WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. - A small but impactful tornado struck the south side of Potosi on Tuesday afternoon, causing damage to buildings and vehicles while students and staff took shelter in FEMA shelters. The tornado, which was monitored by FOX 2 for nearly 30 minutes, hit the area where Beth Gaynor and her dog Roxie [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The spring planting season is well underway in Missouri, with an excess of rainfall forcing farmers to shift their strategies, and in some cases, they are having to replant all over again. The University of Missouri reports there are approximately 87,600 farms and 27 million acres being farmed in Missouri. The [...]

ST. LOUIS - Two people were shot and killed today in north St. Louis. “Oh no -- not right here at home. You expect it everywhere else, but when it happens at home, it really touches your heart,” said Apostle Ariette Jefferson Murray. St. Louis community leaders are in shock after a woman and a [...]

ST. LOUIS -- The largest airline carrier at St. Louis Lambert Airport plans to cut flights later this year amid "macroeconomic uncertainty." The airline will reduce capacity come the second half of the year, as Southwest claims "more signs point to weaker domestic bookings this year," according to a recent report from the airline. In [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Officer Travis TJ Brown, a Ferguson police officer, is now able to speak and write after suffering a brain injury last August. Officer Brown was injured when he was pushed to the ground by a suspect, leading to a brain injury that left him unable to communicate for months. He [...]

CHATHAM, Ill. – Three children and an 18-year-old are dead after a car crashed into an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois, on Monday. The Sangamon County Coroner confirmed Ainsley Johnson, age 8, Rylee Britton, age 18, Kathryn Corley, age 7, and Alma Buhnerkempe, age 7, all died of multiple blunt force injuries in the crash [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A Ballwin man is facing multiple counts of felony harassment after allegedly following three women on separate occasions in the month of April 2025. The Clayton Police Department announced their arrest of Brendan T. Yeager, 28, today.  According to officials, in three individual incidents, three women contacted the police about [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement began restoring over 1,500 visas to international students over the weekend, including 20 registrations in the St. Louis area. The Trump administration began restoring the terminated registrations after multiple recent lawsuits against the administration, including two filed recently from students across the state of Missouri. The lawsuits are [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a voter-approved ballot measure gradually raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour and requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers. The court rejected claims from business groups that the initiative's ballot summary and cost estimate were misleading and thus amounted to [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A previously convicted felon who was recently released from jail on a personal recognizance bond is back in police custody for an armed hold-up. According to the Ferguson Police Department’s probable cause statement, the robbery occurred Monday morning at the McDonald’s on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson. Police said Tasean [...]