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Mayor Cara Spencer said the city learned in a test of the system on Tuesday that the button, one of two that turns on the sirens, wasn't properly functioning.

Last week we noted how Trump illegally declared he was killing the $2.75 billion Digital Equity Act. The law, passed as part of the infrastructure bill, was slated to bring millions in new broadband grants and digital literacy tools to Americans of all kinds long stuck on the wrong side of the digital divide. The […]

This report has been updated. WASHINGTON — The U.S. House early Thursday approved the “big, beautiful bill” that Republican leaders spent months negotiating with centrists and far-right members of the party — two distinct factions that hold vastly different policy goals — over intense opposition from Democrats. The 215-214 vote ships the package to the Senate, […]

“That is inappropriate and horrifying,” St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said in a Wednesday morning press conference. “Our commissioner is a human being and I’m asking for some grace.

The Trump administration says it is dismantling the nation's emergency agency. States fear they are on their own.

A man was taken into custody after a police chase that began in Illinois and ended in Missouri, where he jumped or fell into the Mississippi River and was later found and taken to a nearby hospital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump's priority bill to approval Thursday. With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to salvage the [...]

At the end of February, during a public budget hearing, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas asked the police department whether it had requested enough money to manage lawsuit expenses. Maj. Josh Heinen, from the Kansas City Police Department fiscal division, responded that the $3.5 million the department budgeted for legal settlements was “a reasonable amount” […]

AT&T and Verizon are stepping in to help residents stay connected following the deadly tornado in St. Louis.

Medicaid is not just a safety net — it’s a lifeline for more than 1.2 million Missouri residents, nearly 20% of our state’s population. It ensures access to basic healthcare for low-income individuals and families who would otherwise go without. But Medicaid does more than support individuals; it is a vital public health tool that […]

FOX 2, St. Louis 11, and KMOX are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help support St. Louisans devastated by last week's deadly tornado.

Shedrick Kelley, who was nominated Saturday by the city Democratic Central Committee, will be one of at least three candidates for the seat in a July 1 special election. And the field could grow to five.

Keiner Asprilla was staying in a university-paid room in downtown Columbia, Missouri, last September. He is alleged to have held a woman against her will and repeatedly raped her.

ST. LOUIS - Another day of breezy and cooler weather Thursday, though the winds won’t be quite as strong. We’ll start the day with sunshine but see clouds increase into Thursday afternoon. High temperatures will be in the mid- to upper 60s. The skies will clear up again during the evening. Wake up temperatures Friday [...]

There’s no parallel in American theater to August Wilson’s American Century Cycle … 10 plays that together depict a century of change in one neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The Black Rep’s production of the cycle’s final play, “Radio Golf,” marks a milestone for the company and its artists.