Public Safety Preparedness

2+ hour, 31+ min ago   (131+ words) A passenger died in a vehicle crash in a construction zone early Sunday morning in Godfrey, according to police. A gunman was killed Tuesday after he barricaded himself in a home while shooting at neighboring houses and St. Louis County…...

18+ hour, 43+ min ago   (421+ words) In east Wichita, Kansas, a $37 million drainage project has become a flashpoint for one neighborhood. City officials describe it as a safety improvement for a street that repeatedly floods, but residents say the plan would dramatically change their neighborhood. The…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (94+ words) Headlines from the Sept. 20, 1926, front page include: Headlines from the Sept. 14, 1926, front page include: Wreckers derail Sunshine Special, engineer killed Headlines from the Sept. 19, 1926, front page include: Safety payroll firm collector robbed of $500 Headlines from the Sept. 17, 1926, front page include:…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (513+ words) About 30 people carried signs, chanted slogans like "People, not pre-rolls" and tried to divert customers while outside Greenlight Dispensary, 218 N. National Ave., on Sept. 18, protesting the firing of 11 of the dispensary's 23 employees. The fired employees were told their termination was because…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (439+ words) St. Louis firefighters work to put out a large fire in the vacant Grand Hebert building on North Grand Boulevard and Hebert Street in north St. Louis on Friday afternoon. St. Louis Fire Department battalion chief Bill Pollihan shouts out…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (140+ words) ST. LOUIS — A man was fatally shot in an alley early Friday morning in the city's North Pointe neighborhood, police said. A gunman was killed Tuesday after he barricaded himself in a home while shooting at neighboring houses and St....

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (113+ words) A SWAT team and US Marshals are investigating in a Springfield neighborhood on Friday. Crews responded to the 100 block of South Race Street around 1:17 p.m., according to a Springfield Police Department sergeant. Prosecutors say over 100k of texts part of evidence in…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (149+ words) ST. LOUIS COUNTY — A 12-year-old boy riding an e-bike was injured when he was hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon in the Oakville area of South County, county police said. A gunman was killed Tuesday after he barricaded himself in…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (240+ words) Court documents indicate that Makins' car was seen leaving the area right after the shooting, and investigators later matched his fingerprints to a spot on Mason's car where surveillance footage showed him touching it, the same station's report notes. Makins…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (140+ words) BEL-RIDGE — An 11-year-old boy was shot and seriously injured Thursday afternoon in the 3600 block of East Edgar Avenue, authorities said. A gunman was killed Tuesday after he barricaded himself in a home while shooting at neighboring houses and St. Louis…...