EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A massive overnight fire destroyed a house and cars in East St. Louis early Wednesday morning. The blaze occurred around 1:20 a.m. on North 87th Street near State Street. The East St. Louis Fire Department responded to the intense flames that tore through the roof, sending thick smoke into the [...]

ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after two armed robberies that occurred in north St. Louis, one at a gas station and another near an ATM on the street. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), one of the recent robberies took place around 10:40 p.m. on Monday at a Phillips 66 gas [...]

ST. LOUIS - No widespread fog to worry about Wednesday morning, though the river valleys may see some formation around daybreak. Our weather story becomes the heat, as above-average temperatures move in. Average highs for mid-May are in the mid-70s. We’ll be 10 to 15 degrees warmer Wednesday through Friday. A sunny start Wednesday then [...]

ST. LOUIS — Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in north St. Louis is where Deborah Walton found the strength to turn her life around. “I was out on the streets doing drugs,” she said.  The church was one of the first in the St. Louis area to partner with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis [...]

WILDWOOD, Mo. -- When FOX 2 first interviewed Ben Shakman in November 2024, he told us he’d been waiting nearly 300 days for the Missouri Department of Revenue to issue him a title for this trailer he purchased on Facebook Marketplace. “$3,500 is what I spent for it, and I attempted to register it, and [...]

ST. LOUIS - The district has hired about 200 of the 243 drivers needed for the upcoming school year, implementing a new plan with Zum that includes updated routing technology and real-time tracking. The new transportation plan aims to improve safety and efficiency with features such as cameras inside buses and a parent app for [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – St. Louis County Police made an arrest Monday in a nearly two-year-old case. As FOX 2 found out, locals say the place where this event happened is a hotspot for road rage incidents. The incident happened near the corner of Jennings Station Road and Halls Ferry Road. Shaheim Mims is [...]

CROCKER, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms it has reopened an investigation into a 2022 overdose death after concerns with how a small-town police department handled the case. Now, a Wildwood couple is hoping it can finally get answers three years after their son died. Jeffrey Pratt Jr. died in Crocker, Missouri, in [...]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - St. Louis County Police released their critical incident briefing today, further detailing an officer-involved shooting back in March 2025. The incident occurred after a license plate reader flagged alleged suspect Eddie Washington's car in relation to a separate event surrounding an officer in Caseyville, Illinois, who was assaulted.  And according [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Health (IDPH) reported its first mosquito pool in the state, testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). IDPH says the results came in yesterday, May 12. These reports—coming from the city of Rockford in Winnebago County—are also the first time the virus was reported this year.  “The news [...]