JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Some Missouri lawmakers want to increase penalties for immigrants in the country illegally, including adding a hotline to report those without official documentation. Those two bills caused tensions to rise Monday in the room, from frustration to tears. "Do not act like you have experienced anything that I have, or my [...]

ST. LOUIS - The City Justice Center is under interim leadership following recent years of issues, city officials announced Monday. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announced the appointment of Doug Burris as the new jail commissioner. With decades of high-level experience in corrections, Burris is tasked with tackling severe understaffing, overcrowding, and inmate conditions. Jones [...]

ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 continues to follow the growing frustration over delays with the city's Emergency Rental Assistance Program as new information surfaces regarding what is causing a holdup. Tonia Coleman has rented her Baden home for six years. Come February, she could be headed for eviction. "It's very frustrating. It's disheartening. I'm a [...]

ST. LOUIS – A Franklin County, Missouri, man appeared in federal court on Monday and admitted crossing state lines with the intention of having sex with a child. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Scott. M. Arnold-Micke, 48, took the 17-year-old victim to Chicago in 2021, where they [...]

ST. LOUIS – A former professional basketball player with St. Louis ties who is the ex-boyfriend of sentenced “Basketball Wives” reality TV show star Brittish Williams, appeared in federal court on Monday to be sentenced himself for pandemic loan fraud. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Lorenzo Gordon, [...]

ST. LOUIS – A former assistant general manager of a hotel in Richmond Heights, Missouri, appeared in federal court on Monday to be sentenced for committing financial fraud. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Angelique Patterson, 40, manipulated the hotel’s reservation system from March to October 2023. Patterson [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – If you buy a car in Missouri, you'll receive a set of temp tags after signing the paperwork, with the expectation being that you’ll go to a Department of Revenue office or the DMV within the next 30 days to pay the sales tax and receive your license plates. However, some [...]

ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Schlafly Beer announced on Monday the craft brewer has closed it's location in Historic St. Charles. A news release stated the brewery's lease ended, and they decided to close the St. Charles location effective immediately. The brewery said in 2020 they purchased Trailhead Brewing Co., which operated out of the Historic [...]

MISSOURI -- A state lawmaker wants electric companies to reimburse their Missouri customers after experiencing a power outage. Democratic Senator Tracy McCreery of the 24th District in St. Louis County sponsored the bill that would require electrical companies to reimburse their customers if a power outage occurs for longer than 48 hours. Collinsville woman’s death [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A child was shot and killed in the Castle Point neighborhood in north St. Louis County Monday afternoon, according to police. The incident occurred in the 10500 block of Castle Dr. around 1:45 p.m. Police say the victim was a 4-year-old girl who succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. [...]