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The warm-up continues across the bi-state region, but questions are starting to raise about whether we will or won’t bust that 71 degree record on Christmas Day. Why?

There were no $2 million winners, but $1 million winners were drawn in several states.

Will you be starting the holidays as a Powerball jackpot winner?

Freshman guard Keaton Wagler made a career-best five 3-pointers and scored 22 points to lead No. 20 Illinois to a 91-48 rout of Missouri. Andrej Stojakovic returned from a first-half injury to score 17 points, and Tomislav Ivisic added 14 points as the Fighting Illini rolled to the most lopsided victory in the history of the Braggin’ Rights rivalry. Sebastian Mack had 15 points to lead Missouri as coach Dennis Gates left his reserves in for much of the second half with the game out of hand. The largest previous margin of victory in the series, which has been played 45 times since 1980, was Illinois’ 82-50 blowout in 2005, when it was coming off a Final Four run.

Nelly and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers teamed up to provide 100 brand-new bikes to kids at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis, turning a regular Monday night into a full-blown Christmas wonderland.

Firefighters were able to extinguish lingering hot spots Monday afternoon after a two-alarm fire tore through an apartment complex on Arthur Lane in south St. Louis County.

As we approach the end of 2025, we’re taking a look at some of the top local stories of the year, and there have been plenty of them. Here are our picks for the top local stories of the year, presented by FOX 2's Chad Mira.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday they will leave their longtime home at Arrowhead Stadium for a new, domed stadium that will be built across the Kansas-Missouri state line and be ready for the start of the 2031 season. The announcement came shortly after a council of top Kansas lawmakers voted [...]

Instead of empty halls kicking off winter break, officials with the Jennings School District said a weak, aging pipe gave out, sending water into multiple levels of the high school.

Former St. Louis resident and playwright Tennessee Williams once said, “Luck is believing you’re lucky.” And that’s maybe the mindset for anyone getting a Powerball ticket.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are tangling over potential consequences for Department of Justice (DOJ) officials after the department failed to share every document tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as required under law. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the bipartisan duo who led the effort to force [...]

A child is dead, a mother is fighting for her life, and police say the person responsible remains at large as investigators work to unravel how a shooting and house fire are connected.

After years of debates, proposals and pleas from local and state politicians, the Kansas City Chiefs are moving across the state line.

In 2025, Illinois rejected 550 of the 55,000 applications for personalized plates due to profanity and other reasons, according to Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias.

The FTC announced the settlement last week, in a press release alleging that Instacart “engaged in numerous unlawful tactics that harmed shoppers and raised the cost of grocery shopping for Americans.”

Missourians may not agree on how to pronounce the state’s name, but many seem united in one opinion: Kevin Hart’s version doesn’t sound quite right.

A woman from O'Fallon, MO is facing multiple charges after police say she threatened pharmacy employees over the phone, then came to the store and assaulted two workers.

It was announced Monday morning that the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) has closed the purchase of the former Caleres headquarters in Clayton over the weekend.

A new report says Illinois is facing an energy shortage within the next five years, as artificial intelligence datacenters demand more electricity, which could lead to higher utility bills for state residents.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- While we're enjoying the holidays, work is already well under way for the upcoming Missouri Legislative session.  This week's edition of "4 The People" focuses on Missouri, which had a dramatic end to last year's regular session and a special session to redraw the state's congressional map in hopes of picking [...]