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Illinois' indoor mask mandate ends Monday

2 years 8 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker confirmed the statewide indoor mask requirement will end Monday, Feb. 28, at 12:01 a.m. The announcement came as statewide hospitalizations fell by 50% and ICU capacity increased by 24%. Illinois’ weekly COVID-19 case rate also saw a 70% decrease. Pritzker previously announced his plan to lift the [...]
Mike Smith

Grand Jury: Madison County teacher had sex with students

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS--An Edwardsville, Illinois woman accused earlier this month of multiple charges, including criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and child pornography, has been indicted by a Madison County grand jury on the charges. Danielle Fischer now faces a total of 12 charges. Police say Fischer was a permanent substitute in the Roxana School [...]
Gregg Palermo

St. Louis area federal lawmakers react to Supreme Court nominee

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS--Friday morning President Joe Biden announced plans to nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the White House said, making her the first Black woman nominated to serve on the nation's highest court. In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further [...]
Gregg Palermo

Model with Down syndrome donates clothes to Missouri Historical Society

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A successful model with Down syndrome from Chesterfield, Missouri made history Friday when she donated garments to the Missouri Historical Society's (MHS) permanent collection. Grace Strobel was the first American model with Down syndrome to represent a skincare line when she was the face of the worldwide brand Obagi. Since then, she has [...]
Monica Ryan

Ballwin teen killed in I-70 weather-related accident

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS--The Missouri State Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old from Ballwin has died in an early morning accident on Interstate 70 in Mid-Missouri. Authorities say Justin Tognozzi was driving westbound on I-70 in Callaway County just before 1 a.m. Friday when he lost control of his Nissan Altima on an ice-covered highway and struck a [...]
Gregg Palermo

Mardi Gras Mayor's Ball returns for its 20th anniversary

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The Mayor's Ball is back, and it's celebrating its 20th anniversary at Union Station. The Mayor’s Ball for Mardi Gras has grown so much they needed to get a new location. This year it’s going to be at The Midway at the St. Louis Union Station.  Imagine all the beautiful selfies that can [...]
Ala Errebhi

Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

2 years 8 months ago
President Joe Biden has nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman selected to serve on a court that once declared her race unworthy of citizenship and endorsed segregation.
The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire

Subdivisions and neighborhoods still slick Friday morning

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Some subdivisions and neighborhood streets are still a concern Friday morning. As people head out to get to work on time some of their first steps could be dangerous. FOX 2 reporter Chris Regnier found that there was quite a bit of slickness on driveways and sidewalks Friday morning. The roads are [...]
Chris Regnier