ST. LOUIS – Most schools have closets for students to hang coats. But a closet to give away coats? That’s another story, one that plays itself out at nearly three dozen schools in seven different districts in the St. Louis area. “When kids are walking to school, they need coats,” Reniya Banks-Franklin, social worker for [...]

ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis can be known for a lot of things, from gooey butter cake, the Gateway Arch, and the 1904 World Fair, but did you know we're also the first city to receive a cow from a plane? On Feb. 18, 1930, a Guernsey cow named Elm Farm Ollie [...]

PINE LAWN, Mo. - A homicide investigation is underway after a man was fatally shot overnight in Pine Lawn. The North County Police Cooperative reports that a 60-year-old man was shot and killed around 1 a.m. Tuesday in the 4400 block of Jennings Station Road. List: St. Louis area school & business closings Police have [...]

ST. LOUIS -- With heavy snow and bitter cold on the way, more school and business closures are expected across the region. Many districts may announce cancellations ahead of the evening storm, while some businesses could adjust hours due to hazardous travel conditions. Ice-covered roads and subzero wind chills may also lead to closures extending [...]

ST. LOUIS - A harsh winter with several snowstorms has forced many Missouri schools to rely on virtual learning days, also known as AMI days, in hopes to prevent the need to extend the traditional school year. AMI days are ones that the state recognizes as alternative methods of instruction. When schools use an AMI [...]

ST. LOUIS -- As the St. Louis region experiences another round of snow on Tuesday into Wednesday, this system is nothing compared to what the region experienced almost two decades ago during the ice storm of 2006. According to the National Weather Service, from November 30, 2006, to December 1, 2006, the region saw two [...]

ST. LOUIS - City officials announced that an unhoused individual was found deceased in St. Louis Tuesday morning. According to the office of Mayor Tishaura Jones, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and EMS responded to a call on Clark Avenue, where they found the unhoused woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The [...]

ST. LOUIS --The annual Annie Malone May Day Parade, known as the second largest African American parade in the country, announced on Tuesday its 2025 parade scheduled has been canceled. The St. Louis tradition that has marked the city for 115 years was originally scheduled for May 18, but according to Annie Malone Children & [...]

ST. LOUIS - Another round of winter weather is making its way across the area, with Ameren reporting some outages early Tuesday morning. If you find yourself without power in winter, here is a list of what to do—as well as what not to do—to keep you and your family safe and warm. Preparing for [...]

ST. LOUIS - Officials and first responders are urging drivers to stay off Missouri roadways through at least Wednesday morning as a powerful snowstorm intensifies and slams much of the state. From Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning, an intense snowstorm will likely bring around 3-6 inches of snow to the immediate St. Louis metropolitan area, [...]