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Many downtown St. Louis residents woke up to a repair bill and a need for a police report Thursday morning. Thieves overnight went on a rampage of car break-ins in the loft district while patrol officers were distracted with another project. The area of Delmar near 21st is littered with window glass, with nearly a blocks worth of cars having been hit. The scene is about the same four blocks away ... Full Story »

Hill Was Arrested Earlier This Week For Disorderly Conduct A picture he's posed for many times before. Former mobster Henry Hill was arrested this week in the Metro East. The one time wise guy and inspiration for the movie "Goodfellas" is definitely older, but is he any wiser? "I was drunk as a skunk." Henry Hill, 66, is still battling demons like alcohol abuse that led to his arrest here this ... Full Story »

Deer Overpopulation Continues To Cause Controversy A controversial plan aimed at reducing the deer population in Town & Country culminated Wednesday night with the final numbers being released. There were two parts of the program sterilizing some deer and killing others with sharp shooters. Sterilization started December 1st and ended Tuesday night. Sharp shooting wrapped up Wednesday night. Full Story »

Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer To Be Honored With 8-Foot-Tall Bronze Chuck Berry was the first entertainer inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and now plans are underway to immortalize the musical legend in St. Louis on the Delmar Loop. Chuck Berry, 83, has been in the music industry for more than 60 years. He still performs once a month in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill, but you'll soon ... Full Story »

Man Says Brillo Pad Left Face Of Jesus In His Sink A Florissant, Missouri, man says he's seen Jesus in his kitchen sink. Take a look. Charles McDonald says he put a Brillo pad down on his sink, and days later when he picked it up, there was the face of Jesus. McDonald says he won't be cleaning it off any time soon. Full Story »

Man Threatened To Harm Himself Around 1:00pm A tactical situation that shut down part of a southern Illinois town Wednesday around 1:00 p.m., ended just before 7:00 p.m. Bommarito Automotive SkyFOX was over the scene in Nokomis as sharp shooters secured the area. Investigators say the 60-year-old owner of Demi's Diner was suicidal, under the influence of prescription drugs, and armed with two ... Full Story »

Retail Numbers Won't Tell Whole Story Until After Christmas Christmas is next week and shoppers are out in full force. Some shoppers procrastinate until Christmas Eve and some plan and spread it out. Nine days before Christmas there were a lot of early birds. Shopper Vicky Floor says, "I think we both started early, which makes a difference. You can make better decisions." CBL & Associates run ... Full Story »

Company Speaks Out After YouTube Video Shows Abuse Of Cars It's the video that still has St. Louisans thinking twice about valet parking. The valet company blamed for the bad behavior says their employees were not involved. It's not unusual when you go to a hotel in St. Louis to valet park your car. However, you may reconsider after you see this YouTube video that shows valet employees parking ... Full Story »

Missouri And Illinois Open Vaccine Eligibility To All There is no longer a shortage of H1N1 vaccine in Illinois or Missouri. Both states now have sufficient supplies on hand to offer the vaccinations to anyone. Earlier clinics had been restricted to first responders, pregnant women, caretakers and others at high risk of developing serious complications if they caught the so-called "swine flu." Full Story »

There's a rule change covering distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine in Illinois. Health officials will no longer limit the shots to residents facing high risk. Free shots were available in Wood River Wednesday. Until this week to qualify for the vaccine, you had to be a young person, a caretaker or first responder or have an underlying condition that would put you in danger if you caught the ... Full Story »

Even after a shocking sex scandal that tarnished Tiger Woods, it was tough to ignore what he achieved on the golf course. Full Story »

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (bur-NANG'-kee) has been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2009. Last year's winner was then-President-elect Barack Obama. The 2007 winner was Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Full Story »

One lane of traffic has been re-opened on Manchester Road in Rock Hill, but the aftermath of an early morning water main break is expected to impact traffic in the area for much of the day. Manchester is closed to westbound traffic until further notice, and only that one lane of eastbound traffic is getting through. The break happened just east of McKnight Road. On the west side of the problem ... Full Story »

