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Halloween celebrations are taking over the St. Louis area from spooky parties at historic landmarks to people scrambling to find the perfect costume.

Early voting in St. Louis County has officially surpassed the total early voting turnout from the entire 2022 midterm election.

This weekend marks the first Fright Fest at the theme park formally known as Six Flags St. Louis, now operating as Mid America Adventure.

Randy Flores, a longtime scouting director and assistant general manager for the St. Louis Cardinals, is on the move. He will join the Houston Astros as their general manager.

On Friday, Illinois State Police released video from a shooting in August during which officers fatally shot a gunman in Granite City.

A new program from the University of Missouri - St. Louis aims to help K-12 educators in the region use artificial intelligence effectively and prepare students for a rapidly-changing world.

The St. Louis County Police Department released video Friday from a deadly standoff in Oakville last month, during which an officer fatally shot an armed suspect.

St. Louis Fire Captain Bradley Trower is being honored for his quick thinking skills and ingenuity after damage to dozens of fire hydrants.

The Captain David Dorn Foundation donated "Guardian Angel Safety Lights" to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office on Friday.

A sculpture that the Missouri Attorney General describes as "demonic" has been installed in south St. Louis.

Law enforcement agencies are refusing to release autopsy reports for 23-year-old Nathaniel Mueller, whose body was recovered from a Pike County pond in February 2025 after he disappeared in December 2024.

Trick-or-treating in St. Louis will likely avoid heavy rain this weekend despite some light showers on Saturday, though significant rainfall is expected early next week.

St. Louis has been selected as a U.S. Department of Justice’s Model City, securing federal funds intended to bolster police staff, upgrade crime-fighting technology and expand community services.

ST. LOUIS -- Meteorologists are closely watching what could become one of the earliest major Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) events on record. Forecast models are indicating a dramatic weakening, and possibly a temporary reversal of winds high above the Arctic during the first half of November. If the event occurs as predicted, it could disrupt [...]

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St. Louis — The 39th Annual Budweiser Guns ’N Hoses is returning to Enterprise Center on November 25, Thanksgiving Eve, to raise funds for The BackStoppers and support the families of fallen and catastrophically injured first responders. Elizabeth Tucker, widow of fallen St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder, recently joined FOX 2 to share how [...]

ST. LOUIS – Raja, the beloved former elephant at the Saint Louis Zoo, arrived at his new home at the Cincinnati Zoo on Thursday. According to officials, the 33-year-old Asian elephant arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo on Thursday morning and has begun settling into his new home at Elephant Trek. The Saint Louis Zoo announced [...]

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba on Friday welcomed home a diplomat expelled by the United States after an unusually heated confrontation between the two countries’ representatives at the United Nations this week. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Gerardo Peñalver posted a photo of Richard Tur de la Concepción, first secretary of Cuba’s U.N. mission, alongside Foreign Ministry [...]

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - An officer shot and killed a man Friday morning while responding to a domestic disturbance in Fairview Heights. According to the Fairview Heights Police Department, the shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. in the 9100 block of Bunkum Road. Officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance involving a man [...]

A man was killed in a shootout with police Thursday night after holding Imo's Pizza employees at gunpoint in Bridgeton.