EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Three dozen people were arrested during a violent crime crackdown last week in St. Clair and Madison counties, the Illinois State Police announced Monday. According to a statement from ISP’s Public Information Office, the crackdown targeted known high-crime areas, violent offenders, and structured criminal groups in the Metro East. Nearly [...]

ST. LOUIS - Two St. Louis natives were awarded $10,000 during an appearance on 'The Jennifer Hudson Show' on Tuesday. St. Louis natives Brad Edwards and Kyra Betts appeared on the daytime talk show on Tuesday to share about their nonprofit organization, Dads to Doulas. Edwards and Betts cofounded Dads to Doulas to empower Black fathers [...]

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A St. Louis man appeared in federal court in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Wednesday to be sentenced for robbing multiple banks in a three-week period in 2023. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois said Tyrone Leslie, 40, robbed two banks in St. Louis [...]

ST. LOUIS - The Festival of Nations is set to return to Tower Grove Park in 2025 after the event was briefly paused due to cuts in federal funding. The Festival of Nations is an annual event from the International Institute of St. Louis that showcases and celebrates food, music, culture, and goods from more [...]

MISSOURI - The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Wednesday that eight schools across the state were named a Gold Star School this year, and two of those in the St. Louis area made the list. Conway Elementary in the Ladue School District and Steam Academy Middle School in the Ferguson-Florissant School District [...]

ST. LOUIS - Authorities have now identified a suspect killed in a shootout with a St. Louis officer and an ATF special agent last week, along with three homicide victims linked to the investigation. On Wednesday, five days after the incident, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department identified the suspect as James Carter, 61, of [...]

ST. LOUIS - The main story the next two days is the very warm temperatures. It's an early taste of summer with highs in the mid-80s Wednesday and low 90s Thursday---just shy of the record high of 94. With that, stronger storms are anticipated to move through the area on Thursday and Friday. Thursday afternoon and [...]

ST. LOUIS - Pierce Rohman is set to graduate from the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, a top-ranked magnet school within St. Louis Public Schools, after achieving a perfect score on the ACT. The Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience is ranked as the second-best high school in Missouri by U.S. News & World [...]

ST. LOUIS - Matt Carpenter, a steady bat and versatile infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals during the 2010s, is retiring from Major League Baseball. Carpenter, a three-time All-Star, spent 12 of his 14 big-league seasons with the Cardinals. Carpenter, 39, announced his plans to retire Wednesday morning during a Sports Spectrum digital production. "I [...]

ST. LOUIS -- For Austin Beckett, a native of Freeburg, Illinois, cooking was never just about "liking" food but about how it brought people together. His genuine love of cooking and its ability to bring people to the same table launched him into a career that started in St. Louis and eventually led him to [...]