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Audit: School district missed red flags that cost taxpayers

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A new audit reveals how the Francis Howell School District hired a superintendent and paid him to leave, without him having worked one day. FOX 2 News has previously reported on the taxpayer payout but is now digging into why it was allowed to happen. An independent investigation into the [...]
Chris Hayes

Man killed in Hyde Park shooting

4 months 2 weeks ago
Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting that happened late Monday morning in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Kevin S. Held

Former Circus Flora official sentenced for embezzlement

4 months 2 weeks ago
The former president of the Circus Flora board of directors appeared in federal court Wednesday to be sentenced for embezzling more than $120,000 from the circus in a series of scams between December 2022 and September 2023.
Kevin S. Held

Y2K, Baby!

4 months 2 weeks ago

Dust off your flip phones and cue the dial-up tone. Hidden Gem is turning back the clock with its newest immersive pop-up experience, Y2K, Baby!, a high-gloss, low-rise, fully nostalgic […]

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Myranda Levins

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation to Open JJK FAN Innovation Center in East St. Louis

4 months 2 weeks ago
EAST ST. LOUIS - The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation will host the official open house and grand opening of the JJK FAN Innovation Center on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in East St. Louis, Illinois, opening a new facility aimed at educating and supporting youth and families through agriculture, nutrition, and STEM-based learning. The event will begin with an opening ceremony and ribbon cutting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by an open house from 10 a.m. to noon at the JJK FAN Innovation Center,

California’s AB 412 Still Demands AI Developers Do The Impossible

4 months 2 weeks ago
California lawmakers are again considering A.B. 412, a bill that would require AI developers to identify and disclose copyrighted works used to train generative AI systems. The problem this year is the same as last year: it’s practically impossible to comply with this law. The bill demands information that often does not exist, and cannot realistically be obtained.  EFF […]
Joe Mullin

St. Louis Region Advances Multibillion-Dollar Strategy to Strengthen Freight Network

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Regional Freightway on Wednesday released its 2027 Priority Projects List, outlining 29 freight infrastructure projects across Eastern Missouri and Southwestern Illinois with a combined value of more than $9.2 billion, as regional and state transportation leaders pointed to funding progress and ongoing construction on several major efforts. The list was unveiled during the annual Freight Summit, the signature event of FreightWeekSTL, held aboard the Gateway

Byron, Carlson, Petri & Kalb Female Athlete Of The Month: Natalie Beck Leads Griffins Girls Soccer In Scoring

4 months 2 weeks ago
GLEN CARBON - Natalie Beck was one of the key seniors on the Father McGivney Catholic girls soccer team that won the IHSA Class 1A state championship on June 6, 2026, over Pleasant Plains 3-0 at North Central College in Naperville, in far west suburban Chicago, and was also one of the St. Louis area's leading scorers this season in helping the Griffins to the championship. Beck has been an outstanding athlete for McGivney over the years, playing on championship basketball teams and being a stat