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Following a rigorous hour-long debate, the City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen made a historic decision on the final day of their session, passing the Baby Box bill.

There is a call for people to stop using the iconic, blue United States Postal Service mailboxes in St. Louis. Why? FOX 2 has obtained new evidence of people stealing mail from the boxes, again and again.

FARMINGTON, Mo. - The Farmington Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a 5-year-old boy. Police are looking for 5-year-old Oliver "Patrick" Sulwer, according to officials. He is described as a white male and was wearing a yellow shirt. The incident occurred just before 2 p.m. Monday at Francois Medical Center, located at [...]

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher obstructed an investigation of his official acts through pressure on potential witnesses and refusing to issue subpoenas, bipartisan leaders of the House Ethics Committee alleged Monday.  Some potential witnesses allegedly refused to speak out of fear Plocher would use his power as speaker to retaliate against them. Others were out […]

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Families are flooding to a new park in Brentwood, where a parking lot can't handle the demand.

Carmen Gamble lives across the street from the north St. Louis home where she grew up in the College Hill neighborhood. Her mother still owns the historic Kulage House, which is considered a St. Louis landmark and part of the National Register of Historic Places.

Illinois Route 185 remains closed after a 50-foot-wide sinkhole next to the road opened up over the weekend.

The teens were taken to a hospital for treatment on Saturday and were later returned to the center, court officials said.

A controversial landfill proposed for south Kansas City is likely dead after approval of a deal developers struck with a suburban municipality that has been fighting to kill the project.  The Raymore City Council voted unanimously Monday for an ordinance setting out the terms for  a settlement that would pay developers of the proposed landfill […]

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The problem is so serious, that the CDC warned if it continues to spread, measles may be taken off the list of eliminated diseases.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely in St. Louis Tuesday and some could produce damaging hail and wind. A couple of tornadoes can't be ruled out either. Get all the details on the hazards and the timing of the storms in…

St. Louis County leaders say $40 million allocated for the project isn't nearly enough to make it work, but its biggest proponent disagrees and is seeking further study.

A family-owned Metro East tent company has acquired assets from a longtime family tent business in Illinois that's shutting down.

The Missouri Coalition for the Environment's Known & Grown STL program recently issued 18 micro-grants totaling nearly $19,000, aimed to support local farmers and small businesses that positively affect the St. Louis region’s food systems.