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A police standoff in north St. Louis County ended peacefully Monday afternoon.

ST. LOUIS--Four years of data collected by researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale suggests that nine-banded armadillos, which have been in Illinois' southern counties for years, will continue to move north. It's a reason why experts still want people to report sightings two years after the research ended. "Although temperature and precipitation are thought to [...]

ST. LOUIS (KTVI)-- A bill set for its first hearing in a Missouri General Assembly committee this week would prohibit schools from suspending students in preschool to third grade, and would prohibit suspending children at all for truancy, absences or prior offenses. House Bill 2533, sponsored by State Representative Dottie Bailey, a Eureka Republican will [...]

ST. LOUIS - Soulard Mardi Gras is happening on Saturday, February 26, and every year there is a lively parade. The free Bud Light Grand Parade starts at 11 a.m. The parade starts at Busch Stadium and goes through the streets of Downtown South and Soulard. It finishes at Anheuser-Busch Brewery. The parade is expected [...]

ST. LOUIS--A bill that has not yet made it out of committee would require the installation of ignition interlock devices after someone's first conviction for driving under the influence. Under Missouri House Bill 1680, courts could order the devices for at least six months after a first conviction. The bill's sponsor, Kansas City area state [...]

We are moving into an active week of weather with two storm systems still on track. The first one is a spring storm; the second one is all winter.

ST. LOUIS--Dwayne Johnson teased an XFL announcement during a January television appearance in January, and while the timeframe of 2-3 weeks appears to be a bit off, there was some news on that front Monday. The league announced "it would collaborate with the NFL on select innovation programs to further expand the game of football [...]

Pop super-group Big Time Rush will be coming to St. Louis this summer during their Forever Tour.

ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 celebrated Randi Naughton and Tim Ezell's birthdays on Monday morning's show! Randi's birthday was Sunday and Tim's was Monday! FOX 2 celebrated in the studio with Cake at about 8:25 a.m. Other members of the FOX 2 morning team sang to them!

ST. LOUIS - A 5-month-old girl died Sunday morning in north St. Louis. Police called it a suspicious death. Investigators found the baby in distress inside a house on Newby Street. She was taken to the hospital where she died. Police are continuing to investigate. FOX 2 will continue to update this story with more information as it becomes available.

In the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, median rent rose an astounding 19.3% from December 2020 to December 2021.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The effort to bring legalized sports betting to Missouri will be before a committee of state lawmakers in Jefferson City Tuesday. The details of this story are appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. An analysis of one bill under consideration revealed that the potential tax revenue from sports betting, which would [...]

ST. LOUIS - Police say a man choked and killed a 34-year-old woman who broke into his south St. Louis home. Investigators said the woman broke into a house at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday along Dunnica and Gustine Avenues. The man then put the woman in a chokehold killing her. Police arrested him and are [...]

ST. LOUIS - Temperatures will reach the 60s by Monday afternoon. Rain comes in Monday night with a chance of thunderstorms. Tuesday will start off wet but will dry out by the afternoon. The next system comes in Wednesday and brings us winter weather through Thursday. The St. Louis area is expecting accumulating snow. FOX [...]

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Four people are in custody after leading Cahokia Heights Police on a chase early Monday morning. The chase started at about 1 a.m. when officers attempted to stop a car that did not have its lights on. The driver sped off. Officers chased the vehicle until it crashed at Water Street [...]

Police said it happened at about 11:30 p.m. along Goodfellow Boulevard at Sherry Avenue in north St. Louis as the man was walking across the street. The driver left the scene.

Communities across the St. Louis region are experiencing an increase in car thefts and break-ins, and it's raising concern.

President Joe Biden has agreed “in principle” to a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as long as that country holds off on what U.S. officials believe is an imminent assault on Ukraine.

This week will see two different seasons as a pair of storms are expected to impact the St. Louis region.

A single-engine aircraft crashed into an open field in Madison County late Sunday morning. The pilot and two passengers were uninjured.