ST. LOUIS - A seven percent pay raise is on the way to St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers in an effort to help with staffing shortages. The negotiations were voted on and approved by the St. Louis Police Officers' Association (SLPOA). St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones says raising pay has proven to be effective when [...]

ST. LOUIS - Allstate Insurance announces that it's raising home insurance rates by more than 14% this winter for customers who live in Illinois. The new insurance rates will take effect on Feb. 24 and will impact about a quarter million customers. The new price hike comes after the company implemented a 12% raise last [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Council passed a controversial measure Tuesday that could give them the power to remove county department heads. The story comes from our partners at Post-Dispatch. The council passed the measure on Tuesday night by a six-to-one vote, with Council member Lisa Clancy, from Maplewood, being the [...]

ST. LOUIS - One of the men charged in the shooting death of CBC student Colin Brown is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. 28-year-old Donovan Baucom is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Carnahan Courthouse in downtown St. Louis. Baucom faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder, armed criminal [...]

ST. LOUIS - We start a warm-up Wednesday, warmer by January standards anyway. After starting the day in the single digits and low teens, we’ll see temperatures climb into the 30s later Wednesday. That’s 20+ degrees warmer than Tuesday, when our top temp was only 11 F. There will be more clouds around Wednesday. Highs [...]

ST. LOUIS – A previously convicted felon from St. Louis appeared in federal court on Tuesday and admitted to a carjacking, a shooting, and two other incidents involving firearms. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Darnell L. Clemons, 38, will be sentenced on April 24 after pleading guilty [...]

ILLINOIS - An extremely cold start to 2025 has led to a spike in demand for natural gas, a product used by many homeowners to power furnaces during winter months. Ameren Illinois utilizes underground storage fields, including one in Freeburg, to meet demand spikes when the weather turns cold.  “We can inject gas into the [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — This week Missouri lawmakers will discuss putting the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department back under state control.  Back in 2012, Missouri voters approved taking away state control and giving the City of St. Louis control of its police department. Now, Republicans, including the new governor, want the state to regain control. [...]

WRIGHT CITY, Mo. – Fire crews in Warren County battled a large, three-alarm fire caused by an explosion at a warehouse in Wright City Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. following the explosion at Universal Galvanizing, a metal finishing facility, just south of Interstate 70 in Wright City. Fire and EMS crews [...]

LADUE, Mo. – A St. Louis man lost his life in a head-on collision Tuesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crash report said the collision happened just before 10:40 a.m. on Ladue Road, just east of Graybridge Road. A 2016 Toyota 4Runner was traveling westbound on Ladue when a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander traveling in [...]