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ST. LOUIS – The Pep Zone was at Soldan High School on Friday, September 30. FOX 2’s Chris Regnier hung out with the Tigers. He threw some t-shirts out to the crowd, as well as mini footballs. Head football coach Raymon Edwards then chatted about what it's like to be a Soldan Tiger. Regnier then [...]

Several parts of the region have been dealing with devastating flooding for years. That includes the West Alton area, where the Audubon Center at Riverlands was hit hard in 2019.

WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in a Thursday hearing grilled the top leader of federal prisons on how the agency would address staffing shortages and reports of abuse of incarcerated people. “The Bureau (of Prisons) has been riddled with mismanagement and, sadly, with scandal,” said the chair of the committee, Illinois […]

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Scott McLaughlin, who was convicted of raping and killing an ex-girlfriend 19 years ago, is scheduled to die Jan. 3.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Maryville University will celebrate its 150th anniversary Friday. The school was founded in 1872 as an academy for young women. Maryville also had strong ties to France. French was taught at all levels and students were encouraged to speak the language at all times. The school has since evolved into [...]

ST. LOUIS - Eastbound I-70 at Carrie was shut down for a time Friday morning due to a crash that caused a tractor-trailer to overturn. As of 6:05 a.m., one lane was getting through. The crash happened at about 5:50 a.m. It is unknown at this time how many vehicles were involved or what led [...]

Webster University has won a highly sought-after distinction for its department that teaches future teachers and administrators.

'Dredge-and-fill' created thousands of homes vulnerable to storm surge.

ST. LOUIS - This weekend will be exciting and emotional for St. Louis Cardinals fans. The Redbirds' start their last regular season home games Friday night. They take on the Pirates Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday. Not only is this the last home stand of the regular season, it's also the first home game since [...]

A new report finds Indigenous people in Brazil, Colombia and the Philippines often face the highest rates of violence.

ST. LOUIS - Thieves broke into a Save A Lot early Friday morning in north St. Louis. The break-in happened just before 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of Union at Page. The same story was broken into on Thursday. It is unknown at this time what was taken from the store. FOX 2's Nissan [...]

ST. LOUIS - A man was found shot and killed in the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood of north St. Louis Friday morning. His body was found at Temple Place at about 1:30 a.m. It is unknown at this time what led up to the shooting or if any suspects are in custody. The investigation is ongoing. [...]

The birds and the bees and the pesticide-covered seeds that kill them.

Imagine this scenario: You've just ground through a whole day at the office, and you're dragging hard. But you still have to go to the grocery store for a few items and, Shoot, you've got to feed your family tonight, too. But instead of running through the store and then running home and cooking up something slapdash, imagine you could just pick up a full dinner, shop a little more leisurely and then be a hero by bringing home a hot meal.

Forty years ago today, Bruce Springsteen took fans on an unexpected detour down the sonic equivalent of a bleak, deserted rural highway with the release of his sixth album, Nebraska.…

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