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LIST: Fall festivals and events around the St. Louis area

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - August is nearing its end once again and temperatures have slightly dipped, serving as a reminder that the fall season is approaching. Many towns, businesses, and groups celebrate the season with crisp weather and changing leaves with a fall festival. Below is a compiled list of fall festivals and fall-related events around [...]
Megan Mueller

Spire crews locate, correct gas leak at Ameristar

2 months 1 week ago
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Officials were at Ameristar Wednesday morning investigating a gas odor. Spire spokesperson Jason Merrill told FOX 2 around 7:45 a.m. that their teams were on the ground at the casino resort in effort to find the source of a gas smell. The St. Charles Fire Department said they were called to [...]
Megan Mueller

Senator Wyden Slams U.S. Judiciary For Incompetent, Nontransparent Cybersecurity Practices

2 months 1 week ago
Late last year, eight major U.S. telecoms were the victim of a massive intrusion by Chinese hackers who managed to spy on public U.S. officials for more than a year. The “Salt Typhoon” hack was so severe, the intruders spent a year rooting around the ISP networks even after discovery. AT&T and Verizon, two of the compromised companies, apparently didn’t […]
Karl Bode

Missouri becomes first state to repeal capital gains tax, at an estimated $625M cost

2 months 1 week ago
A new Missouri income tax cut exempting profits from the sale of investments officially takes effect Thursday, along with smaller tax changes that will remove sales tax from diapers and feminine hygiene products. All state laws passed in a regular session take effect Aug. 28 unless another date is specified. The capital gains tax cut […]
Rudi Keller

Diet pills and muscle-building supplements pose a threat for minors in Missouri

2 months 1 week ago
Seventeen-year-old Christopher Herrera can no longer play sports.  After Christopher ingested concentrated green tea extract labelled as a “fat burning supplement”, his liver was compromised so severely that he nearly needed a liver transplant. Although doctors managed to save his liver, Christopher now lives with the lasting repercussions of this incident. He can no longer […]
Gaurish Agrawal, Ketan Tamirisa, Sahana Srikanth

Wednesday, August 27 - Nikki Glaser's not going anywhere

2 months 1 week ago
Nikki Glaser grew up in Kirkwood and lives in St. Louis, and she’s a nationally known comedian. Her notoriety got a boost recently when she hosted the Golden Globe Awards and participated in the roast of quarterback Tom Brady. Glaser spoke with St. Louis On The Air senior producer Emily Woodbury about how even with those accolades, she still suffers from imposter syndrome.

Coolest days may be behind us, but the dry, quiet weather rolls on

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Three consecutive days of highs in the 70s in August provide relief from the heat. We will be just a bit warmer the rest of the week, but no major warm-up is in sight. Let’s watch for some fog in the river and larger creek valleys again Wednesday morning as we wake [...]
Angela Hutti