AUSTIN (KXAN) — Southwest Airlines will no longer allow bags to fly free. The airline announced Tuesday that it will begin charging some customers who check luggage in May. The airline will continue to offer two free checked bags to Rapid Rewards A-List Preferred Members as well as passengers flying on Business Select fares. One [...]

ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – Utility crews are reportedly on the scene Tuesday morning responding to a water main in St. Peters. According to a spokesperson for the City of St. Peters, the water main break occurred Tuesday morning, north of Interstate 70. The water main break will affect water customers in several areas of [...]

ST. LOUIS - Eye Thrive, a local non-profit in the St. Louis region, has launched a major fundraising campaign to continue providing free eyeglasses to children. Since 2004, Eye Thrive has been offering vision care to students in the Gateway City region through its flagship Mobile Vision Clinic program, an optometry center on wheels. The [...]

ST. LOUIS - State lawmakers in Jefferson City could give final approval to a state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department as soon as Wednesday.  The Missouri Senate overwhelmingly passed the state takeover bill Monday. Now, the bill goes back to the house for a final vote. The vote will likely come Wednesday, [...]

ST. LOUIS - We hit 76 F for a high on Monday and we’ll be right back there again Tuesday afternoon. A weak cold front is dropping in from the north and may cool things back a touch for northern MO and western IL, but it never clears the St. Louis area. Sunny Tuesday with [...]

S-5! partners with Sustainable Technologies to launch Facet Mount, a universal solution for single-ply roofs, enhancing solar, HVAC and accessory installations.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - North County Police Cooperative was contacted on March 6 by a local hospital about a two-year-old who had suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. By the time officers arrived at the hospital, the child and mother, Taiesha Campbell, had been transferred to another hospital. According to the North County [...]

LEBANON, Ill. – Tearful residents in Lebanon, Illinois, are expressing outrage over a recent cleaning at College Hill Cemetery that they say went too far, resulting in the removal of gravesite tributes that had remained on some gravesites for years. In the parking lot outside City Hall, a dumpster held flowers, wreaths and mementos cleared [...]

FREEBURG, Ill. - A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference disabilities. For nearly nine decades, Freeburg High School has proudly been the home of the Mighty Midgets. While some say the name is outdated [...]

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis woman has helped write a state bill that would force insurance companies to offer support for people impacted by gun violence just like her.  Precious Jones has seen it multiple times: gunshots hitting her home, and in 2022, her son, Preston Jones, died when a gunshot came through his [...]