ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis is suing Missouri in federal court to prevent the state takeover of the city police department. The lawsuit was filed Monday, according to our news partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A spokesperson for Mayor Tishaura Jones confirmed the suit to FOX 2 News. The city and [...]

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum has launched an emergency fundraising campaign following the termination of a federal grant. The fundraising campaign will go toward supporting the preservation of Holocaust survivor testimonies. The Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, awarded to the museum in 2022, funded the digitization and public [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A 24-year-old man was sentenced on Monday for the killing of a Carthage, Missouri woman in Miami County, Kansas last year. Miami County Chief Judge Amy Harth sentenced Gavino McJunkins-Macias, of Carthage, to 10 years and three months in prison for the charge of second-degree murder. Police release photo of ATV [...]

ST. LOUIS – The day before her swearing in ceremony at St. Louis City Hall, Mayor-elect Cara Spencer announced six new members of her incoming administration. Spencer named Major Shawn Dace, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Deputy Commander of the Bureau of Operations, the new director of public safety for the city. He’ll succeed [...]

MISSOURI - At the end of a rollercoaster tournament on Sunday's round at the Masters, Rory McIlroy made history when he earned the green jacket during a sudden death playoff---successfully fulfilling his 11-year-long journey to become the sixth person to complete a career Grand Slam. While there were no players from Missouri competing in one [...]

ST. LOUIS - Following recent incidents of many residents experiencing severe mail problems, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley says an audit of the United States Postal Service in the state is "definitely going to happen." FOX 2 has extensively covered the issues within mail services from the United States Postal Service, between mail taking a cross-country [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Northwest Missouri State University says that over the last week, some of their students have had their visas revoked. Northwest, which is located in Maryville, Missouri, says that 43 of their students have had their visas revoked so far. The university says that five of those visas are for current [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A Springfield, Missouri, man has been issued a summons to appear in court next month after driving his truck into a local gas station and convenience store earlier this year. According to the Springfield Police Department's probable cause statement, the crash happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the Kum [...]

MISSOURI -- The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill in early April that could lower the age requirement for a person to obtain a concealed carry permit. According to House Bill 328, the age requirement to possess a concealed carry firearm would be lowered from 19 to 18 years of age. The bill will [...]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A Maryland Heights, Missouri, man accused of vandalizing a mobile police camera while attending Mardi Gras festivities in Soulard appeared in court Monday afternoon. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office charged Zachary McGee, 32, with first-degree property damage. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's probable cause statement, McGee and [...]