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Dozens of people gathered Sunday evening in Overland to remember Glendy Gonzales De La Cruz and Nixon Perez Paz, an immigrant couple who advocates said were killed after returning to Guatemala.

Last Thursday, Ferguson Police announced they’d made an arrest in the fatal shooting and promised a news conference on Monday, Aug. 3, to provide an update on the investigation. On Sunday, FOX 2 News learned the suspect’s name and the charges he’s facing.

A St. John woman is in custody after four children in her care tested positive for fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine.

Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department have assumed control of an investigation after three people were injured in a shooting late Saturday evening in south city.

Authorities have recovered the body of a man who drowned Sunday afternoon in the Meramec River.

One person is in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody following a police pursuit late Sunday morning in St. Charles.

It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026.

CHICAGO (WGN) — Another notable name has joined the growing crowd of candidates seeking to become Chicago's next mayor. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced his intentions to run for Mayor of Chicago during the upcoming election cycle. “The hardworking people of Chicago deserve a government that works just as hard as they do,” Giannoulias [...]

A new state program is now in effect to help Illinoisians who lost food assistance benefits after Congress implemented new work requirements.

José Fermin hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1, avoiding a three-game sweep. Matthew Liberatore pitched six shutout innings and George Soriano (4-3) worked one inning for the win as the Cardinals used a four-run ninth to snap an eight-game losing streak against Toronto. St. Louis won for the fifth time in 17 games since the All-Star break, and scored more than three runs for the first time since a 7-0 win over Cincinnati on July 25.

A Granite City, Illinois, man appeared in Madison County Circuit Court last week and admitted committing child sex crimes with an underage girl and fathering a child with the victim.

A woman previously accused of causing a crash at a busy Shrewsbury intersection is facing a new charge after the other driver involved in the crash died.

Marcel Hartel scored in the 72nd minute and St. Louis played Real Salt Lake to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.

Community members gathered Saturday evening in Ferguson to rebuild a memorial in memory of Michael Brown Jr.

East St. Louis community members held a prayer vigil Saturday in memory of five family members killed in a mass shooting last month.

One person was killed in a north St. Louis crash Saturday afternoon, police say.

A man charged in the shooting death of a teenager in Cahokia Heights last weekend has now been arrested, according to St. Clair County jail records.

Cardinals left-hander Quinn Mathews (0-1) allowed two runs and six hits in five-plus innings. Mathews walked three and struck out three.

A deer spotted wearing a collar around its neck in Forest Park has some St. Louisans wondering why that's the case. Turns out, it's part of a wildlife research project to understand how they live and use the park.

One man was injured in a shooting Friday evening in north St. Louis County, police say.