MISSOURI & ILLINOIS- The National Weather Service (NWS) has completed surveys and compiled a list of tornadoes. The tornado in DuQuoin, Illinois, and the Rolla tornado were not in the NWS list. The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into these categories: EF0: 65 to 85 mph EF1: 86 to 110 mph EF2: 111 to 135 [...]

ARNOLD, Mo. - Destruction slammed Jefferson County this past Friday night, leaving behind wreckage for many.  Now, the city of Arnold is stepping up to assist their residents after the traumatic storms ripped through the community. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW Homes [...]

ST. LOUIS - Shy Pullen is a music lover who creates hyperpop under the name, “Slime Moneytrees.”    Last month, she was leaving a rave in St. Charles County and was attacked while walking alone to her car.  “This guy just starts stabbing me out of nowhere,” she said. Pullen later learned the man police arrested [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis County family is mourning the loss of a loved one who died after stepping in the area of a downed power line Friday night as severe storms moved through the St. Louis area. Jennifer Brewington, 43, died in her Florissant backyard following Friday’s severe weather.  Her mother, [...]

ST. LOUIS – A life-saving resource for newborns in St. Louis is caught in apparent bureaucratic limbo despite full approval and private funding. The Safe Haven baby box has proven to be lifesaving in St. Louis County, when it reportedly saved an infant within months of installation at a Mehlville firehouse. A parent in crisis [...]

ST. LOUIS - #ColinStrong: the words still ring true in St. Louis. It’s been nearly four months since CBC High School student and hockey player, Colin Brown, of O’Fallon, Illinois, was hit by errant gunfire from a south St. Louis neighborhood, as his father drove him home from a hockey game along Interstate 55.  Colin [...]

MISSOURI - The Great Tri-State Tornado, the longest tracked F5 tornado in U.S. history, devastated Southeast Missouri, Illinois, and Southwest Indiana on March 18, 1925, leaving a trail of destruction and claiming 695 lives. The tornado, which remained on the ground for an unprecedented 3.5 hours, traveled 219 miles, causing significant damage across three states. [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The World Bird Sanctuary announced the passing of Murphy, a 33-year-old Bald Eagle, who was well-known to many for his dedication and resilient spirit as a foster dad. The World Bird Sanctuary said they discovered Murphy on March 15, the day after the widespread storms and tornadoes. They said he [...]

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - In a random survey of SIUE students, 7 out of 7 agree there is an electricity in the air on campus. This is in anticipation of #16 SIUE playing #1 Houston in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Wichita, Kansas. “I’ve gone to every home game,” says Gabrielle Allen, a [...]

MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – The family of Zareef Fawaz announced plans Tuesday to file a wrongful death lawsuit after Fawaz died from a blood clot while in custody at the Madison County Jail last year. Fawaz, who would have turned 50 on Tuesday, reportedly told his sister before his death that jail officers were not [...]