ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County's prosecuting attorney has settled the case of nepotism against County Councilman Dennis Hancock, according to officials. It was announced Friday that prosecuting attorney Melissa Price-Smith closed the case through a settlement, as opposed to "continuing with costly and disruptive litigation," a release stated. Former county prosecuting attorney [...]

ST. LOUIS - A normally vibrant and diverse area was quiet on Friday. Maleja Gonzalez was out along Cherokee Street, reluctantly, getting groceries.  "Look. I'm shaking now. I have papers, but I know a lot of families don't have that," she said.  She says she is in the U.S. legally but is still nervous as deportation [...]

WASHINGTON - Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley has introduced a new bill to compensate victims of radioactive waste in the St. Louis area. Hawley has pushed for similar pieces of legislation in the past, but his latest bill comes after renewed concerns over radioactive waste in the St. Louis area, specifically the West Lake Landfill [...]

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis City is conducting a trash blitz this weekend as residents are fed up with overflowing dumpsters due to a winter storm at the beginning of the month. FOX 2 drove throughout south St. Louis Friday and noticed dozens of dumpsters still filled to the brim with trash. City leaders say [...]

ST. LOUIS - Parking used to be one of the last things attendees of the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, Mo., had to worry about. Now, parking comes with a price. The spacious lot can accommodate hundreds of vehicles that are in attendance for the latest event at the Amphitheatre, but $20 parking passes [...]

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mo. -- The Crawford County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating an inmate who escaped jail on Thursday. According to the sheriff's office, Matthew Chandler was last seen on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. running through a field off Kehner Road in Steelville, Missouri. Chandler is 5-foot-7 inches and was [...]

MISSOURI -- Missouri lawmakers have proposed new bills targeting immigration in the state, including one proposal that offers a $1,000 reward for bounty hunters that report undocumented immigrants who have trespassed illegally into the state. One of the new bills, HB 120 sponsored by Republican Representative Jim Murphy of St. Louis County creates new requirements [...]

LOUISIANA, Mo. - A Missouri man faces criminal charges after he allegedly assaulted a woman while pretending to be an immigration officer, according to court records and police documents. The Pike County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged Bryan Golbricht, 24, of Louisiana, Missouri, with first-degree burglary, first-degree harassment, fourth-degree assault, and falsely impersonating a law [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. -- A man won a $100,000 scratchers ticket that was purchased from a liquor store in Bridgeton. The winning ticket was part of a prize package the man had received, but the "Smokin' Hot Cash" scratch-off was originally purchased from Barrell Blends at 12133 St. Charles Rock Road.  “There was a [...]

ST. LOUIS - A man accused of shooting and killing another man execution-style in Downtown St. Louis two years ago was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial earlier this week. On Wednesday, a St. Louis circuit court judge ordered the criminal case of DeShawn Thomas to be suspended and placed on a mental inactive docket. [...]