Russell Kinsaul

ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- Three members of the Detention Facilities Oversight Board (DFOB) were allowed into the St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) to speak directly to a detainee for the first time since the oversight board was established more than two years ago.

In the last three years, five of Dulle's cats have been diagnosed with cancer and two have died, a third is very ill.

ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- It was around 11 p.m. on Friday when a woman had a suspicious encounter with a man while driving south on Highway 47. She had just crossed over the Missouri River bridge. It was dark, and there were no other cars in sight.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Ronald Moore lives in Bridgeton and still relies on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to send and receive important mail. But he's been frustrated by its lack of reliability lately.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Ron Battelle announced this week that he plans to retire from Backstoppers , a non-profit agency that provides financial assistance to families of fallen first responders. Battelle has served as executive director since 2004.

ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- Brian Lamb woke up on the morning of December 3 at his home in Moscow Mills with a headache and feeling dizzy. As the morning went on, his condition got worse.

PEVELY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Jefferson County executive Dennis Gannon and Sheriff Dave Marshak were joined by a host of other county officials for a groundbreaking ceremony for the county's new crime lab.

ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- Hail from spring storms has damaged so many cars that auto body repair shops are booked solid. Charles Pokorny of Mobile Magic Auto Body in O'Fallon, Missouri, said he's booked through July.

SULLIVAN, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Several rounds of thunderstorms battered the Sullivan area Wednesday causing street flooding that stranded motorists.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The thunderstorms that roared through the Festus and Crystal City areas on Wednesday brought wind, rain and hail.