November 7, 2009 - Kolleen Alldridge (L-R), Gavyn Alldridge,4, Kim Rosenthal and Alice Thompson share a moment of reflection together as they light candles at a small memorial they set up in the courtyard of the apartment complex where the neighbor of Alice and Kim, U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, lived before going on a shooting rampage at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood in Killeen ... Full Story »
Nov. 7, 2009 - Flags and crosses are seen at a memorial at Central Christian Church in Killeen, Texas. The memorial, 13 crosses and flags, is to honor those killed and wounded in the shooting spree at Fort Hood Army Post. Full Story »
November 7, 2009 - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2L) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (2R) walk with others after leaving a caucus meeting with President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama spoke with members of the House Democratic Caucus about healthcare reform legislation which is expected to be voted on today. Full Story »
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY -- Two people were killed Friday morning in a head-on crash in St. Francois County, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Full Story »
ST. LOUIS -- Mario Wright, 49, of Fairmont City, has been named on a federal bank robbery indictment that alleges he held up the Legends Bank in Bland, Mo., on Aug. 8. Officials said he demanded money after setting a box on a counter and claiming it was a bomb. It turned out to be empty. Full Story »
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KMOV) -- Three people were fatally shot Saturday night in front of an East St. Louis convenience store, the city’s police chief said. Full Story »
HAZELWOOD, Mo. (KMOV) -- Hazelwood police are looking for an 82-year-old woman who has shown early signs of Alzheimer's disease. Police said Lela Mierisch was last seen around 3 p.m. Saturday when she left her home for a store. Full Story »
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) -- A former Democratic strategist will be spending more time in prison. Milton "Skip" Ohlsen III, 38, was sentenced Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court to four years in prison. Full Story »
BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) -- A shootout in the parking lot of a southern Illinois strip club has left one man wounded and five in jail. Brooklyn police Chief Delbert Marion says the shooting happened early Saturday outside the Bottoms Up Nightclub. Full Story »
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Some Missouri Southern State University nursing school students are upset about an admission policy barring visible tattoos. The Joplin Globe reports that the policy is included in the 2009 school handbook for nursing students. Full Story »
Moments before the pageant begins, Unreal feels every last downy hair on our arms come to attention. Here we are in a gilded side hall to the Millennium Hotel's Grand Ballroom — in the dressing room, as it were, with the hair dyers buzzing, the sweet smell of sweat perfuming the air... Full Story »
Translating early biblical texts from Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic into modern English is a perilous proposition for even the most skilled linguists and scholars. In their line of work, a muddled word or phrase can alter the meaning of what millions of Christians believe is the literal word of God. Full Story »
NEWS REAL, OCTOBER 29, 2009 CHEERS FOR RECYCLING Worthy of its awards: This is a classic example of Not In My Back Yard syndrome ["What Price Green?" Kristen Hinman]. Only that instead of the topic being a landfill, incinerator or toxic-waste dump, we're talking about a ... Full Story »
Dear Mexican: Why do beaners or gabachos deliberately try to ignore white people and act like they're not there, or when your walking by, the lady beaners laugh so hard with a repulsive fake laugh that makes you want to just punch them? Not only I have noticed this, but a lot of ... Full Story »
AmVets Post #1 reopens in Valley Park Full Story »
House passes health care reform bill Full Story »
UPDATE: Three women shot and killed in East St. Louis Full Story »
Restaurant fundraiser helps military families Full Story »
House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies Full Story »
St. Louis almost set a record Saturday: you'd have to go back to the 1940's to find a warmer November 7th. With all the wet, cold, weather, it sure seemed like November back in October. But warm weather made a comeback in St. Louis on Saturday. Full Story »
The massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, made for heavy hearts, and yet a triumphant spirit, at the Veterans Day parade in downtown St. Louis. People who march in the parade every year say Saturday's event was the best-ever. The weather helped draw in large crowds and so did a local Boy Scout troop. They challenged thousands of scouting families to come, and it worked. Full Story »
St. Louis County Police are investigating a possible dognapping that may also result in assault charges. A County officer and one from Crestwood were struck by a suspect's vehicle as she fled from her home in the 1400 block of Trelane in Crestwood Saturday morning. The officers had attempted to talk to her about a dog stolen in the Affton area earlier in the week. Neighbor Brad Simon said she ... Full Story »
Three women are dead after gunfire erupted at an East St. Louis gas station around 9:30 Saturday night. It happened outside the Mobil station at Collinsville and Martin Luther King Drive, near the Metrolink tracks. There were also two children present, ages 8 and 1. Neither was hurt. Police have one man in custody but have yet to say if he's the suspected shooter. Full Story »
