ST. LOUIS -- USA Today searched across the country with a panel of experts to nominate the best public playgrounds across the U.S. and one St. Louis site ranked high as voted on by USA Today readers. USA Today 10Best crowned Variety Wonderland Playground in Forest Park as the fourth-best public playground in the country. [...]

MISSOURI - Beginning Thursday, half of the websites for NOAA's Regional Climate Centers were unavailable for use in what the websites noted as a "lapse in federal funding from the Department of Commerce through NOAA." There are six Regional Climate Centers covering different states: High Plains, Midwestern, Northeast, Southeast, Southern, and Western. On Thursday, four [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A teenager from Vinita Park is charged as an adult for his role in a vehicle shooting last summer in Overland. According to the Overland Police Department, the shooting happened just before 5:45 a.m. on July 7 at Page Avenue and Interstate 70. Police said Shawn Duckworth and another juvenile [...]

Note: Video above is from March 17. GRAY SUMMIT, Mo. -- Purina Farms announced on Thursday that its visitor center, which features an outdoor arena, will be closed for the 2025 season due to damage left behind by the March 14 tornado. According to Purina Farms, while the storm did not cause harm to any [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Two new lawsuits have been filed and five others have been amended against Taylor Farms, a farming foods company accused in a St. Louis County E. coli outbreak that sickened more than 100 people last year. Attorneys at Marler Clark, Inc., PS announced new and amended lawsuits Thursday against Taylor [...]

SPONSORED -- "Mrs. Gomez is my son's first-grade teacher, and she has gone above and beyond this year, not only for him but for each and every one of her students. Even while facing the challenge of her own son's illness, which required her to be away from the classroom for over a month this [...]

ST. LOUIS - A man has died after he was found shot in crashed car Wednesday evening in north St. Louis, police say. Officers found the victim around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of Vernon Avenue in St. Louis' Academy/Sherman Park neighborhood. When police arrived to the scene, they found a man inside [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A man was convicted of felony charges Wednesday in the shooting death of his boss over money in St. Louis County. A jury convicted Rodney Collins, 35, of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of William Gholson, according to Missouri court records. Collins shot and killed [...]

ST. LOUIS - We enjoyed a beautiful Wednesday. Thank you to all who joined us at Busch Stadium for Weather Day! Unfortunately, our weather is changing as we head into a holiday weekend. We’ve had showers and non-severe storms overnight. A second round of rain and some storms will move in mid- to late Thursday [...]

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. -  Some lawns in Webster Groves are looking a little wilder than usual this April—and that’s exactly the goal.  The city is once again encouraging residents to hold off on mowing their grass for the month in support of pollinators like bees and butterflies that rely on early-blooming wildflowers to survive. The [...]