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Peanut the turtle is celebrating his birthday at St. Louis' Missouri Wildlife Conservation Center.

Hundreds of people showed up to Blanchette Park in St. Charles for a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency meeting to discuss contamination in the Elm Point Wellfield. The city of St. Charles says it had to shut down four of its wells due to contamination. The EPA made clear that there is new contamination that they are currently investigating around well six in St. Charles. The EPA and the city of St. Charles both spoke at a public meeting reassuring residents their drinking water is safe despite…

The precautionary boil water advisory was due to low water pressure caused by a broken 36” water main.

Telecom monopolies have spent decades trying to kill off public broadband efforts. Whether it’s outright lies about what municipal broadband will do or shitty protectionist laws specifically designed to undermine the will of voters, U.S. telecom monopolies have long been absolutely terrified of your long-neglected town or city voting to build its own broadband network. […]

Tax incentives for five large redevelopment projects, including future Cortex district development and a $240 million Downtown West project, were advanced by a committee. Here are the details of the bills that now go to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

For 38 years, Peanut has been a steady reminder of why we should dispose of litter properly.

The Missouri House of Representatives will still have a Republican supermajority during the upcoming session. However, Democrats point to a few possible reasons why they were able to flip three seats this past election cycle.

The closure begins 8 p.m. Friday, and everything should reopen before Monday morning rush hour.

About 30,000 people are impacted by the advisory. The water main broke at North 13th Street and Lucas Avenue.

The recent party caucuses of Missouri’s legislature provide an example for the U.S. Congress of a more civil and productive approach to dealing with changes after a general election. Congressional party caucuses have been divided by ideological, political and personality conflicts. That is so different from the comments of newly elected Missouri Senate Majority Leader […]

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Truman's No. 2 man kept calling until the couple, separated by 34 years, tied the knot on November 18, 1949.

Overnight, another water main break occurred on Market and 11th. Crews could be seen cleaning up debris from the street. 

This morning in North St. Louis, there was a collision involving three vehicles.

SLM's dining editor weighs in on the great Thanksgiving debate.

Brentwood officials calculated the county overpaid them by $5.4 million, and the city sent that amount to St. Louis County to split with other municipalities. But the county says Brentwood owes $1.6 million more.

Fox 2 brings you a snapshot of St. Louis area neighborhood on Fridays.

A water main broke downtown at 13th and Lucas on Friday morning.

The petrostate pitched a plan to cut carbon at COP27. And it’s covered in oil.

As climate disasters intensify, poor emergency management puts Indigenous peoples at higher risk.