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St Louis County budget crisis reaches critical point as Page’s budget calls for heavy cuts (opens the original)
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - After warning cuts were coming for much of the year, the St. Louis County executive proposed a budget Thursday, slashing spending and using reserve funds to fill in the gaps. County Executive Sam Page’s proposed 2027 budget includes a nearly $70 million decrease in the county’s operating budget compared with 2026. He proposes eliminating 139 positions within St. Louis County. Page told First Alert 4 that some of those positions are currently vacant, and while som
‘Don’t think it’s fair’: St. Louis County plan draws concerns over who would pay for road maintenance (opens the original)
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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - To get out of a budget hole, the St. Louis County executive is trying to change something that’s been done for a long time. For years, the county has maintained, repaired and paid for many of the major arterial streets in towns across the county. Now, Sam Page wants to shift that responsibility onto the municipalities where those roads sit. This comes as the county is in a budget disaster and is warning of police layoffs. “It would impact us, it would impa
‘A bad situation’: Police say over 40 fire hydrants in North City damaged (opens the original)
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Fire hydrants in at least three north St. Louis neighborhoods were recently vandalized and currently unusable after police say they were intentionally damaged. This raises public safety concerns in the Near North Riverfront, Hyde Park and Old North neighborhoods. “I think it’s a bad situation,” said Michelle Wyatt. Old North resident Michelle Wyatt has concerns after learning some fire hydrants in her neighborhood and surrounding ones are missing a key component,
‘I just remember red hair’: Rescuer speaks out after pulling students through windows of burning van (opens the original)
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CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (First Alert 4) - Geno Spearman said there was “no time to think” when helping to rescue students and adults from a fiery van crash in Cahokia Heights this week. The van was carrying six Belleville West High School students and two adults when it hit a pole and quickly caught fire. A 17-year-old died in the crash. As police interview victims and witnesses and try to determine the cause of the wreck, First Alert 4 spoke with one of the good Samaritans who stopped to help res
Police release new details of Belleville West van crash (opens the original)
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CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (First Alert 4) - The Cahokia Heights police chief said all seven surviving victims from the horrific crash are in stable condition in the hospital, although he didn’t believe any had been released yet. We also learned a little more about the crash itself. Cahokia Heights Police Chief Thomas Trice tells First Alert 4 the crash is still under investigation, but it appears the driver was speeding before the crash, and they’re still determining whether the driver had a medical
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