SHANNON COUNTY, Mo. - A Salem woman was left dead Sunday afternoon after drowning under a downed tree in the Current River. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the drowning occurred around 12:45 p.m. in the Current River, below Cave Spring, in Shannon County. Big Give Back initiative turns parking lot into lifeline [...]

ST. LOUIS - A person was left critically injured after an overnight shooting in Wellston early Monday morning. The shooting took place near Trojan Park at Etzel Avenue and Skinker Boulevard. According to North County Police Cooperative's Detective Sergeant Ben Santoyo, the initial call for the shooting went out as a double shooting, but further [...]

ST. LOUIS - A new resource center is opening at Metro Academic and Classical High School on Monday to support families affected by the recent tornado that damaged a dozen St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS). The center is a collaborative effort between St. Louis Public Schools, the SLPS Foundation, and the Little Bit Foundation, aiming [...]

ST. LOUIS - The haze in our skies from Canadian wildfire smoke was thick enough to keep temperatures down a bit on Sunday, and it may do so again Monday as that smoke continues to be carried by upper atmospheric winds. Monday is set to be warm, with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. [...]

ST. LOUIS – North St. Louis continues to recover from a storm that destroyed homes, snapped powerlines, and uprooted trees as well as lives. But on Sunday, a grassroots relief effort delivered both supplies and hope to one hard-hit corner. The Big Give Back proved to be a show of unity, compassion, and action, as [...]

ST. LOUIS – Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting in the city’s Penrose neighborhood. According to a police spokesperson, the shooting happened around 8:15 p.m. Sunday in the 4800 block of Kossuth Avenue. Officers arrived at the scene and found an adult man had been shot to [...]

ST. LOUIS – It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, June 1, 2025. Republican consultant John Hancock and Democratic consultant Michael Kelley discussed the following topics: Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe is bringing lawmakers back to Jefferson City for a special session to consider [...]

ALTON, Ill. – Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting at daybreak in Alton, Illinois. According to Sgt. Andrew Pierson, a spokesman for the Alton Police Department, police received word of a shooting around 5:50 a.m. in the 2000 block of Agnes Boulevard. Officers arrived to find Christopher D. Green [...]

ST. LOUIS – Forecasting the possibility for aurora viewing is incredibly challenging to predict and, like meteor showers, often falls short of expectations. But occasionally, they can overachieve and dazzle as they did several times last year. The initial wave of the solar blast, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), arrived Sunday morning, much [...]

Note: The video attached to this article is from Madigan's February conviction. CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should spend more than 12 years behind bars, federal prosecutors say. In a memo filed Friday evening, prosecutors said Madigan has expressed no remorse for his crimes and accused him of lying on the [...]