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"It looked like the end of the world. It looked like the Apocalypse," said 33-year-old Marisa Scott.

The National Weather Service said the deluge broke a 107-year-old record.

Bag Phones, Brick Phones, Blackberries, a Satellite Phone and more – these are some of the cellular telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone

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The worst of the multi-day heavy rain event is past us and the small rivers have all crested, for the most part, and are falling.

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A water rescue happened early Wednesday morning in East St. Louis, Illinois. FOX 2's Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter flew over the scene at about 6:45 a.m. Emergency crews were seen out helping flood victims into a boat and taking them to a dry, safe spot. The emergency crews had [...]

Concrete work on the new Big Bend Road bridge under construction at Interstate 44 will require the highway to shut down overnight Friday.

With the midterms looming, Democrats are apparently once again embracing one of their favorite “strategies”: pushing bills they know have no chance of passing, that may not even do the thing they claim to do, in a bid to make it look like at least they’re “doing something.” The latest case in point is a […]

A century-old rainfall record was shattered on Tuesday. The Missouri Historical Society gave us a look at what St. Louis looked like when the record was set in 1915.

Metro Transit warns customers that its services are delayed due to flash flooding conditions on Tuesday. Historic rainfall moved into the St. Louis area overnight Monday and into the early morning Tuesday, causing flash flooding. Metro Transit announced that its MetroBus, MetroLink and Metro Call-A-Ride are all affected by these conditions. KSDK talked to Taulby Roach, president and CEO of Bi-State Development, which oversees Metro Transit. He said he's asking the Federal Transit Administration…

Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis has filled two vacant roles with hospitality industry veterans.

The St. Louis Area Foodbank event was postponed due to flooding on Tuesday.

Nurse and heiress Trudy Busch-Valentine holds a slight lead over attorney Lucas Kunce in the race to be the Democratic nominee for one of Missouri's U.S. Senate seats, according to a new poll.

St. Louis broke the record yesterday for the most rain in a single day leading to flash flooding throughout the region. One person died in the high water and many more are wondering how they will recover.

An early morning crash has caused lane closures at I-44.

Missouri MetroLink riders are encouraged to seek alternative transportation options "until further notice," says Metro Transit.

Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and law enforcement witnesses at a Tuesday hearing blamed recent violence against officers on anti-police rhetoric, while Democrats distanced themselves from the “defund the police” slogan and said an oversupply of guns made law enforcement jobs more dangerous. Republicans on the panel raised complaints about general attitudes toward […]

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Anyone who’s read George Orwell’s “1984,” the dystopian novel about life in the U.S. under an authoritarian regime, knows that to survive, one had to accept whatever Big Brother said no matter how big the lie. Proof you’d come to fully embrace the all-controlling Party was to believe without question that two plus two never […]

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The state department of transportation says many of its highway projects have “no significant impact.”