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 [...]

UNION, Mo. - All schools in the Union R-XI School District will be closed Friday after a school employee died unexpectedly. Extreme hail, winds, more possible Thursday and Friday The Union R-11 School District announced the closure on their Facebook page, expressing their sorrow over the loss and requesting the community to keep the families [...]

DEFIANCE, Mo. - The Power of Two is live in your neighborhood, Defiance. FOX 2’s Ty Hawkins and Margie Ellisor visit Defiance, highlighting the people, places, and stories that make the area special. Visit FOX 2’s YouTube channel to check out the locations the trio visited while in Defiance.

ST. LOUIS - No injuries were reported after firefighters responded to a house fire overnight Friday morning in south St. Louis. First responders were alerted to the fire around 1 a.m. on the 4000 block of Schiller Place in south St. Louis' Bevo neighborhood. Crews arrived to find flames engulfing the one-and-a-half-story building. Extreme hail, [...]

ST. LOUIS - The concern in the short-term forecast is the severe weather that's expected Friday afternoon. It's a mild Friday morning out there and sunshine will help temperatures quickly climb into the 80s to near 90 F this afternoon. We'll have a very unstable atmosphere as a cold front moves into the region, causing [...]

FREEBURG, Ill. - Austin Beckett is the newest winner of Next Level Chef and his hometown community of Freeburg, Illinois, could not be prouder.  The 32-year-old cook told FOX 2 he began teaching himself to cook as a kid when his mom and dad were often away at work. “When I was at my friend’s [...]