2+ hour, 41+ min ago  (810+ words) In St. Louis, independence can begin with something you can hold onto: a set of keys, a grocery list, a plan for the afternoon. These are the kinds of moments that begin to define how someone moves through their day,…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (197+ words) ST. LOUIS " Over $475, 000 was raised on Friday for survivors of the tornado that devastated St. Louis on May 16, 2025. That number is expected to grow as donations remain open. 5 On Your Side partnered with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (204+ words) ST. LOUIS " A judge has ruled that the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department unlawfully blocked the release of records detailing a fatal fall from an apartment building on downtown's Washington Avenue. "Coming after our reserves is absolutely a move to…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago  (129+ words) ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE" China has agreed to buy 200 Boeing jets, with a potential for the order to rise to as much as 750 planes, U. S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday, adding that the planes would have GE Aerospace GE....

7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (133+ words) Cahokia Heights police are investigating a shooting that killed a 35-year-old man on Wednesday night. "Coming after our reserves is absolutely a move to decimate our City," Mayor Cara Spencer's statement says. "There's no other way to interpret it." Carl…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (204+ words) WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY " Television maven and proud St. Louis native Andy Cohen offered the Washington University graduating class of 2026 advice that at first seemed contradictory " but wasn't. The season 25 winner of "American Idol" has been crowned, and Missouri fans can be…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (82+ words) Each month, the community nominates their favorite teachers and educators from the St. Louis region to be the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Teacher of the Month. May's winner is Ms. Joy Johnson, a fourth-grade teacher at Lexington Elementary School in St....

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (141+ words) NEW ATHENS " A New Athens principal is resigning amid scrutiny of her actions after staff found an unloaded gun in a first-grader's backpack. "Coming after our reserves is absolutely a move to decimate our City," Mayor Cara Spencer's statement says....

4+ hour, 17+ min ago  (116+ words) "Coming after our reserves is absolutely a move to decimate our City," Mayor Cara Spencer's statement says. "There's no other way to interpret it." Carl Walker Jr. stood trial this week on charges that he shot and killed his 16-year-old…...

2+ hour, 10+ min ago  (141+ words) MOLINE ACRES" Police say a man took mushrooms and drank alcohol before racing along Highway 367 and causing a January crash that killed two people. "Coming after our reserves is absolutely a move to decimate our City," Mayor Cara Spencer's statement…...