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Jennifer Jackson, 40, was charged with second-degree involuntary manslaughter in mid-August. She was arrested Monday in St. Louis County and the same day posted a $5,000 bond.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Hundreds were without power early Friday morning after a crash in south St. Louis County. The crash happened around 2 a.m. on Gravois Avenue, east of Sappington Road, after a vehicle struck a utility pole. At the scene, wires could be seen on the road. Gravois Avenue was closed in [...]

The planning and zoning commission in Festus voted 5-4 Thursday night to support a rezoning needed for a potential data center in their city.

The Allman Brothers Band had a 44-year run that landed the group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The guitar-playing sons of two of its founders are behind the Allman Betts Family Revival, a tribute group that plays the Factory in Chesterfield after Thanksgiving. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jeremy Goodwin reports, the roots of the tribute lie in a family relationship that needed repair.

As a teacher and coach, I remember vividly the helplessness I felt when my students would ask me: “But how will this help me get a good job?” For years, educators were often on their own when it came to helping students connect what they were learning in the classroom with where it might lead […]

ST. LOUIS -- One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting inside Terminal One early Friday morning at St. Louis Lambert International Airport. FOX 2 was the first on the scene as the situation unfolded. According to police spokesperson Vera Clay, airport police officers were doing routine security checks in Terminal One a little after [...]

ST. LOUIS - Rain from round No. 2 of our storm system has arrived overnight as scheduled. Where Thursday’s heavier rain was concentrated farther south, Friday’s rain may end down south sooner but linger longer farther north. However, everyone gets a good soaking rain Friday morning. Scattered showers will linger Friday afternoon and evening with [...]

The 60-year legacy of the Grateful Dead is being celebrated in a new book.The music magazine Relix, which started in 1974 as a handmade newsletter aimed at connecting people who recorded Grateful Dead…

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Headlines from the Nov. 21, 1925, front page include: Counterfeit dollars passed exceed 400

When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent's rapidly degrading ice shelves.

Advocates say a recent settlement is a win in the fight to hold industrial ag giants accountable.