MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - Nearly 3,000 people in Madison County, Illinois are without power Wednesday morning. Southwestern Electric Cooperative said 2,900 lost power at about 6 a.m. The electric company has sent crews to the area to find out what the source of the outage is and to make repairs. "The outage is affecting members [...]
ST. LOUIS - A crash shut down eastbound 64 at 270 near Town and Country for a time early Wednesday morning. MoDOT completely shut down the eastbound direction of 64 in order to work on clearing that crash. The crash happened at 5:41 a.m. Starting at about 6 a.m., some traffic was able to get [...]
ST. LOUIS - MetroLink has stopped transportation between multiple stations Wednesday morning due to the weather. It is not operating between Lambert Airport and UMSL South MetroLink Stations in Missouri, and it is not operating between Emerson Park and Shiloh-Scott MetroLink Stations in Illinois. This decision comes as there is ice accumulation on the overhead [...]
ST. LOUIS - A fatal single-car crash happened early Wednesday morning in south St. Louis. Police said one man died at 2:51 a.m. when his car struck a tree located at Chippewa Street and Marine Avenue. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Jason Maxwell was at the [...]
The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis said that it's "highly unlikely" a 91-year-old woman died by homicide after being found unresponsive outside her home Monday morning in Bunker Hill, Illinois.
Don Kauerauf has resigned as director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, just days before a deadline to be confirmed to the post.
A replay of Phil's prediction can be found below! PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Punxsutawney Phil made his prediction Wednesday morning. Phil did see his shadow, meaning winter is here to stay! This marks the 107th time the seer of seers has seen his shadow since the [...]
On the first week back to in-person learning, students were in class when a bomb threat was made to the campus safety dispatch office at Harris Stowe State University.
A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the St. Louis area late Tuesday through Thursday evening. Rain has already started to fall across the region, and a cold front will move in around 8:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Many St. Louis area schools have already canceled classes for Wednesday and Thursday. Others have decided to go remote and hold virtual classes this week.
Gov. Mike Parson has declared a state of emergency for Missouri ahead of a major winter storm that is expected to affect areas across the state over the next two days.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Treacherous driving conditions are expected across Illinois tonight and later this week due to Winter Storm Landon. The governor also issued a disaster declaration ahead of the storm. There are periods of heavy snow, rain, ice, high winds, and bitter cold expected. Officials are also concerned about whiteout conditions and roads that [...]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Governor JB Pritzker activated the state's national guard ahead of this week's winter weather. There is also a disaster declaration ahead of the storm. The Governor is directing the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) to coordinate a statewide response which will include more than 1,800 IDOT trucks and equipment, ISP patrols [...]
With expected snow and ice accumulations over the next few days, the Missouri Department of Transportation is advising people to stay off roads and highways.
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