A north St. Louis house was set ablaze twice this week; no injuries were reported and bomb-and-arson investigators are assisting.

Sunny Friday with a high near 85°F, but multiple rounds of thunderstorms — some severe — are likely Saturday evening with heavy rain and flash-flooding risk.

Records reviewed by First Alert 4 show at least six North County Police Cooperative officers or staff face criminal charges, convictions or costly civil suits, prompting fresh questions about hiring and oversight.

A man was found fatally shot inside Ely Walker Lofts on Washington Avenue; St. Louis homicide detectives are investigating.

Two men were critically injured in a late-night shooting near Sherman Park in St. Louis; police responded to the 1500 block of N. Kingshighway and an investigation is underway.

A federal judge in St. Louis handed Eddie Marcus Love life plus 15 years for a May 2023 shooting that killed two women and later an unborn child.

Five former St. Louis sheriff's office employees sued the city, alleging racist texts, retaliation over medical leave and long‑running workplace dysfunction.

Mayor Spencer paired a $1,000 lump sum and minimum raises for city workers with an executive order to centralize transportation decisions and overhaul sidewalk repairs.

St. Louis County reached a deal to sell the 28‑acre Wellston Industrial Park to a logistics developer, moving a long‑vacant former factory site toward private redevelopment.

A St. Charles family discovered a newly occupied grave in their Oak Grove plot. The city traced the error to a 1980 burial and an insurance claim is pending.

Nearly $3.9M in federal housing funds will support 34 affordable homes across St. Louis neighborhoods.

A coalition of St. Louis nonprofits published an interactive dashboard that uses Rapid Response hotline data to map detentions, arrest pathways and monthly trends across eastern Missouri.

A radar‑confirmed tornado prompted warnings across Putnam County on Wednesday; viewer video shows a funnel near Lucerne while neighbors reported downed trees and a damaged shed.