Russell Kinsaul

A 12-year-old boy shot in the Greater Ville neighborhood Tuesday evening is the 40th child shot this year in St. Louis.

Three of the major contributors to the worker shortage are a spike in retirements, fewer mothers of school-aged children are working and there’s been a slowdown in immigration.

Ideas for how to refresh and revitalize the downtowns of Festus and Crystal City were on display Friday evening at a public open house held at First Baptist Church on Truman Boulevard

This legislative session in Missouri will be remembered for passing far fewer bills than in previous years and gridlocking until the final days over congressional redistricting.

The average statewide cost of a gallon of gasoline hit a record high of $3.98 today, beating the record of $3.94 set back in 2008.

News 4 is taking a closer look at efforts to stop conflict after a quadruple shooting Wednesday in north St. Louis.

The Missouri General Assembly has until the end of the week to complete the process of redrawing the boundaries for the state’s eight congressional districts

It’s a seller’s market in the St. Louis region and it’s been that way for some time. When there are more home buyers than houses on the market it leads to bidding wars and forces some home buyers to get a little creative.

The leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion of a Mississippi abortion law, that would strike down Roe V. Wade, is being fiercely criticized by Republicans. Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis called the leak judicial insurrection. Republicans from Congress to St. Louis County are accusing the leak of being an attempt to influence the court.

A brief rain shower didn’t scare away the crowds from downtown St. Louis’ inaugural “City Social” block party on Friday. The event featured live music, an art display and street performers. It’s taking place on Washington Avenue from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Starting in May, one of the officers at the Maplewood Police Department will be dedicated to doing patrols on foot and on a bicycle, year round

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an overnight burglary at a business on Highway MM in Gray Summit. Jamie and Gina McDaniel own the business, a machine shop, and are living there temporarily while a new house is under construction

Lafayette High School hosted the Marquette High School varsity and junior varsity baseball teams today. But because of a shortage of game officials, the JV game only had one umpire instead of two.

The woman’s mother, Jeri Teixeira, said she’s heartbroken over her daughter’s death.

In recent weeks mask mandates have been dropped and vaccination requirements have been lifted at businesses and sports and concert venues in the St. Louis region. You might say, things are getting back to normal.

A 32-year-old Metro East man killed his ex-girlfriend and her sister outside his home in Collinsville Saturday morning, police tell News 4.

A Stone County judge dismissed state charges against three employees, including the captain, in the deadly Ride the Ducks tragedy on Table Rock Lake in July of 2018.

Lily McMorrow was diagnosed in 2017 with an autoimmune disease called autoimmune myocarditis, which causes inflammation of the heart. She got a COVID-19 vaccination but because of the immunosuppression medication she takes, the vaccine wasn’t very effective

Ground is expected to be broken in early 2023 on Spirit of Discovery Park in Wentzville.

Rosati-Kain High School, Bishop DuBourg High School and St. Mary’s High School were forced to close on Monday because they didn’t have enough teachers, due to a high number of them calling in sick. Instead of staying home, more than 80 students from the schools held a rally outside Cathedral Basilica to show support for their teachers.

Police and fire investigators are conducting an investigation into a fire that may have been intentionally set at an apartment building on North Charles Street in Belleville last Friday.

It’s a winter tradition: Snowy weather invariably leads to an epidemic of potholes and this year is no different.

Just like college basketball has “March Madness,” collegiate bowling teams also have a national tournament to determine a national championship. This year, both the men’s and women’s teams at Missouri Baptist University qualified to compete in the tournament, but both were declared ineligible and won’t be participating this year.

By a vote of 101 to 40, the Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow concealed carry permit owners to carry a weapon on mass transit. House Bill 1462 was sponsored by Republican St. Charles Rep. Adam Schnelting.

Arnold Shterental owns several Airbnb apartments in Kyiv, Ukraine. He left them all behind when he, his wife and two children, ages 9 and 10, fled the city seven days after the Russian invasion.

Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak is hoping to catch criminals and get them charged with crimes more quickly with the help of a planned, new crime lab.

Leslie Silkwood is distressed about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what it’s doing to the Ukrainian people. And she says she feels a special affection for Ukraine because her grandfather was born there.

The City of Kirkwood is taking a different approach to keeping tree limbs from being blown onto power lines in a storm and causing power outages. Instead of spending the time and effort to trim branches regularly, the city plans to cut down problematic trees and replace them with shorter ones.

Viktor Karchevskyy and his daughter, Viktoria Karchevska, live in the western Ukrainian city of Ternobil. They were visiting friends in St. Louis when Russian forces invaded their country.

Cecilia Williams is on a mission to get all 50 states to pass a law that uses a new way to hold drunk drivers accountable. She also hopes the proposed new law will be a new deterrent to drinking and driving.

Yuriy Savronov was in Ukraine last week, along with his son, sister and brother-in-law for a very important celebration

St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page announced an end to the mask mandate in the county at a press conference Monday morning. But he continues to strongly recommend that people wear a mask in public

Days after local hospital officials requested federal help, aid will be arriving at a local hospital. Others will have to go without it

18-year-old Dezaray Dorsey, a senior at Clyde Miller Career Academy, has spent the last five days in the ICU at Barnes Jewish Hospital after a hit-and-run crash. Her mother, LaShanda Dorsey, has stayed by her side, holding vigil.

Ukrainian Americans living in the St. Louis area are watching developments in Ukraine very closely after Russian forces invaded their home country.

A 38-year-old woman is dead after a man put her in a chokehold Sunday night. A friend of the woman identified her as Anitra Whitehead

New 24-hour behavioral health crisis centers have begun opening across Missouri. Compass Health Network will operate three of the 12 crisis centers scheduled to open.

A newspaper carrier was shot in the back, but not seriously hurt, during an attempted carjacking in Ladue early Tuesday morning

A sign on the clubhouse door at Quail Creek Golf Club in Suson Park in south St. Louis County says it's closed for the winter. But the golf course might not be opening anytime soon

Officer Chralene “Charlie” O’Dell was sworn in January 4 at the South Roxana Police Department, becoming the first female officer in the department’s history. She said she wanted to be a police officer since she was a kid

Herculaneum High School student Tristan Watson held a protest outside the Dunklin R-5 School District headquarters Monday morning over the district’s mask mandate.

The jury hearing the case of three St. Louis police officers accused of assaulting an undercover detective during a 2017 protest issued a partial verdict Monday afternoon.

The Central West End couple seen on video pointing guns at protesters marching to Mayor Lyda Krewson’s home on Sunday are receiving both praise and scrutiny nationally. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, both lawyers themselves, have retained council as some are calling for charges.

A 35-year old St. Louis police officer is out of the hospital and recovering after being shot in the shoulder Sunday night while attempting to make a traffic stop. He’s the ninth officer in the city to be shot in the line of duty since June.

Police in Crestwood are investigating four incidents that happened Monday morning involving a group of car thieves. Police Chief Jonathan Williams said the thieves are looking for cars left warming up to steal, and that it's become a big problem during cold, winter weather.