St. Paul

A fatal shooting in St. Paul's Hamline-Midway neighborhood marks the city's first homicide of 2024.

The holiday season is a time of giving, and Mohamed "Elias" Dawid is paying it forward to new refugees making their home in the North Star state.

A quintessential Victorian home has hit the market. It sits on St. Paul?s historic Summit Avenue just two homes down from the James J. Hill house and it has views of the Cathedral on one side and downtown St. Paul on the other. The home was built in 1884. It has been preserved and modernized over the years and is for sale for $1.95 million. It?s just under 12,000 square feet with eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms. The home is located at 266 Summit Avenue. Mike Smith of Anderson Realty is the listing agent.

The Continenza family got a special delivery from FOX 9?s 18th annual Primp Our Tree after smoke damage from a kitchen fire forced them out of their St. Paul home and into a hotel. However, a FOX 9 viewer took things a step further to help the family feel extra festive this holiday season.

A woman caught a porch pirate stealing a kids bike from her porch in St. Paul.

St. Paul College has added cannabis courses that will expand Minnesota job opportunities.

The first month of winter solstice offers high temperatures in the low-40s, but also cloud cover. Friday will see rain and drizzle, as we head into a weekend of potentially record-breaking temperatures.

A throwback holiday experience is in its 17th year at the St. Paul Hotel. The ?It?s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play? is a dinner and show experience that takes you right back to the old-time radio era. The production has had the same cast since day one, and what brings the show to life is the use of sound effects. Impressively there?s no sound board, everything is created by sound effect master, Chris Whiting who utilizes things like roller skates and M&M?s to create signature sounds. The play runs through Dec. 23.

Little pieces of St. Paul Winter Carnival history are on the move to help fund this year?s carnival. The 138th Winter Carnival takes over Rice Park in about a month -- from Jan. 25 through Feb. 4. It?s a big undertaking costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now, the first 137 carnivals will be helping out with expenses.

A jury has found Detwan Allen guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Alex Becker, who was killed in a robbery turned homicide in December 2022 as he walked home from work. FOX 9?s Paul Blume has the latest details.