BELLEVILLE, Ill. - From weddings to graduations, May is a season of celebrations.  Those special occasions are sometimes marked with balloon releases. An unintended consequence of letting go can be power outages. “Especially during graduation time, we will see somewhere throughout our service territory a number of outages, some big, some small, simply because somebody [...]

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer held a news conference today, outlining prevalent topics in the community. Spencer shared that she and her team are continuously discovering initiatives to lower the rate of crime in the St. Louis area. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Police Department (SLCPD) issued a missing persons report for a 33-year-old man. According to authorities, Kajinaki Bujaga reportedly left his house on May 2, 2025, just after 10:30 a.m. SLCPD says the 33-year-old was headed off to work and has not been seen since. The missing [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A school bus driver is charged with a felony after students say he fought with kids on the bus. It happened Friday afternoon on a Hazelwood School District bus. According to a police probable cause statement, the driver, Lamar Murry, 51, became angry with several juveniles on the back of [...]

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that inmates at a former medium-security jail were housed in “inhumane conditions” that included rodent feces in food, infestations of bugs and snakes, and unbearable overcrowding. The nonprofit ArchCity Defenders announced the settlement on Tuesday as it filed a [...]

ST. LOUIS - May 7 marks the beginning of the new federal Real ID requirements for flying by plane domestically in the United States. The Department of Homeland Security’s website looks to make the process easy for those to navigate. Those who visit the website will be taken straight to the DMV’s page, which contains [...]

CLAYTON, Mo. – St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Price Smith says her office has reduced the county’s backlog of cases by 45% in her first 100 days in office. That’s just one accomplishment she shared at a news conference Tuesday in Clayton. “I hope St Louis County is safer since I came to office. [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – On the eve of the nationwide implementation of the REAL ID, the director of the Missouri Department of Revenue said roughly 46% of Missouri license holders currently have the security-enhanced identification. "May 7 is D-Day,” Director of Revenue Trish Vincent said. “You have to have a REAL ID to get on [...]

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County woman appeared in federal court Tuesday to be sentenced for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) involving a toddler. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Raven A. Pointer, 27, pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of production of child [...]

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis health leaders on Tuesday provided new details about the potential measles exposure at the St. Louis Aquarium last week. Staff at the city health department are looking over sign-in sheets at the aquarium and notifying anyone who may have been exposed to the measles, including a group of children. "It [...]