Kimberly Donahue

3 weeks ago | firstalert4.com | Kimberly Donahue

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer provided a progress report Thursday regarding the city’s pothole backlog. One month into her tenure as mayor, Spencer said her administration has reduced the backlog by 80%. As of Thursday night, the city’s website states there have been 1,013 repairs in the last 30 days. The city said on April 20, there were 359 open requests, and on Thursday, there were 46. A spokesperson also said the average time to fulfill a request is 6.1 days.

3 weeks ago | firstalert4.com | Kimberly Donahue

WEST ALTON, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Joni Bunch said she was nearing the end of a long road trip from Kansas City, Kansas to a friend’s home in the St. Louis metro when she stopped for gas at Mobil on Highway 67 in West Alton. “I got out and I didn’t leave very much space between my car and the pump,” she told First Alert 4. She said her car was unlocked. “I got out to get gas and I turned slightly and that’s when I saw him in the car,” she recalled.

3 weeks ago | firstalert4.com | Kimberly Donahue

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Catholics across the bistate and the world came together for special masses Sunday praying for the newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to serve as pontiff. Worshippers gathered at Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis on Good Shepherd Sunday and were thinking of the church’s new shepherd, who will lead the world’s estimated 1.4 billion Catholics.

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Kimberly Donahue

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Inez Bordeaux said she spent a month inside the former medium security institution also known as “the workhouse” in 2016. Following her release, she spent years as one of the leading voices to close the facility. “It was only 30 days but it was the longest 30 days of my life,” she said.

1 month ago | firstalert4.com | Kimberly Donahue

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Michael Rich is a St. Louis native now living in Los Angeles and working as a filmmaker. “I played a lot of festivals and some of the most pride I take is playing at the St. Louis International Film Festival,” he said. “It was very important for my career to feel like I’m playing among quality films and I think that’s very important for St. Louis filmmakers.”That platform for filmmakers could be changing, however.