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Brian Kowert Sr., a white contractor from Clayton, will have 18 months in federal prison to think about his crime of subverting minority business enterprises regulations.

TROY – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that intermittent daytime lane closures will take place on both directions of Interstate 55 from the Interstate 270 overpass to the Macoupin County line, weather permitting, beginning Monday, June 26, through Friday, June 30. Work will be suspended between 6-9 a.m. on the southbound/westbound lanes and 3-6 p.m. on the northbound/eastbound lanes. These lane closures are necessary for evaluation of the pavement. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict 8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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Anyone who has information about Lelus Crawford's whereabouts should call local police.

GKN Aerospace, an aviation parts producer, will lay off more than 700 St. Louis-area workers between Aug. 25 and the end of the year.

A man whose murder charges were dropped amid dysfunction in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office was shot and killed Thursday morning.

“We came to a mutual agreement with the MEC,” entrepreneur Mark Kummer said, "and I'm happy that my political career is over."

The Ogallala Aquifer serves farming communities in multiple states. When it runs dry, the agriculture industry in Texas and the nation is in jeopardy.

Supporters said the increase was necessary to shore up a water department deep in the red.

On June 24, 1876, St. Louis County dedicated its new riding park and country retreat.

ST. LOUIS -- Saturday will be hot with increasing humidity ahead of our next cold front. Today is likely the hottest day of the year so far with highs near 96, feeling a few degrees hotter with the heat index. Storms could fire as early as this afternoon in central and northeast Missouri. The chances [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Saturday is going to be a scorcher. Temperatures are going to reach highs in the 90s with a heat index over 100. Many people will be out and about today, but just remember. summer fun should always come with a sense of caution. Between biking, playing sports, swimming or just taking the [...]

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Surge is ready for its home-opener tonight at Fontbonne University. They are taking on a new team in the league for its first home-game of the season: The Kansas City Crossover. The Surge is playing six home games at Fontbonne this year. The women's professional basketball team has won [...]

ST. LOUIS - Police are trying to identify and find five teens wanted for questioning in last weekend's mass shooting downtown. It left one teen dead and 11 others hurt. FOX 2 and KPLR 11 does not normally show these pictures, but we are airing them because police have asked the public for help in [...]

Missouri’s ban on abortion has had sweeping effects on health care, abortion rights advocates say — even though restrictions were already so severe many deemed the state “post-Roe” long before the landmark case was overturned. Saturday marks one year since the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional protections for the right to access abortion in the […]

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City leaders in Storm Lake, a rural community of 11,000 in Northwest Iowa, are asking residents not to wash their cars or water their yards and gardens during the hottest part of the day. The city also has cut back on watering public recreational spaces, such as ballfields and golf courses. These are highly unusual […]

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