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With the launch of Gastronauts, the group aims to grow to 15 Hi-Pointes and seven Taco Buddhas by 2027.

The $12.5 million North County police precinct, at 11030 Dunn Road near Route 367 and Interstate 270, was supposed to open last year.

As the deadline approaches for an abortion-rights coalition to gather enough signatures for their ballot question, anti-abortion forces are seeking to dissuade voters from signing.

A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday morning on westbound Missouri 30 at Gravois Road, causing a major traffic jam. The Missouri State Highway Patrol tells FOX 2 that the person was standing in the road before being hit by a vehicle.

GREENVILLE, Ill. -- Nick Morrow Day is being held in Greenville Monday to honor the NFL linebacker and Greenville University graduate. Morrow, who is one of the few Division III players to make it to the NFL, is visiting the university for the festivities. An All-American in his senior year, Morrow has since played for [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Wrestling history was made last night at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis as Swerve Strickland became the first African American AEW World Champion. Strickland claimed the title by defeating Samoa Joe in the main event of AEW Dynasty. During his visit to FOX 2 on Friday morning, Strickland expressed his affection for [...]

Thomas Kinworthy is expected to argue mental illness prevented him from knowing what he was doing when he barricaded himself inside a home and shot several times at police.

Calling all picklers: Maryland Heights is jumping on the pickleball craze with the opening of its new membership, tech-driven pickleball “wellness facility,” Hi Pickle Club (2551 Metro Boulevard, Maryland Heights).  At Hi Pickle Club, which is projected to open this fall, picklers can enjoy the eight regulation-sized pickleball courts, players lounges and locker rooms, as well as a cross-training facility operated by HiDow, which offers electrotherapy, recovery, wellness and sports medicine. In the last year, St. Louis has seen pickleball facilities pop up all over the area including Chicken ‘N’ Pickle (1500 South Main Street, St. Charles) and Padel + Pickleball (1220 North Price Road, Olivette). 

One hundred percent of the sheriffs in the City of St. Louis agree: the Riverfront Times is an exciting read. That was — more or less — the sentiment Sheriff Vernon Betts expressed at a neighborhood meeting in Bevo Mill Thursday night, where he was one of several elected officials and candidates speaking at a union hall on Delor Street. After his remarks, someone in the audience asked him about recent media coverage of a photo that showed a detainee in Betts' charge lying in his own excrement.

Correction: This story originally contained an error and has been removed. ST. LOUIS - A pre-trial conference is set for today concerning Pam Hupp, who faces charges for the 2011 murder of her friend Betsy Faria in Lincoln County. Faria was fatally stabbed over 50 times in her Troy home. Authorities suggest Hupp was motivated [...]

On Jan. 18, the ninth day of the 2024 legislative session, a bill essential to balancing the state budget was placed first in line on the Senate’s calendar for debate. On the same day, a bill expanding an education scholarship program was also put on the calendar, second in line. Last week, the education bill […]

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Last week was Black Maternal Health Week, and Mother’s Day is just around the corner — a prefect time to focus on the fact that the critical health care an expectant mother needs remains unavailable for many. That’s especially true for Black mothers and their unborn babies. The detrimental and deadly impact of systemic racism […]

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ST. LOUIS -- A man is dead following a shooting in north St. Louis, and authorities are actively searching for the suspect. The incident occurred just south of I-70 at Goodfellow and Windham, with police receiving the alert just before 8:45 p.m. Sunday. Police say that several shots were fired, and a 53-year-old man was [...]

ST. LOUIS -- It's a cold start this morning with a frost advisory through 8 a.m. Clear skies mean a nice and sunny start to the day. Temperatures will warm into the low 70s. Becoming breezy this afternoon and evening into tonight and clouds will also be on the increase, especially overnight. Lows won't be [...]

An ancient farming practice is getting a new life. Biochar is gaining traction as a regenerative agriculture practice that could help improve soil and sink carbon. Efforts are underway to introduce more farmers to biochar.

5 On Your Side was invited to see the upgrades happening inside Powell Hall. The project has nearly 16 months left before completion.

We still have two labor systems, and need mass unionization to end our immense inequality, which has its roots in the South.

In California, no-fee accounts would combat systemic discrimination in banking services.

It’s banking’s systemic discrimination that vexes minorities and the poor.

The Biden administration’s workforce development initiative aims to boost green employment options.