital where he is listed in critical condition, according to St. Louis Metropolitan Police.
Child, adult injured in St. Clair County crash, residents call it 'Dead Man Curve'
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. — A child and adult were hurt in a crash that closed down Illinois Route 3 for several hours this Friday afternoon in St. Clair County. A car and semi-truck crashed in Brooklyn, IL near Canal Street and the McKinley Bridge. The child and adult were airlifted from the scene.
Motor Scooter Suspect Sought In Old Orchard Assault Incident
Webster Groves police are still searching for a man who assaulted two women in the parking lot of a business in the Old Orchard area last week. The assault occurred at roughly 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, in the 600 block of East Lockwood Ave., as confirmed by both the victims and the Webster Groves Police Department.
Messenger: A disturbing twist in the case of security guards who tackled BJC patient
ST LOUIS — Lawsuits sometimes become living, breathing things. They transform into something quite a bit different than when they were filed. So it is with Hughie Robinson vs. Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
Police investigating fatal shooting in Kingsway East neighborhood
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis Police are investigating a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon in the Kingsway East neighborhood. Police posted on the social media site “X” that around 5:30 p.m. officers responded to a shooting in the 4800 block of Maffitt Avenue. The post states an adult male has died.
Juvenile court reduces charge for teen accused of beating girl in north St. Louis County
A 15-year-old girl has been charged with second-degree assault for beating another girl near Hazelwood East High School, and will now be under court supervision for at least six months and will complete community service.
Fatal head-on crash leaves one dead, two injured in Bellefontaine Neighbors
A head-on crash on Route 367 in Bellefontaine Neighbors on Friday morning resulted in one death and two critical injuries, with the driver of a black vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
St. Louis man, woman hurt in crash in Fenton area
A St. Louis man and woman were injured Friday morning, July 19, in a two-vehicle accident at Hwy. 141 and Schneider Drive in the Jefferson County portion of Fenton, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. At 11:31 a.m., Michael R. Sippel, 65, of Fenton was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado...
Man stabbed, killed in Jennings
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis County Police are investigating after a man was stabbed and killed Friday in north St. Louis County. Police said they were called just before 11 p.m. to the 5700 block of Helen Avenue for a stabbing. At the scene, they found a man suffering at least one stab wound lying in the street, police said.
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