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 [...]
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 [...]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Three cities in St. Louis County made it on Dwellics' list of the top 100 "Best Cities to Raise a Family in the Midwest." Lafayette Township came in at number 84, Kirkwood is 96, and Clayton is 99. Lafayette Township's overall score from Dwellics was 88.56. This area is north [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
U.S. intelligence officials have expressed concerns that Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv could fall to Russia within days, according to multiple reports.
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 [...]
ST. LOUIS - Windchills put Friday morning temperatures in the teens. Expect a quiet day with partly sunny skies and highs in the 30s. It will be milder this weekend with high temps in the 40s. It will be quiet and much warmer next week. High temperatures will reach into the 50s.
Jeanette James has lived on the corner of Ross Lane in Belleville since 1990 and said there’s never been any reason to worry about her family’s safety, or hers.
The second wave of winter weather that hit the St. Louis region Thursday is pushing off to the east, and we are now dealing with leftover moisture in the low levels.