It seemed to take a long while, but finally, the H1N1 vaccine is available to the public in St. Louis County. Several area high schools served as host sites for vaccine clinics on Saturday. Folks lined up early at the schools just to get the line tickets required to get the shots later in the day. At Lindbergh High School in South County, that line stretched for miles. Full Story »
Three women are dead after gunfire erupted at an East St. Louis gas station around 9:30 Saturday night. It happened outside the Mobil station at Collinsville and Martin Luther King Drive, near the Metrolink tracks. There were also two children present, ages 8 and 1. Full Story »
A FOX 2 follow-up on the gruesome murder of a Pacific woman. The Major Case Squad and Missouri Water Patrol have recovered the body parts that had been missing from Stephanie Fields' mutilated corpse. The discovery was made along the Meramec River, not far from the bridge near Times Beach. Full Story »
St. Louis County Police are investigating a possible dognapping that may also result in assault charges. A County officer and one from Crestwood were struck by a suspect's vehicle as she fled from her home in the 1400 block of Trelane in Crestwood Saturday morning. Full Story »
It's an incredible tale of survival about a man, a tree and what happened to make the two become one. There is good luck, there are miracles and what happened to Jack Wier proves they are not the same thing. Full Story »
During the past three years, the tiger sanctuary near Bloomsdale, Missouri, has developed a nationwide reputation for caring. But, two weeks ago, they got word that the owners of the donated land want it back. A gloom now hangs over the facility, even though its newest arrival tries to cheer them up. Sheena is the sanctuary's newest resident. She was rescued by humane society from a puppy mill ... Full Story »
Voters in both the Hillsboro R-3 and De Soto school districts approved bond issues during the Nov. 3 election. Both measures required a four-sevenths majority, or 57.1 percent. Full Story »
Rick Harwood's fitness goals seem rather modest at first glance. Full Story »
Exercise is only part of the equation in fitness, with the other part being diet, experts say. Full Story »
When Linda Pattison says she is touched by the beauty of the LaBarque Creek watershed area, she has a solid frame of reference to back up her words. Full Story »
Yards where the dirt had been replaced near the Herculaneum Doe Run Company's lead smelter are now showing high lead levels again, the Environmental Protection Agency announced last week. Full Story »
Posted 6 a.m. Sun., Nov. 8 - Diligent Illinois voters and the spate of candidates courting them must somehow connect in a meaningful way during the hubbub of the holidays and the harshness of winter. Full Story »
Posted 5:50 p.m. Fri., Nov. 6 - In this week's Beacon Roundtable, Dick Weiss, Mary Delach Leonard, Elia Powers and Dale Singer sit down to talk about the passage of the smoking ban in St. Louis County, how open enrollemnt might affect area schools and how you can help military families in the runup to Veterans Day. Full Story »
Posted 1:18 p.m. Fri., Nov. 6 - Dr. Will Ross has many titles behind his name at the Washington University Medical School -- associate dean, director of the office of diversity, mentor to medical students, kidney disease specialist and the proud owner of a master's degree in public health. Full Story »
Posted 6 a.m. Fri., Nov. 6 - We Big Meanie Republicans / Libertarians / Conservatives lean back and scratch our heads. We look at the idea of national health care and cannot for our lives figure out why anyone would want it. Full Story »
Posted 6 a.m. Fri., Nov. 6 - When business cycles start and end is a tricky call. The recent release of GDP data indicated that the economy expanded during the second quarter of this year at a healthy 3.5 percent rate. Full Story »
This snapshot of real estate sales is compiled from public records. Full Story »
They spent a year building 15 schools and a dozen clinics, delivering 2.7 million pounds of humanitarian aid and fighting off the Taliban during an ever-more violent war. Full Story »
Despite agreeing four years ago not to list an unaccredited doctorate from a California diploma mill on his resume, St. Clair County Assessor Gordon Bush is still calling himself, "Dr. Bush." Full Story »
Autism doesn't keep David Sims from being a star employee in the laundry at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville. Full Story »
Furloughs for city employees are being met with strong criticism by some because they said they were not done fairly across the board. Full Story »
Dorothy met many charming and wonderful people on the yellow brick road that took her to the Emerald City, and it has been likewise for Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Wizard of Oz Munchkins. Full Story »
The loud, throbbing growl of Harley Davidsons, Hondas, Yamahas and other motorcycles on Saturday announced the beginning of an annual tradition that helps children. Full Story »
DESLOGE — Volunteer Firefighter Chris Wiles is banking on karma for the return of his wallet. Wiles responded to a water rescue on Friday on Cedar Falls Road. The Desloge Fire Department rescued a Bonne Terre woman and her grandson who were trapped in a vehicle by flash flooding. Over the course of the rescue Wiles lost his wallet. Full Story »
DESLOGE — Desloge has a new red, white and blue basketball court in the city park. The court was renovated in honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Deason, 28, Desloge, who was killed in Iraq on Aug. 31, 2006. City Administrator Greg Camp said the free floating surface has already been installed and he thought the new goal would be installed on Thursday. Full Story »
BONNE TERRE — Area eighth graders were able to learn more about some of the careers they are interested in by visiting the UniTec Career Center last week. Full Story »
The snow covered Wilder Kaiser, part of the Kitzbueheler Alps, is reflected in lake Schwarzsee in the Austrian province of Tyrol. AP/Kerstin Joensson
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