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Lars Nootbaar returned to St. Louis Cardinals spring camp Thursday not only with a World Baseball Classic title, but a friendship that has some holding hope the franchise could eventually land a baseball sensation.

Several inches of rain are likely by sunrise Friday, resulting in flooding of rural roads, poorly drained urban areas, low water crossings and some creeks and streams.

ST. LOUIS -- Thursday is National Puppy Day and there are a lot of people excited about sharing pics of their pets. We asked viewers to share their pics with us on Facebook and were overwhelmed with responses. This gallery has many pet pictures from FOX 2 viewers.

Jana Elementary School is expected to close for good, several months after concerns resurfaced over radioactive contamination around the school.

A jury returned a guilty verdict Thursday against a Southern Illinois man accused of fatally stabbing an acquaintance in the heart nearly two years ago.

A St. Louis County man appeared in federal court Wednesday and admitted defrauding customers of a big box home improvement store of more than a million dollars.

A U.S. District Court judge sentenced a man to a decade in prison Thursday on federal drug charges.

Adam Wainwright suffers a setback in his sendoff season and will start the 2023 campaign on the injured list.

Barbecue is one of America’s favorite cuisines. But it's also the one we like to most like to argue about.

There's a new look to the food experience at Busch Stadium with three well-known chains set to open at the ballpark next week.

Police and family members are searching for missing 32-year-old Joshua Amos from Granite City.

Happening this weekend, is a unique art at the Vacancy Gallery at the City Foundry.

Police are at the scene of a shooting that has left a man dead in St. Louis City.

St. Louis County needs your help with their bus driver shortages.

Another group of men and women avoid criminal conviction by going through St. Louis County's Treatment Court.

Restaurant burglars came up empty in University City and end up getting punked in a new video on social media.

While surrounding stores have closed, the Cahokia Heights Walmart has stood tall for 40 years. However, after not meeting the store's corporate financial expectations, it's closing its doors for good on April 21.

A Granite City Community Unit School District #9 bus crashed Monday morning with kids on board into several parked cars, leaving a wake of damage.

After sharing one local man's story on the FOX 2 Now Facebook page, others replied to the post, saying they’ve had similar experiences.

The Illinois State Police are now investigating a shooting and a homicide in Washington Park.