Avery Martinez

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Avery Martinez

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - If you’re looking for something to do on Saturday, you could help out with a large-scale clean-up event trying to cover the entire St. Louis region. Saturday is the third annual Confluence Trash Bash, which promises to be one of the largest cleanups on rivers, creeks and across the Lower Missouri River watershed. Volunteers will clean across the area, including sites not along the waterways -- like illegal dumping sites.

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Avery Martinez

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - When most folks think of chicken, they probably think of dinner -- but for Erica Camp, she’s thinking about the literally hundreds of chickens she’s helped foster, rehomed and helped. Second-Hen’d is a local organization dedicated to helping “spent” hens, meaning egg-producing chickens that once laid eggs in commercial operations -- but are now past their egg-laying prime.

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Avery Martinez

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Students gathered around small picnic tables near Pacific, fighting the rain and wet paper, as the clock ticked down on their final entries. These teams of students from the St. Louis area, all from different school districts, were racing the clock and each other to perform correct soil, water, tracking and other tests using the scientific method.

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Avery Martinez

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A coalition of Senate Democrats, headed by two Illinois leaders, have proposed a new act in Congress which would require the USDA to honor its commitments with farmers, and to reimburse rural operators on signed agreements, according to those Congress men and women. The bill is known as the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, and sponsors say a companion bill is coming shortly in the House.

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Avery Martinez

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - When First Alert 4 entered the meeting room in New Athens, Illinois, folks were already screaming at Rep. Mike Bost, (R-Illinois), about a number of recent developments in farming and at the national level. Bost had originally called the meeting to discuss his proposals for solar energy-focused bills that would affect solar panel installation on farmland, something he says needs oversight.