ST. LOUIS - The demand for storm recovery assistance is high, as the American Red Cross opens its fifth shelter location for victims in St. Louis. “We have five shelters and added one over the weekend,” said Sharon Watson, Communications Director for the American Red Cross. “We’re seeing the population stabilizing from 225 to 250; [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A former Pagedale police officer is being accused of his role in a police pursuit that happened in Fairview Heights, Illinois. According to news partners at the Post-Dispatch, Theo Ryans, 35, was driving over 80 miles per hour in a 55-mile-per-hour zone back in February. Court documents say that police [...]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis City is finalizing plans on a six-month lease of a 140,000-square-foot warehouse to store large donations and supplies for tornado recovery efforts, Mayor Cara Spencer said Monday. “We’re very, very pleased that this will be a hub site that will allow us to receive very large-scale donations and then to [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A deadly home explosion was caught on camera Saturday near Kansas City that killed one person and a dog. According to affiliate station FOX 4 in Kansas City, the explosion occurred just before 11:15 a.m. at a home located in the city of Gladstone near Northeast 74th Terrace and North Main [...]

CHICAGO (WGN) — This week kicks off one of the most important summers of JB Pritzker's life. The two-term governor will soon reveal whether he intends to seek a third term, but that decision may be inextricably linked to speculation he’d like to test the 2028 White House waters. Does he run for governor and then [...]

Budweiser is giving sons and daughters a chance to reunite with their dads and take in a ballgame this Father’s Day. The beer maker launched the Head for Home contest on its social media channels Tuesday, asking people to share why catching a baseball game with dad would be so special. You must also pick [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Christian radio station 99.1 JOY FM is one step closer to owning KDHX, the 88.1 FM radio station, after offering a winning bid at an auction for the station on Friday. According to our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, JOY! FM topped Christian music network K-LOVE with an $8.75 million offer, [...]

COLUMBIA, Mo. - A Lake St. Louis man is in custody following an incident that led to a five-hour standoff over the weekend in Columbia. According to authorities, Columbia police were called to the 2700 block of Summit Rd. around 4:30 a.m. Saturday for a domestic disturbance. Court records state that when police arrived, they [...]

ST. LOUIS - If you're looking for a place to play a round of golf in the area, you're in luck. Golf Digest recently named the best golf courses throughout Missouri, and according to them, the St. Louis area has seven---more than anywhere else in the state. The magazine highlighted the Gateway City, noting it [...]

COLUMBIA, Ill. – A Collinsville man and Cahokia Heights teenager have been charged with shooting an Uber driver outside the Columbia, Illinois, police station over the weekend. According to Col. Jason P. Donjon, Chief of Police for the Columbia Police Department, the shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Police said the Uber driver went to [...]