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 [...]

ST. LOUIS - The Red Cross shelter announced that it will remain open for Missourians, following the widespread tornado damage that impacted the area last Friday. In its news release, the Red Cross noted that east-central, northeastern and southern parts of Missouri were impacted by recent tornadoes. Various homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed [...]

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. - After three months behind bars on a $500,000 cash-only bond, Selena Rodriguez could soon get out.  She is one of six people charged with murder after her 49-day-old baby died due to meth and fentanyl exposure in Troy, Missouri, last year.  Rodriguez did not live with the child's father. At [...]

ST. LOUIS – The White House is doubling down on President Donald Trump's new trade strategy focusing on higher tariffs on imported goods. "We believe that tariffs are a necessary tool to protect our jobs and our industries from other countries as well as the labor value of our workers in a globalized market,” Vice [...]