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Attack of the trees: Aging giants wreak havoc in Missouri neighborhood
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Problematic trees in a Missouri neighborhood have left residents on edge, with falling limbs damaging property and city crews facing delays in cutting them down. “It happens every day,” Bob Jackson told Nexstar’s KTVI. “The tree limbs are falling. It doesn’t have to be windy; it doesn’t have to be stormy.” A fallen branch that totaled a car is just the beginning of the damage Jackson said he has seen around the St. Louis Hills neighborhood.
Video shows how elder lived in home with 175 cats
WILDWOOD, Mo. (KTVI) — You wouldn’t know it from looking from the outside of a 5,700-square-foot home in Wildwood, Missouri — but it was recently a playground for nearly 175 cats. FOX 2 showed pictures in September as family members fought to protect their elderly father, who lived in the home until a county health order to vacate. A new video taken by family reveals conditions worse than they first feared — a bathroom shared by the cats — with cat waste on the sink and piling up in the bathtub.
Missouri inmate died in St. Louis jail from untreated diabetes
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – In a St. Louis Justice Center jail video, 32-year-old Carlton Bernard appeared too weak to hold up his head. “All they had to do was give him some insulin or just send him to the hospital,” Shantae Winston, Carlton’s mother, said. Carlton died on Aug. 20, 2023, from what an autopsy said was a lack of insulin and dehydration. “I never got to say goodbye to him the proper way,” Winston said. “At least if I knew he was sick…” She could not fight through tears to continue.
Missouri alderman defends push to remove police department after his arrest
PINE LAWN, Mo. – “I’m an alderperson in Pine Lawn.” Those words from Alderman Gerald Metts were recorded on June 30 via a police bodycam. Alderman Metts had just plowed into a crime scene, in which the North County Police Cooperative was investigating a shooting on Kienlen Avenue in Wellston. Police photos show how the alderman’s vehicle crashed through a guardrail on a dead-end street. His car ended up dangling from a 10-foot wall overlooking Kienlen.
Chemistry student busted for operating meth lab on Illinois college campus
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KTVI) – A former chemistry graduate student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, who was once lauded for his college work, now faces charges of operating a meth lab on campus. According to Madison County Court records, an SIUE professor noticed something suspicious in the Science West building this past Thanksgiving break. Spectrometer testing revealed alleged byproducts of meth making. Campus police investigated.
Missouri churchgoers mourn for minister killed in Teutopolis crash
NEW HAVEN, Mo. – 67-year-old Danny J. Smith was known as Pastor Dan at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in New Haven, Missouri. He was supposed to take the pulpit this past Sunday. “There were a lot of tears shed in our church yesterday morning,” church member John Berger said. Church member Audrey Freitag added, “He just fit into the whole community so well.” Pastor Dan was scheduled to preach Sunday in the small river town in Franklin County.
“The Heat Will Kill You First” with Jeff Goodell on Apple Podcasts
This past July, Earth reached the hottest temperature since record-keeping began, according to the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. And the record-breaking temperatures are impacting everything from our bodies, to our food supplies to the habitability of the planet. Meanwhile, Texas Governor Abbot recently signed legislation prohibiting localities from passing any laws that require shade or water breaks for outdoor construction workers.
Missouri family finds woman alive 10 hours after being told she died
CUBA, Mo. (KTVI) — The Ferguson family in Cuba, Missouri, recently got a dreaded knock at the door from sheriff’s deputies with news that a relative was killed in a car crash. It happened after a hit-and-run crash on Route 3 near Interstate 55 in St. Clair County. A pickup truck reportedly ran a red light in the early morning hours of May 22, colliding with a Ford Escape. A man in the vehicle was seriously injured; his sister was killed. Authorities believed that woman was Danika Ferguson.
5 people die after Missouri tornado sweeps trailer away
BOLLINGER COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) – A Missouri tornado left a miles-long path of destruction that took the lives of five people in an instant around 3 a.m. Wednesday. Tearful relatives later stood at the site of what was once a trailer in Bollinger County. One man, who did not want to be identified, detailed finding his five loved ones, who had been swept away far from their home. He said one had even shared last words with him. Two of the victims were 18 and 15 years old, he added.
Emotional plea from parents of teen athlete who lost both legs in collision
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – The parents of a 17-year-old athlete who lost her legs after being hit by a car in St. Louis pleaded with a judge to keep the suspect behind bars awaiting trial. The family was traveling to St. Louis from Nashville, Tennessee, for a volleyball tournament. The family was walking downtown Saturday when they heard a speeding car. Police say a car drove past a yield sign and hit a car at an intersection.
Officer's hunch solves 2 cold case mysteries
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) — Two 1994 unsolved cases in Missouri and Illinois have baffled investigators for decades. Three investigative agencies in two states came together to solve a 28-year-old mystery. In January 1994, Steven Asplund was reported missing in Illinois. He was last seen driving a Ford Mustang in Moline, Illinois. Three months later, a barge worker spotted a body in the Mississippi River near the Jefferson Barracks Bridge in St. Louis County, Missouri.
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