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The National Weather Service says the frigid temperatures over the past few days have broken a temperature record from the late 1800s. Forecasters say a warm-up is expected over the next couple of days before the temperatures drop again over the weekend.

Legislation that would require developers applying for incentives to be current on all city property taxes was one of the bills introduced in the new legislative session of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

The St. Louis Business Journal is currently accepting nominations for its fifth annual Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies. You have one week left to submit a nomination.

The jury trial for the man charged with shooting and killing a St. Louis City police officer is expected to start Tuesday.

Road crews are busy on both sides of the river Tuesday morning, trying to clear slick roadways after our latest snowfall. MoDOT and IDOT officials told FOX 2 that there are slick spots in multiple areas that could make for some dangerous driving conditions. Caution is really the word of the morning.

The EPA is hosting two public meetings Tuesday on Coldwater Creek.

Expect a few flurries in the early morning hours of Tuesday, but the snow is mostly done. The heavier band of snow ended up setting up right across the heart of St. Louis, bringing one half to one inch of snow.  

The Puppy Bowl is back again for its 20th year with two St. Louis pups taking the field.  Sadie, a Humane Society of Missouri rescue, and Indigo, who lived at Five Acres Animal Shelter in St. Charles, both will be on Team Ruff where they will take on Team Fluff for the Lombarky trophy. 

James Taylor is spending yet another July 4 holiday in the Berkshire area of Massachusetts. Taylor and his All-Star Band just announced they’ll play the Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts,…

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Trivers is leaving its longtime home near the Gateway Arch to Downtown West.

"We're hopeful that it means the end of probably the worst nuisance property in the city of St. Louis," said attorney Paul Puricelli, who represents residents.

The trial of Thomas Kinworthy, charged with killing one St. Louis police officer and wounding another in Tower Grove South home, is set to begin Tuesday.

This story was updated at 10:15 a.m. to reflect breaking news: Because of an ill prosecutor, the jury will not be empaneled and the trial will be pushed to March or April, with a new jury chosen at that time. Full story follows.

In its entwining of a love story and a ghost story, Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers is scarcely without precedent, with forebears including The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Truly, Madly, Deeply and, of course, Ghost.  Those films, however, involved romances between the living and the dead, with all of the inevitable complications.

Ice sculptures, a drone show, and the St. Louis Blues street team are among the entertainment at the popular University City festival.

A coalition of parents and community members in St. Louis Public Schools is demanding more transparency at local school board meetings and in-school reading tutors as part of an effort to deal with standardized test scores that show a huge chunk of the district’s students struggling to read at grade level. The district’s current enrollment […]

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A new report documents a sharp rise in arguments that clean energy and climate policies won't work.