COLE COUNTY, Mo. – A mid-Missouri father and a Florida man are facing child sex crime charges. Prosecutors allege the father allowed the Florida man to date his underage daughter, helped him move into his Cole County home and sleep in his daughter's room, and provided the man with condoms. The Cole County Prosecuting Attorney’s [...]

ST. LOUIS - A massive hole in the middle of a local street has had drivers swerving and residents frustrated for weeks.  FOX 2 took their concerns straight to city officials to find out what's causing the delay. According to people who work in the area, it's posing a serious risk to drivers and pedestrians. [...]

ST. PETERS, Mo. – Viewer response has been overwhelming following our March 12 report on a St. Peters childcare center. FOX 2 revealed multiple inspection reports by state regulators in 2024 at Peanuts Gang Learning Center, including a case where inspectors alleged a 4-year-old child walked outside alone, and made it all the way to [...]

VILLA RIDGE, Mo. - Families in Villa Ridge continue to dig through debris left behind by the Friday night storms. Local nonprofits are working to help replace some of what was lost.  Glass crunched beneath Isaac Purnell’s feet as he searched what is left of his Villa Ridge home on Wednesday. Purnell was in his [...]

ST. LOUIS - A non-verbal 4-year-old boy tragically drowned in Ballwin Tuesday night, according to the Ballwin Police Department, after previously being reported missing in the city. The child’s passing highlights the critical need for water safety awareness as summer approaches. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children aged 1 to 4, making [...]

ST. LOUIS – On Wednesday, business owners honored the hard work and dedication of police officers in St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District. The officers were recognized with awards for the 30th year of the event. This year's event didn't start with a celebration but rather a sobering moment. "Please join me in a [...]

ST. LOUIS - The new fire safety training trailer for the St. Louis Fire Department is almost like something you’d find on a movie set or at Disneyworld. The safety training will be used to educate children in the city of St. Louis.     “For the stove, you press the off button, and it slowly dies [...]

ST. LOUIS - Prosecutors formally charged two people, including former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, in connection with an April 2024 protest at Washington University that ended with 100 arrests. On Wednesday, nearly one year later, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office filed misdemeanor charges against Stein, 74, and Jeron Hicks, 24, on [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Police are seeking the driver of a white vehicle after allegedly threatening a cameraman and attempting to hit the victim with the car. According to St. Louis Metropolitan Police, the assault occurred around 10:15 a.m. on Monday morning near the off-ramp of I-70 and Shreve. Police said the suspect made verbal threats [...]

Editor's note: This video is from a previous story. ST. LOUIS – St. Louis police are releasing the name of a police officer critically injured in the line of duty earlier this week. According to Mitch McCoy, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department spokesman, Officer Nathan Spiess was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 70 [...]