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Authorities have closed down a stretch of northbound lanes on Interstate 55 near Litchfield, Illinois, after a vehicle hauling hazardous materials ended up in a crash.

At least three cities in Illinois are offering to pay people thousands of dollars to move there. Under certain conditions, of course.

An officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department suffered a serious eye injury while attempting to arrest a suspect Friday evening.

We’ve seen our pattern shift from dry to multiple beneficial rains over the past few weeks. Which is helpful to local farmers after a succession of dry years.

There were a few areas of patchy fog this morning, mainly in our river valleys. A warm weekend is ahead with plenty of sunshine. Highs today are in the mid-80s, with some areas maybe hitting 90 degrees for the first time this year on Sunday.

The Cardinals are hosting the Nike RBI Clinic at Busch Stadium. The event will start at 11 a.m. and end at 1 p.m.

Jon Hamm, an award-winning actor and St. Louis native, will deliver the spring commencement address at St. Louis University this year. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. at Chaifetz Arena.

FOX 2 is working to find out more about an incident involving Ameren in downtown St. Louis. An Ameren representative informed us that scheduled maintenance was taking place on South 10th Street when something happened after 9 p.m.

Three men were injured in a shooting at I-70 East and East Grand. Authorities report that an 18-year-old was struck in the head by a bullet.

It's been discovered that there’s a reported surplus of lifeguards for this upcoming summer camp season after reported shortages the last few years.

Members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Rail Labor Union demonstrated outside the Termain Railroad Association of St. Louis corporate office in downtown St. Louis Friday. 

Dozens of protestors are making sure they were seen and heard Friday morning outside Express Scripts in north St. Louis County. 

Many Missourians have sought to raise backyard chickens in recent years, citing higher egg prices and health-related concerns.

Hundreds gathered on Washington Avenue for the third annual City Social, an event aimed at revitalizing downtown St. Louis.

Neighbors in unincorporated north St. Louis County have been dealing with the troubling sight of a partially collapsed house with no end in sight.

Family, friends, and former teammates of Jermel Ware, 13, gathered on the Jayce Park practice field in Belleville Friday night. The field is where coaches say he practiced with passion.

Veterinarian offices have been fielding phone calls of pests causing problems for their dogs.

Three new names are being added to the St. Louis Cardinals Hall-of-Fame this year.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — GOP infighting and a record-breaking, 50-hour Democratic filibuster on Friday killed a Republican push to make amending Missouri's constitution harder, an effort in part aimed at thwarting an upcoming ballot measure on abortion-rights. The GOP-led Senate adjourned Friday morning — nearly eight hours before the 6 p.m. deadline for lawmakers to pass [...]

You see it everywhere in the summer: corn. But how much do you know about it and its history?