ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 returned to the Academy neighborhood, where we’ve taken you three straight days. FOX 2 noticed one extraordinary constant—volunteers. Every day since the May 16 tornado, regular citizens have answered the call. Like two families from Town and Country and Dardenne Prairie. Watchdog group calls for St. Louis Sheriff’s removal over [...]

FLORISSANT, Mo. - The owners of six homes in Florissant are likely to be offered buyouts due to radioactive contamination. City officials have been made aware of a potential planned buyout of six homes in Florissant's Cades Cove subdivision, according to a statement from Florissant Mayor Timothy Lowery. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers previously [...]

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved a bill to provide tornado victims with a property tax rebate.  Friday morning, the board passed board bill 24 to help ensure that homeowners who lost their home in this month’s tornado will get some property tax relief.  Their taxes will be eligible for a [...]

ST. LOUIS - A Franklin County couple admitted to filming and producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) of a 1-year-old. The couple, William Burns, 41, and his wife, Rachel Burns, 34, both pleaded guilty in May in relation to the disturbing crimes. Court documents say the couple was arrested back in 2023 by the University [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. -- A Florissant man has been charged with two counts of burglary after allegedly breaking into two apartments on Tuesday. Police said the man has been arrested multiple times before for home burglaries and touching the feet of the victims. According to court documents, Anthony Scott, 22, burglarized two apartments at [...]

TROY, Mo. - The Troy (Missouri) Police Department is asking for the public's help after someone allegedly threw a homemade firebomb into a vehicle earlier this week, a case authorities described as "a deliberate act of arson." Police responded to a vehicle fire around 1 a.m. Monday on Creekwood Boulevard. Investigators later determined that an [...]

ST. LOUIS - At least 17 people have been charged with copper wire theft in the two weeks since an EF-3 tornado tore through St. Louis, with many arrests taking place in hard-hit, tornado-damaged zones. FOX 2 previously reported of six individuals charged over copper wire thefts from May 20-21, followed by seven additional suspects [...]

ST. LOUIS -- Two men were shot and killed in the city's Walnut Park West neighborhood on Tuesday. St. Louis Metropolitan Police responded to a shooting around 3 a.m. on Tuesday in the 6000 block of Thekla. When they arrived, they found Shiquan Washington, 24, and Donovan Whitt, 37, both suffering from gunshot wounds inside [...]

ST. LOUIS - The Holy Joe Society, a nonprofit organization focused on government transparency, has sent a letter to St. Louis and Missouri officials calling for the removal of City of St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery. The Holy Joe Society sent the letter Friday to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe [...]

ST. LOUIS - Despite recession fears and falling consumer confidence, the job market in the United States has remained relatively stable in 2025 thus far. According to May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics data, around 177,000 new jobs were added in April, a slight decrease from the 185,000 new jobs added in the month before, [...]