Stay with us now. Today in St.
Louis at 6:00 AM starts right now.
St. Louis police are investigating the
shooting of two people downtown overnight.
We'll show you exactly where it
happened and we'll have the latest
in the police investigation.
Showers are wrapping up as we speak,
a dry afternoon on the way,
and a dry pattern into the weekend.
We'll update you on how hot
the temperatures will be.
COVID concerns as we approach
the colder muds.
A warning from the Illinois
Health Department this morning.
That's having a tough day today as I
was cracked down the left hand line.
Did he keep that baby fair?
It's at the pole.
It's gone swinging
for the fences. The meaningful
moment behind this home run from
Tommy Edmond over the weekend.
This is today in St. Louis focused on you.
Oh boy, I
know. Alarms have been going
off all across the area.
We are live this morning in East St.
Louis High School where they
are striking up the band for
the very first day of school.
Look at those happy faces.
They're like, really?
We got to go back to school already?
Yeah. Summer's over folks.
Our Cindy Stallworth is live out
there at This morning to tell
us more about the first day of
school in the 189 School district.
Yeah, let's go, let's go.
I bumped up. Good
Monday morning everybody. It is Monday,
August the 14th. I'm ready now.
And I'm Michelle Lee. Of course.
We just want to say thanks for joining us,
including those of you who might
be watching us on five Plus.
And I should say thanks to the
students because, you know,
we did technically cut their summer
break just a little bit shorter by
getting up it 4:30 in the morning.
So thank you.
Thank you to all the students.
We appreciate you.
Well, and also the band, you know,
they do practice before school starts,
like the football, you know.
So they've been doing this.
They've been crazy,
but they've been to get ready. Yeah.
But they had to get up early today.
Yes. And we thank you.
And, you know, we get dialed, as we say,
because this is just the beginning.
You have, what,
another 108 days to go for more school.
So is that all?
I think that's this calendar year for school.
But, you know,
you can look it up and entertain yourself.
Let's talk about the weather because
we do have showers wrapping up as
we speak and we will have
a dry afternoon. So outdoor
recesses go for those kiddos headed
back to school this morning or whether
you are one of the parents on the
Missouri side of the river watching
and getting those last minute supplies.
We will have rain for the first part of
the day and you see how spotty the showers
are still north of Saint Louis from Troy,
MO, Carrollton, Litchfield,
even one in Alton right now.
And then S you have some showers,
light to moderate rain for Rolla,
viburnum, Lesterville and on
the Illinois side, mainly dry.
But that shower about to
move through Saint Louis,
that will move right over east Saint Louis.
So we're not done with the rain just yet.
So umbrellas for the first part of the day,
afternoon sun temperatures today
will be right about near 80 degrees.
We'll talk about how long this dry pattern
sticks around as we wrap up the rain today,
maybe for a couple of weeks.
The update on that coming up,
let's get over to Paul now
and talk about the morning commute.
Good morning to you, Paul.
Good morning, Anthony.
Sometimes you can have quite
a few factors slowing down
that first day of school.
Of course we're going to have
more motorists on the road,
but luckily no incidents
and if you go to East St.
Louis High School,
you don't have construction nearby
that will be bogging you down.
So great bit of news here,
just a lot of construction on the big map.
In fact that blue icon that you see
there that has been cleared aside.
So great there as we look downtown looks
like a delay on the highway though on
the Highway 70 at Broadway and then
this construction that is always going on.
Right now this is 6440 at Bayless.
Sorry ballast.
That exit ramp is closed,
but we're flowing like a
fast river right on by.
So that's not too bad.
We'll have more traffic
coming your way soon.
Ready new this
morning more gun violence in downtown St.
Louis. Two young people shot overnight. Our
Alex fees is live for us at police
headquarters with what we know so far. Alex,
Randy. That double shooting
happened outside an apartment
complex located at 15th and Pine.
Police say the initial report
came in for a report of a fight.
Officers responding found multiple
people fighting in the street.
Now the shooting itself happened
shortly after 10:30 last night near
the towers at Gateway City Apartments.
Here's what we know so far.
The victims are two young people.
Police say there it's a man and a woman
and their wounds are not life threatening.
One person was shot in the foot.
The other person was shot in the leg.
Police have not identified
any suspects so far.
Now police say they did take
possession of 1 handgun on
location outside that shooting.
And police did talk to five
on your side on location.
We'll hear what they had to say coming
up at 6:30 live this morning downtown.
Alex fees 5 on your side.
Thank you, Alex. This morning, St.
Louis, Mayor to Shara Jones,
continues her efforts to
keep kids safe around St.
Louis by keeping teens busy
with youth activities.
The mayor posted these photos
online from over the weekend.
It shows many people gathered at
the Marquette Rec Center making
s'mores and playing basketball.
It's been nearly two months since the
mayor extended the center's offer hours
This morning, Missouri Governor Mike
Carson will be in Forestell in St.
Charles County to celebrate the expansion
of I-70 across the Show Me State.
The plan is to add a 3rd lane on
I-70 stretching from Wentz Ville to
Blue Springs over near Kansas City.
