Russell Kinsaul

Three vending machines in Franklin County are being prepared to dispense medication which can reverse an opioid overdose.

Hail pounded parts of Wentzville Tuesday night as thunderstorms rolled through the St. Louis area. Hundreds of homes were believed to be damaged, including Doug Standish’s house in the Meadows of Williamsburg subdivision.

Michael Kuelker served as a volunteer DJ at KDHX radio station for 26 years, hosting a program called “Good Vibrations.”

Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley(R) passed out bottles of water to striking UAW workers outside the GM Wentzville assembly plant Monday.

Riverview Gardens High School students will return to campus Monday morning after spending most of last week doing virtual learning from home.

Troy, Illinois, Police are investigating a homicide early Wednesday in the 600 block of Lower Marine Road.

St. Louis County Police said a missing 16-year-old Affton girl has been found safe.

A man and woman who were shot and killed on West Florissant Avenue in Jennings Saturday afternoon have been identified.

Car thefts and car break-ins in west St. Louis County neighborhoods were big topics of discussion at a town hall meeting on crime and safety Wednesday evening.

An investigation’s underway after a series of fights broke out Wednesday at Alton High School. As many as a dozen fights occurred, prompting school officials to cancel classes on Thursday and to convert to virtual learning on Friday.

Jermaine Blackheart still has a bullet in his left shoulder after he was shot during a road rage incident last Saturday around 8 p.m. at the intersection of Chambers Road and West Florissant Avenue. The cellphone recording of the shooting has gone viral.

FEMA has selected University City, Ladue and Webster Groves to receive federal funding to reduce the impact of future flooding through the agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance program.

A new music festival in Forest Park kicked off Saturday.

Two officers with North County Police Cooperative were injured following a crash on I-70 near Jennings Station on Saturday.

Connie Weaver’s a bus driver with Missouri Central School Bus and is in her 21st year of transporting children to school. She said she’s never seen weather like she’s experienced this week.

Jennifer Smith’s son is a junior at Granite City High School. Now that the Granite City School District has resolved its past problems with bus driver shortages, Smith’s son can worry about other things rather than how he’ll get to school.

Medicaid recipients in Missouri were notified this week that hackers may have obtained their personal information.

Colton Hampton wanted to get his driver’s license on his 16th birthday, but he couldn’t find any available driving test appointments online for that day or any other day.

Plaques commemorating U.S. soldiers were stolen from Jefferson Barracks park, and police are trying to find who is responsible.

A man drowned in the Big River at Rockford Beach Park near House Springs Saturday. The High Ridge Fire Protection District was notified around 3:30 p.m.

Neighbors of Steve and Shelley Ellerman are planning a big celebration to welcome them when they finally get home from Maui, Hawaii, where a wildfire has caused more than 50 deaths.

A Union Police Department investigation led to charges against an Alabama man for a scam that cost the victim $65,000.

On Monday, a 7-year-old boy died of an accidental shooting in Berkeley. Hours later, a 5-year-old girl also died of an accidental shooting in Belleville.

The Hillsboro Police Department is investigating the theft of a 2014 high-performance Jeep Cherokee from Next LVL Auto Sales on Highway 21. The theft happened around 2:14 a.m. and was caught on surveillance video.

Police in four cities are investigating recent break-ins at cellphone stores which might be linked. The most recent crime occurred at a Metro by T-Mobile store in Crystal City last night.

The St. John Police Department is investigating a collision that happened Saturday night which heavily damaged a Dodge Challenger parked on the street in front of a house. Surveillance video recorded the accident and the two men in the car that caused the collision driving away.

Air conditioners started humming again along Kathlyn Drive in Woodson Terrace on Monday after Ameren line crews restored power. Residents had gone without electricity since strong storms with high winds moved through Saturday afternoon.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating an incident on I-44 Saturday evening that left a St. Charles woman hospitalized with swelling on her brain. According to relatives, 38-year-old Emily Ludwig was seriously injured when a loose tire crashed through her windshield.

A bill sponsored by Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley to provide financial compensation to area residents exposed to radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project, cleared its first hurdle when it was passed by the senate Thursday on a vote of 61-37. The legislation took the form of an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.

Illinois State Police Director, Brendan Kelly, announced plans to increase the number of automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras in the Metro East. Kelly said there are already 45 cameras installed along the interstates, and 30 more will be added by the end of the year.

This week marks the one-year anniversary of a devastating flash flood in the St. Louis area on July 26, 2022.

Rockford Beach Park reopened on Saturday after being closed the previous two weekends because of safety concerns.

Sunday, July 23 will mark the 50th anniversary of the crash of Ozark Airlines Flight 809. The twin-engine passenger plane was on a regularly scheduled flight from Nashville to St. Louis when it crashed on final approach July 23, 1973.

Customers found locked doors and no one inside the Fields Foods grocery store in the 6800 block of Page Avenue in Pagedale Thursday. The store closed suddenly on Tuesday, without explanation.

A car crashed into a house in south St. Louis County, killing the driver, Tuesday.

A South County man that had been missing for 76 days has been found safe at a homeless shelter in Chicago.

Friday morning, there were still hundreds of south St. Louis County residents without power and air conditioning.

Jim Gaffney grew up playing in and around Coldwater Creek and, in recent years, has experienced very serious health issues.

Newly released documents raise new concerns about the risks posed to the community from radioactive waste created by the Manhattan Project and the nation’s subsequent nuclear weapons program.

The founders of the advocacy group Just Moms STL have obtained 15,000 pages of government documents that they say will raise new concerns about the handling of radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating graffiti found on a home under construction.

Two people have been charged after a 10-year-old boy was shot and killed in St. Clair County on Monday night.

Last month it was announced that eight federal prosecutors would be assisting the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office to reduce the backlog of homicide cases. U.S. Attorney Saylor Fleming said she offered the assistance after Gabe Gore was selected to replace Kim Gardner.

A man has been identified as the suspect in a murder-suicide that killed a woman and two of her children and injured a third in St. Louis County on Monday.

As he enters his second month on the job, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore spoke with News 4 about his first weeks in office.

On Friday, the heat index in St. Louis topped 100 degrees. Visitors to the Gateway Arch were taking steps to avoid being overcome by the heat.

People living in the St. Louis region woke to hazy conditions Wednesday caused by smoke from wildfires in Canada.

Two people are dead, and another is injured after a shooting in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood, just a few blocks away from The Grove, Monday night, according to St. Louis Metropolitan Police

The calls to the Missouri Poison Control Center about children having adverse reactions from consuming cannabis edibles are expected to double this year.

Jessica Matthews was driving on Carol Park Drive near Bear Creek Road in Jefferson County Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. when something hit her windshield.