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St. Louis is hosting some of the nation's top chess competitors this week for the U.S. Senior Championship, U.S. Junior Championship and U.S. Girls' Junior Championship for 2026. These tournaments, taking place in the Central West End, also include the newly added U.S. Senior Women's Championships and are set to run through July 25.

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam locomotive, is scheduled to make a public appearance at Union Station in St. Louis on July 19.

Members of a rescue task force from the St. Louis area share stories about what they faced over the weekend when called out to help with flash flooding rescues near Lesterville.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs has awarded $195,000 in Charitable Trust grants to ten local nonprofit organizations to support housing and food programs in nine communities.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed an anti-abortion bill known as the "Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act" into law on Monday.

St. Louis County leaders are considering new restrictions on panhandling that would prohibit "aggressive solicitation" and limit where and when people can ask for money in public.

The City of St. Louis will pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Board of Aldermen President Megan Green after she was tear-gassed by police during a 2017 protest.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a bill into law Monday that could reshape downtown St. Louis through major tax incentives, aimed at converting vacant office buildings into new homes and businesses.

Three juveniles have been charged, though one remains in custody, after a 16-year-old girl was found dead in her Jefferson County home this weekend.

St. Louis County police are investigating after officers found a body in Fenton on a bluff near a shopping center.

Jordan Walker made history Monday night becoming the first St. Louis Cardinals player to ever win a Home Run Derby since the event began in 1985.

One teenager has been charged as an adult for the murder of five people across East St. Louis this past weekend.

A Moline Acres man was sentenced Tuesday for a 2023 murder in Ferguson.

MoDOT work crews will soon shift all eastbound Interstate 70 traffic between Foristell and the Wentzville Parkway to replace old pavement on the roadway.

Baseball's brightest stars go head-to-head Tuesday evening in the 2026 MLB-All Star Game, a matchup you will only be able to watch on FOX 2 or your local FOX affiliate.

Police are asking for the public's help identifying a man who allegedly stole a wallet from an elderly man before dragging him with his car outside of a Jack in the Box in south St. Louis earlier this month.

The St. Louis County Council is set to meet Tuesday to review the budget and determine how millions of taxpayer dollars could be spent, including police funding requests, road improvements, public health programs, and a $4 million engineering contract for the West Florissant Great Streets Project.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Police are investigating after two people were injured in a shooting overnight Tuesday in unincorporated north St. Louis County. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, the shooting occurred around 5 a.m. in the 6800 block of Chilham Drive. Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. One was taken [...]

ST. LOUIS - Warm mornings followed by hot afternoons are expected through the end of the week with a gradual build in humidity over the next several days. Afternoon heat index values could pop above 100 F Thursday and Friday. Rain chances gradually return over the next several days, though there will be lots of [...]

The St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new data centers Monday night after hearing overwhelming public opposition during the meeting.