Nearly $3 billion was set aside for
the project in the new state budget.
Right now this is only in
the planning stages.
There will be public informational
meetings later this month.
The 1st is August 28th at
the Wentz Ville City Hall.
A second will be held August 29th at the
Warren County Administration Building.
This morning
the summer break is officially
over for students in East St.
Louis. This is a live look
courtesy of Skylands vibe hovering
high above the high school.
Yes, and you can see that's where our
Sydney Stallworth is this morning.
Sydney, good morning. How you doing?
Good morning, Michelle Rennie.
I'm good. We're good here at you.
St. Louis Senior High School.
It is the first day of
school for the East St.
Louis School District.
And this morning, if you've been
hanging out with us all morning,
you've been hearing from
the Flyer marching band.
They're doing a great job.
We are from the drumline earlier.
Let's hear from the man behind the band.
Delano Redmond is here,
the band director.
Thank you so much for
joining us this morning.
You're
welcome, Andy, thanks for
having coming out to see us.
Absolutely. Good morning.
They sound incredible.
The kids sound amazing.
Can you tell us a little bit
about all the work they've been
putting leading up to this day? So
we've been at this since last year actually.
So the preparation for this year
started sometime in the middle
of the school year last year.
We've been at this all summer.
And so that's pretty much it.
We've been going at it.
We practiced till 6:00 at night. Well,
they starting today. Wow.
And you can tell because I can hear the work.
It's paying off.
They sound absolutely incredible.
You're telling me a little bit about
the students that are in the band.
I couldn't believe that.
We have some young students as well.
Not all these students go to East
Saint Louis Senior High School.
So we have a combination
of students that both go to Clark
Middle School, Mason Clark Middle
School right down the street.
And then we also have a number of
students that go to Lincoln Middle School.
So. And we got a few high school
students sprinkled in, right.
And so you're really sparking a
passion for music and your students.
You just said when we were on the
break that a lot of the students
are just picking up an instrument
for the first time, you know,
within the past year or so.
Yeah, absolutely.
So we have once again some 6th graders,
some 7th graders, and they all just
started playing 5th or 6th grade.
The program just started where we're getting
restarted within the last couple years.
So we have high school students who
just started a couple years ago.
So yeah. So we've got some great kids.
They're AP students, yes.
And so that's smart enough to get it. And
that's something you really,
really emphasize with them is
excellence in the classroom,
excellence on the field.
Can you talk about that a little bit?
Well, if you can't study,
you can't play. It's about that sound.
So we, we expect excellent side
of our students. Wonderful
and they sound excellent.
I'll let you get to it.
And let's hear them play
a little bit. And uh.
Oh, they sound great.
Yeah. I like the one drummer there.
She had kind of a little shy face.
I like, are you looking at me?
Hello. Is the camera on me?
They look great. They sound great.
Freezing up just a little bit there.
But that's the East Singles High
School Marching Band getting
ready for the new school year.
It's so exciting. I can't
believe it's here. Oh my God.
And we need to thank them
for getting up early,
like you said, because, you know,
their summer ended a little bit
earlier than normal as thousands of
students get ready to ride the school bus.
There's a massive bus shortage.
That's our driver shortage that's
happening across our country.
Yeah. And according to Hop Skip Drive,
the shortage caused by lack of
competitive pay is affecting
80% of districts nationwide.
For East St. Louis parents,
remember you can track your child's bus
by using the app on the school website
and then coming up on the Today show.
They're going to take a closer look at
temporary solutions currently underway.
That all starts at 7:00 after
today in St. Louis
this morning we have an entire section
at case of k.com that is dedicated to
Back to school from Savings on supplies.
To give your kids back on a school schedule,
simply text the words School
23144255355 and we will send you a link.
All right, well, if you're just waking
up and joining us, we did have
some rain that fell overnight.
It was a few hours of rain for the St.
Louis metro area.
This is video from Normandy and
just like many neighborhoods in and
around Normandy, St. Louis Metro.
We only had about 1/4 inch or half
an inch and the highest amounts
here in our neighborhoods locally.
But Area S did have some really heavy rain,
places like Rolla, Farmington,
Pilot Knob, two inches or so and then
Maryville and Sparta over an inch there.
But as mentioned, St.
Louis Metro, we didn't have as much,
but certainly we've had enough
over the last month or so.
We still have this little batch of
rain that's about to push back into
the metro from Carrollton in Detroit,
Missouri, O'Fallon, Missouri.
This is going to push over East St.
Louis here within the hour.
So as the kids outside right now playing
the drums and in the band heads up,
even Sydney everybody,
hopefully you're listening,
Showers will be moving on in
here within the next hour.
There's even a little of
lightning and Thunder.
We'll talk about what you
can expect through the week,
the seven day forecast coming
up in just a few minutes.
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and as we head to break, where are we?
We're we're near the puddle and we're
near the puddle. Oh my goodness.
And we're seeing traffic moving along.
Great. Really good describing things.
St. Charles was there. I know.
I'm so sorry. But you know what?
I love this look at Saint Charles and
I always make fun of the little puddle,
'cause it's the same place
every time it rains.
We are back after this.