NEOGA, Ill. - Cleanup efforts are underway in Missouri and Illinois following storm damage, with Neoga, Illinois, experiencing significant devastation. The tornado in Neoga has caused considerable destruction, leading to ongoing cleanup operations. The damage to local infrastructure, including homes and schools, has prompted the cancellation of classes. While the preliminary findings from the National [...]

MASCOUTAH, Ill. - The National Weather Service confirmed that a powerful EF2 tornado ripped through St. Clair and Clinton counties in Illinois. This one had 120 mile per hour winds, causing tremendous damage from north of Mascoutah to South of Trenton.      Survey teams assessed the damage, and victims began the difficult process of recovery. The [...]

ST. CHARLES, Mo. - A St. Charles City police vehicle was struck twice, following a pursuit that began in St. Charles today. The St. Charles City Police Department was alerted to a 60-year-old woman who was reportedly screaming at vehicles around the 3700 block of Mexico Road. According to SCPD, the woman—who is from St. [...]

ST. LOUIS - The damage is devastating. People’s homes and lives were upended by the region's first severe spring storms.  While the community is cleaning up, scammers are trying to get a leg up.  Communities like Bridgeton and O’Fallon are warning residents about post-storm scams.  “When storms like this happen, consumers want the work done [...]

ST. LOUIS - The city of St. Louis announced a new digital portal that allows unique access for interactions within the city, the Office of the Mayor announced today.   Called OneStopGov—help funded by the American Rescue Plan Act—the portal aims to modernize city services for residents. In its launch, one feature St. Louisans can have [...]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy and Mayor Tishaura Jones said an officer struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70 while pursuing carjacking suspects has a long road to recovery ahead of him but is expected to survive. The officer was struck by a vehicle Monday morning in the Interstate 70 express [...]

ST. LOUIS - Whether you were a longtime lover of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dogtown or a first-time attendee, there was a festive atmosphere Monday morning, although temperatures were in the upper 30s at the 11 a.m. start time. “I’m from Japan, so I don’t celebrate traditionally,” said Ayumi Cullen, a first-time attendee. [...]

ST. LOUIS – Prosecutors have charged a third person in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this year near a gas station in St. Louis City’s Fairground neighborhood. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened on Jan. 15 in the 3500 block of Harper Street. Police said Deandre Pickens was gunned [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. -- A former secretary and bookkeeper at a church in DeSoto, Missouri, turned herself in on Friday after she was accused of embezzling at least $400,000 from the parish. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Missouri, Corie Boyer, 49, stole parish funds in multiple ways for personal [...]

MISSOURI -- A Missouri lawmaker called for making St. Louis, St. Louis County, and St. Charles County the 51st state during a debate last week regarding the state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police. State Rep. Michael Burton, D-Lakeshire, suggested the city and two counties secede from the state and directed his argument at [...]