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St. Louis County is launching the Child Care WAGE$ Missouri pilot program, a new initiative backed by a $5.9 million investment. The program aims to increase retention of early childhood educators, addressing child care as an economic and workforce issue impacting the entire region.

In celebration of Memorial Day and our nation’s upcoming 250th birthday, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft and the Southern District of Illinois recognized 99-year-old Robert Gill from Jerseyville, Illinois, as a recipient of the Hometown Hero Award.

Jazz trumpet player Miles Davis, one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, is being honored this weekend by two cities leading up to what would be his 100th birthday. Alton, Ill., his birthplace and East St. Louis, Ill., where he once lived, are holding events to commemorate the legendary artist.

The proposal includes a six-year schedule of gradually decreasing rate increases that officials said would stabilize the Water Division financially while supporting a long-term Capital Improvement Plan for the city’s aging water system.

The University of Missouri announced that it will be increasing its tuition rates for undergraduates, graduate, and professional degree programs for the 2026-27 school year.

Council Towers Apartments in Midtown St. Louis has been without running water for approximately 48 hours. A burst pipe flooded the building's mechanical room, leading to the water service shutdown in the high-rise primarily housing senior citizens.

When Amy Morris realized her son’s name would not be called during the Belleville East graduation ceremony on Saturday, she shouted it out herself.

Two suspects accused of firing shots Tuesday in a north St. Louis County neighborhood, striking multiple homes and vehicles, are now behind bars on felony charges.

His family reported that he had been hospitalized with a severe illness.

Nearly six months ago, tens of millions of dollars in federal funding was approved to clean up Coldwater Creek and other hazardous sites in the St. Louis region tied to the Manhattan Project.

Brandon Lowe hit an inside-the-park home run and Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

One man is dead after being thrown from a piece of construction equipment and run over beneath the Compton overpass in Midtown.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has identified a man killed last weekend inside a bar on Washington Avenue.

Investigators with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are asking for the public’s help to identify a downtown burglary suspect.

BRIDGETON, Mo. - Several emergency crews are responding to a possible incident involving a HAZMAT team in St. Louis County Thursday afternoon. First responders are at 70 Corporate Woods Dr. in Bridgeton, which is where the St. Louis Area Food Bank is. Sources tell FOX 2 that there is an ammonia leak. Further details are [...]

A mover stole nearly $88,000 worth of jewelry from two Chesterfield homes in recent months, police say.

A 19-year-old Hillsdale man faces up to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a gun modified with a sear switch.

A woman's body was found inside a trash bin and recovered from a creek in mid-Missouri last weekend, authorities say. A man accused of dumping the body is now behind bars on felony charges.

A Creve Coeur woman is appearing in St. Louis County Circuit Court Thursday for allegedly using AI to generate nude images of underage children.

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