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MoDOT has $4 million to spend on safety improvements. Here's how you can help decide how the money is spent.

SSM Health St. Clare will be hosting their 'Community Health Food Distribution' event Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. It is on a first come first serve basis and free.

Family vacation reveals another ‘I am becoming my father’ moment.

FLORISSANT, Mo. -- A pregnant teenager is missing this morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol issued an Endangered Person Advisory for 17-year-old Jaya Stewart. She was last seen leaving her house on Courtyard Place around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police say she is seven and a half months pregnant and has bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. She [...]

Melvin White sits with his generation at a demographic Ground Zero for mental stress. The Schlagle High School junior survived COVID isolation during middle school. He’s never known a world without smartphones. And he’s finishing high school amid the FOMO energy of a social media world in its own adolescence. All of those factors, experts […]

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ST. LOUIS -- It's the summer of the shark at the St. Louis Aquarium. FOX-2's Laura Simon takes a deep dive into what you and your family can enjoy there starting today. More info: stlouisaquarium.com.

The U.S. yet yet to pass even a basic internet-era privacy law — or regulate data brokers. And while there’s a lot of misdirection and pretense to the contrary, the primary reason is (1) because the U.S. government is too corrupt; and (2) because the U.S. government really enjoys being able to purchase massive amounts […]

Ownership of Dad’s Cookie Co. has changed several times over its nearly 100-year history.

WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing effort to replace diesel-fueled school buses, the Biden administration on Wednesday said it will provide approximately 530 school districts across nearly all states with almost $1 billion to help them purchase clean school buses. The initiative, part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program rebate […]

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United Steelworkers International and United States Steel Corp. will go before an arbitration board Aug. 15 over the union’s claims that the U.S. Steel sale to Nippon Steel violates the basic labor agreement.

After a near-derailment and an all-nighter to wrap up the General Assembly’s spring session, supermajority Democrats in the Illinois House gave final legislative approval to the state budget as the sun rose Wednesday morning. Despite holding 78 seats in the chamber, it took Democrats three tries to reach the 60 votes needed to approve more than $1.1 billion in revenue increases, including a tax hike on sportsbooks and businesses, to balance the $53.1 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2025. The…

George and Cheryl discuss St. Louis' most iconic outdoor dining spots, notable rooftops, new restaurants with great patios, hidden gems, and more.

The local family first reached out to the cookie company's previous owners about acquiring it in January 2022.

A quickly expanding restaurant concept centered around healthy eating and operated by the ownership of the Cheesecake Factory has set a date for the opening of its first Missouri location, in the St. Louis area.