UMSL Rape Victim Speaks Out A University of Missouri- St. Louis student who says she was raped last week speaks out only to FOX 2 News. At the same time, investigators believe the man who raped the woman may also be responsible for attacking another UMSL student. The woman tells us she knew something was wrong right when she saw the suspect. Moments later, she says was on the ground being ... Full Story »

Trustees Fighting After Charges Of Voter Fraud The last time the city government in Cahokia, Illinois, met, a near riot broke out. They met again Tuesday night, and while there was no violence, there was plenty of gridlock. So what do you do when two village trustees are charged with vote fraud, the mayor won't share budget numbers with them, and anger is just below the surface? You do nothing ... Full Story »

Sheriff's Department May Face Closure Lincoln County Sheriff, Mike Krigbaum, had a stern warning for about 100 residents at a town hall meeting in the Elsberry High School cafeteria Tuesday night. He told them looming budget cuts the county commissioners seemed likely to force upon him, could leave them without a Sheriff's Department, or at least not much of one. Krigbaum said he might have to ... Full Story »

Local Volunteers Help Bring Christmas To Those In Need Making sure every child in need has a ball this Christmas! That's the goal of Retired Rams Tight End Roland Williams and a couple of local companies. Williams' non profit organization Youth Lifeline America wants every kindergarten student in the St. Louis Public Schools to have a new ball this Christmas. Full Story »

Cold Morning Tempts Thieves To Steal Truck From In Front Of Home Bold thieves broke into a sheriff's deputy's car and stole his handgun. A moment before that, they stole a man's "livelihood" too! This all unfolded in an O'Fallon, Missouri neighborhood just before sunup Tuesday morning. The crimes have neighbors frightened. Victim Laura Steinhoff says, "His whole entire life was in that vehicle ... Full Story »

Maplewood Police Looking Other Robberies Now Aaron Johnson, 19, and Kammeron Davis, 19, are charged with robbing the Penn Station restaurant on Lindbergh last Saturday. Now Maplewood Police are investigating to determine whether the pair is responsible for robbing the Game Stop in Maplewood Commons Shopping Plaza. Full Story »

Hotel Says They Have Already Fired Valet Company The video is being called appalling and unreal. It shows a valet at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown St. Louis doing donuts, peeling out, burning out, revving engines and spinning tires in expensive cars, without the owners ever knowing it. Kyle O'Brien didn't know anything had happened to his 2004 Dodge until he saw his car being abused on FOX 2 ... Full Story »

Freese Did Not Know Where He Was Driving We now have the official police report from the early morning DWI arrest of Cardinals player David Freese. The report shows his blood alcohol content was almost three times over the legal limit when he was arrested early Saturday morning in Maryland Heights. The police report obtained through the Freedom Of Information Act shows Freese took a breathalizer ... Full Story »

A white Ford F-150 with Missouri license plate number 0kL227 was stolen from the Bryan Valley subdivision. The truck was driven to another home in the subdivison. At that home was a St. Charles County Sheriffs patrol car. The suspect broke into the patrol car and stole a hand gun. Full Story »

Richie Incognito has been released by the St. Louis Rams, two days after coach Steve Spagnuolo benched the temperamental offensive guard for the second half of a loss at Tennessee. Full Story »

A police standoff in Belleville ended peacefully late Tuesday morning. Police confirm to FOX 2 News that one suspect in a December 10 home invasion is now in custody. Earlier Tuesday US Marshals surrounded a home in the 300 block of North 1st Street as they searched for several suspects wanted for the home invasion. It caused nearby day cares and Franklin Elementary School to go on lockdown ... Full Story »

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — "Up in the Air" landed at just the right time, emerging as a potential Academy Awards favorite with themes of job loss and economic calamity that offer a heartbreaking yet hilarious reflection of these hard times. Full Story »