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Kiesha Wayne said she stopped by a Steak 'n Shake where she works in Berkeley, Missouri, and couldn't believe what she saw across the street Tuesday morning.

“This project will help us fuel additional convention activity and help us compete with cities that surround us," said Brian Hall.

The Find Food IL Map initially started as a pandemic response, but it turned out to highlight a long-standing problem with hunger and food insecurity.

The 32-year-old died after city officials say he suffered a medical emergency. It happened days before violence erupted, injuring a correctional officer.

Yes, I watched the Republican debate. Not all that closely, but I did watch it. It was a shitshow. With the exception of Chris Christie, every candidate on the stage seemed to think the key to victory was to talk really fast and stuff as much as possible into every answer. Add to that an ...continue reading "Republican debate roundup: It was a shitshow"

FOX 2 has learned of a police investigation into a St. Louis Justice Center death Sunday. It happened two days before this week’s hostage crisis, but was kept secret until FOX 2 was able to uncover it.

Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered onstage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a heated first primary debate heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, though the party’s front runner refused to attend the two-hour event. Trump instead recorded a competing 46-minute interview with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson that aired on X, formerly known […]

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Rockford Beach Park in House Springs has experienced a slew of issues since the start of the season. Despite temperatures that feel like triple digits, warnings from officials could be paying off, with an apparent drop in crowds at the dangerous waters.

Pretextual stops are law enforcement’s favorite way to fish for larger catches. Any minor moving violation can predicate a stop. That leads to conversations — often non-consensual — with drivers and passengers. Any number of factors can be opportunistically read by officers to add up to “reasonable suspicion.” Once that “develops,” the party begins. Cars, […]

An office group of bowlers at Kingpin Lanes in Bridgeton spent Wednesday enjoying the air-conditioned bowling alley. The group believes the plan for an indoor team building event was a good choice.

Multiple urgent care facilities spanning downtown St. Louis to St. Peters have locked doors, and it may have to do with people leaving the healthcare industry.

Of the many challenges confronting the nation’s aging, straining electric grid, the need for a lot of new transmission capacity is among the most pressing, experts and policymakers say. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy said the nation will need thousands of miles of new lines to better link regions to handle extreme […]

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The incident happened at the Coronado Place and Towers near St. Louis University's campus, the school's department of public safety said.

Probably the safest place you can be during a heat wave is inside a hospital.

Authorities have named the BTK serial killer as the “prime suspect” in two unsolved killings — one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri — leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property this week.

Officers responded shortly before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Gateway rest area on eastbound Interstate 64 in St. Clair County.