ST. LOUIS - A proposal that sought to convert empty office buildings in downtown St. Louis into residential and retail spaces fell short of the governor's desk as Missouri lawmakers adjourned for the year Thursday. Senate Bill 35, sponsored by State Rep. Steven Roberts (D-St. Louis), aimed to create the the “Revitalizing Missouri Downtowns and [...]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signaled a special session is likely as he reflected on the end of the legislative session during a Friday morning news conference in his office. The first question at the conference was asked by Nexstar Missouri to gauge the governor’s plan to hold an extra session, with [...]

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department's detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in north St. Louis Thursday night. Officers were called to the 5000 block of Queens Ave. in the Mark Twain neighborhood around 10:45 p.m. Upon arrival, they found a 44-year-old man with gunshot wounds lying on the curb. He was [...]

ST. LOUIS - Mayor Cara Spencer and her streets director say they're working on a plan to end alley recycling. According to FOX 2's news partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Interim Streets Director Jim Suelmann says around half of items placed in recycling dumpsters later end up in the trash. Extreme hail, [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The St. Louis County Police Department has issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing 12-year-old girl. According to police, Kylea Atkins got in trouble and left her home in the 2200 block of Larbrooke Drive around 8:30 p.m. Thursday. She left a note that expressed suicidal ideations. Kylea did [...]

ST. LOUIS - Reggie Smith, known as the Sauce Boss, has transformed his life from incarceration to entrepreneurship and community support, with his Pure Heat gourmet sauce now sold in over 500 grocery stores nationwide. Smith's journey from prison to success is marked by his determination to provide second chances for others. He has expanded [...]

HOLT COUNTY, Mo. - One Missouri village is so small that recent data suggests it may have no one left to call home. The U.S. Census Bureau released new figures Wednesday that include population estimates for hundreds of municipalities in Missouri. In Holt County, a rural county in the state's northwest corner, sits the village [...]

ST. LOUIS -- A significant eather event is expected this afternoon across much of the St. Louis area, particularly in the southeastern half of the viewing area. The National Weather Service has placed this region under a Level 4 out of 5 risk for severe storms. Areas northwest of St. Louis face a much lower [...]

ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis mother faces felony charges after her 4-year-old daughter was fatally shot inside the family's home. Investigators say no adults were present and the firearm used was found unsecured in a bedroom drawer. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has charged Dyell Miller, 35, with one count of endangering the [...]

ST. LOUIS – No two ways about it, it’s been a wild and wet spring – literally. From March 14—the day we had 12 tornadoes—until the beginning of May, we’ve had more rain and severe weather than a normal spring, more than any spring of recent memory. Now, as temperatures start to warm, we’ll see [...]