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With the temperatures in the triple-digit, going for a swim would be the perfect way to beat the heat this weekend.

The FBI St. Louis Task Force held a news conference Friday afternoon in downtown St. Louis stating three suspects are now in custody for the abduction of a 6-year-old.

Two people pleaded guilty to criminal charges in a murder-for-hire conspiracy plot in 2016 to kill Andre Montgomery Jr., grandson of the owner of the Sweetie Pie’s restaurants.

“This case is not complicated but it is important,” Molly Gaston, an assistant U.S. Attorney, said in her closing argument Friday. “When it came down to it, he did not want to recognize Congress’s authority or play by the government’s rules.”

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. - After losing 80 pounds, a Cedar Hill woman says she no longer has panic attacks. Lauren Haskins-Cooksey, 32, once weighed 220 pounds. In May of 2021, she weighed 208 pounds and decided it was time to make a change. "My panic attacks got so bad that it made me not want [...]

A federal judge has sentenced a man linked to a "felony line gang" that used stolen driver's licenses and checkbooks to take money from southern Illinois banks.

The committee displayed a well-known picture of Hawley raising a fist of solidarity to those gathered to protest the transition of power between former President Trump and current President Biden as he arrived at the Capitol that day, then the display switched to video of Hawley fleeing the U.S. Capitol as protesters gathered in the halls.

Macy's is planning to introduce a new shopping concept to St. Louis County this fall.

Authorities are investigating a helicopter crash Friday morning in Waterloo, Illinois.

A St. Louis man dies while hiking in Badlands National Park in South Dakota Wednesday.

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. - Neighboring homes were on fire in Cahokia Heights, Illinois Friday morning. The fire started at a home on Lauralee Drive at about 6:30 a.m. FOX 2's Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter flew over the scene. The roof was covered in flames for a time. The home next door caught fire at [...]

The latest event stretched over almost three hours and featured two key live witnesses, Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews, both of whom resigned from Trump’s administration on the day of the riot, as well as a plethora of new details.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A Chesterfield man drowned Thursday on the Meramec River in Franklin County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Lawrence Krumrey, 65, was kayaking downstream at about 10:45 a.m. when his kayak capsized and he went underwater. MSHP said he never resurfaced. He was removed from the water by a friend. Krumrey [...]

The St. Charles County office workers attended a training session Thursday, to be prepared in the event of a mass shooting.

Police are investigating how a 6-year-old drowned at a St. Louis County summer camp on Wednesday.

When the shop’s washing machine stopped working a few weeks back, owner Suzy Bailey went on Facebook Marketplace to find a replacement.

Mega Million's jackpot is up to $660 million, and people are hoping to buy the winning lottery ticket ahead of Friday's drawing.

The extreme heat can be tough to escape in St. Louis. Cars can also be a danger as increased heat is trapped inside.

There are plenty of tables available for patio dining in the St. Louis area this week. Extreme heat has sent some customers indoors or even kept them at home. 

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, listed the Monarch butterfly on their red list as an endangered species for the first time Thursday.