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ST. LOUIS - Thousands of people braved the heat Saturday to attend the 54th Great Forest Park Balloon Race. Thirty-five balloons took part in this year's race, along with the U.S. Army's Golden Parachute Team.

A large-scale, two-day cleanup event in East St. Louis wrapped up on Saturday. The cleanup event comes as construction crews begin demolishing 10 abandoned properties.

Election clerks in Missouri began mailing out ballots to military and overseas voters on Friday, despite an ongoing legal battle over which of two congressional maps the state will use in November.

Emergency crews responded to a marching band festival at Sullivan High School on Saturday after reports of multiple people experiencing heat-related concerns.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper and an elderly man were injured in a crash Saturday afternoon in Sullivan, Missouri.

A car slammed into a St. Peters nail salon during business hours earlier this week, a scary moment captured on camera.

Fall arrives in just a few days, and it's that time of year again when "Missouri's largest spiders" are on the move.

Chao Baan, an authentic Thai restaurant in The Grove, is closing doors after seven years.

A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting outside a market in north St. Louis last month.

A woman has admitted to stealing more than $100,000 in donations meant to help sick pets in the St. Louis region and using the money for personal expenses is now behind bars.

One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Friday at an East St. Louis nightclub, according to Illinois State Police.

ST. LOUIS - We have one more very hot day ahead before a cold front brings some relief to the region. We could see another record-warm day today, with highs in the mid to upper 90s. Weakening showers could reach a few of our western and northern communities early Sunday, but most areas should remain [...]

(The Hill) — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of Flock Safety and other prominent AI-powered surveillance camera manufacturers to testify before the upper chamber's Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism next week. Hawley, the subcommittee's chair, wrote on social media Friday that he “invited the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon, Motorola and Verkada [...]

ST. LOUIS – Kevin Ryans, Jordan Williams, and the Fox 2 Sports team take you through highlights and scores of local high school football games.

The long road to recovery continues for many tornado victims in north St. Louis following last year’s May 16th tornado. And, while the city is making progress through its STL Recovers Program to repair damaged homes, some residents feel the recovery process has taken too long.

The 54th annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race is underway in St. Louis, where event planners anticipate an estimated 90,000 attendees throughout the two-day weekend in Forest Park.

Though the St. Louis Cardinals have been eliminated from playoff contention, fans heading to Friday night’s game expressed support for the direction the team is headed.

For the fourth consecutive season, the St. Louis Cardinals have been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention and will miss the postseason.

The Kansas City Chiefs will be without two of their starters for the second consecutive game on Sunday night when they face the Indianapolis Colts.

A Metro East school is pairing students with intellectual and developmental disabilities with those learning general education.