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ST. LOUIS -- Global superstar Justin Timberlake has extended "The Forget Tomorrow World Tour" with a stop at Enterprise Center on Thursday, December 19. Fox 2 is giving you the chance to win tickets every day this week before they go on sale today. To enter, visit the contest page on FOX2now.com. For a bonus [...]

By now we’ve laid out the case that U.S. broadband is spotty, expensive, and slow due to regional monopolies and the corruption that protects them. Despite this, every time the U.S. decides to spend taxpayer money on broadband, said corruption usually ensures that we throw most of that money into the laps of the same […]

The procession is one of the oldest and largest Black parades in the country.

After court struck $3 fee for sheriffs’ retirement, new case targets several others like it.

A six-year investigation using cooperating informants, GPS tracking, wiretaps and surveillance brought down Gregory Dixson. Jr.

In a legal marijuana market full of flowers, vapes and pre-rolled joints, cannabis-infused meals have are carving out a space for themselves.

Dr. La’Kendra Garrett has been hired as the next principal of Robinson Elementary School in Kirkwood.

ST. CHARLES COUNTY--Branches on the possible shutdown list include the McClay library in St. Charles, Deer Run in O'Fallon and Kisker Road near Weldon Springs. A lot of people are worked up about this on social media, starting campaigns to try to save the libraries. This comes after a four-hour special meeting on Friday. CEO [...]

Ameren Missouri's Waldron substation was heavily damaged from historic flash flooding on July 26, 2022.

After a highly exclusive soft opening phase in April that left the public eagerly anticipating the grand opening, Ramsay’s Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay has finally opened at the Four Seasons St. Louis at 999 North Second Street in downtown St. Louis and is now accepting reservations from the general public. “St. Louis is an incredible foodie destination, with its own vibrant Midwest flavours and influences,” Ramsay in a release. “I’m delighted to open Ramsay’s Kitchen at Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, a stunning restaurant with amazing views of the Gateway Arch and famed Mississippi River.

This Friday, the Missouri Botanical Garden will be doing something sure to shock the conscience of every good St. Louisan: They'll be showing how to serve up cicadas. The cicada scampi and spicy deep-fried cicada — yes, those are the actual dish names — will be part of an cooking demonstration at MoBOT's Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, a fun afternoon inspired by the cicadapocalypse now blanketing a big swath of St. Louis County with the long-gestating bugs. But not everyone finds the idea so fun.

When a kitchen fire broke out and shuttered the doors at beloved Tower Grove South bar Stella Blues (3269 Morgan Ford Road) in early April, the owner and staff vowed the closure would be temporary. But if we know anything from the rash of kitchen fires that have closed local restaurants in the last few years, there’s no such thing as a sure return.  Yet things are looking up for Stella Blues — thanks to strong community support and good insurance coverage.

An honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan, Darrell McClanahan III, will be allowed to remain on Missouri’s gubernatorial primary ballot, despite the state Republican party going through the motions of trying to boot him off. On Friday, Judge S. Cotton Walker of the Cole County Circuit Court ruled in favor of the accused antisemite and self-avowed pro-white man, writing that he is on the ballot because the Missouri Republican Party accepted his candidacy.

A range of area events will pay respects to fallen military members.

The final day of the 2024 legislative session lasted less than 10 minutes in the Missouri Senate.  The lightning-quick adjournment was aimed at avoiding bitter flare ups that plagued the previous day, when a member of the Freedom Caucus tried to amend the Senate Journal to say a “stampeding herd of rhinoceroses” had rumbled through […]

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