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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has ordered the U.S. and Illinois flags to be half-staff Thursday in honor of a fallen metro east marine. Captain Eleanor 'Ellie' Leabau Cooke returns to her home in Belleville.

A manhunt is continuing right now for a convicted child sex offender who escaped from Mercy South Hospital early Thursday morning. The hospital is just off Tesson Ferry not far from Interstate 270.

A man is in the hospital Thursday morning after authorities say he got into a gunfight with St. Louis County police, who were responding to a domestic disturbance call involving the man.

An inaugural season for the ages. St. Louis CITY SC is officially playoff bound.

On Wednesday, General Motors said the Wentzville strike is impacting other assembly plants across the region, causing them to lay off 2,000 employees at a plant in Fairfax, Kansas.

Some residents living near the shuttered Seafood City supermarket began noticing a pungent odor recently. They shared their concerns with University City officials. Building inspectors pinpointed the stench to the market on Olive Boulevard and discovered thousands of pounds of fish were left behind.

Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Tyrone Taylor homered twice and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 to take another step toward their second NL Central title in three years.

The current housing market is a mixed bag. From home prices to inventory, potential buyers and sellers are wondering where they stand. Mortgage rates are fueling a lot of uncertainty.

Prosecutors say a 73-year-old man has pleaded guilty to driving a car into a planned abortion clinic in eastern Illinois and trying to set the building on fire earlier this year.

A 21-year-old woman died after crashing her vehicle against an exterior wall at the Brentwood Promenade Target early Wednesday morning.

It seems like it's back to square one for downtown's Railway Exchange Building, formerly Famous Barr. Nine months ago, FOX 2 reported the historic building had been condemned after being ravaged by squatters and looters.

As special agents with Homeland Security Investigations conduct an operation on a metro St. Louis interstate, a police officer trying to combat drug trafficking is not surprised.

St. Louis County police are investigating a reported shooting Wednesday evening in Affton.

With the way the Cardinals’ season has gone, maybe it was a wayward swallow making its way back to Capistrano. Or just a lost loon.

A rotten smell has spread across a University City neighborhood.

Just like Americans are paying more for gas and eggs at the grocery store, Missouri schools are also feeling the effects of inflation.

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) instructed the City of St. Charles to cease operations for City Well 4 after the well previously tested positive for vinyl chloride.

A regional bomb squad was called to investigate a suspicious item Wednesday afternoon at McNair Park in St. Charles.

The spooky season is right around the corner, and The Darkness, Creepyworld, and Lemp are now hiring for the 2023 Halloween season, seeking actors, animation technicians, social media managers, security personnel, carpenters, cashiers, and more for seasonal positions.

Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley continues his push to fund victims of radioactive contamination in the St. Louis region, joining several lawmakers in a rally outside the nation's Capitol on Wednesday.