ST. LOUIS — Twenty school districts are exempt from using the state's evaluation system for three years, instead the Missouri State Board of Education is allowing them to use alternative assessments.

A growing number of states are passing laws to ban or restrict cellphone use in schools, citing concerns about student mental health, classroom distractions, and public safety.

Since fall 2019, public school districts have lost more than 6,000 students in St. Louis County and 3,000 in St. Louis. Schools in St. Charles County are down 872 students.

According to our news partners at the St. Louis Post Dispatch, school districts in the St. Louis area have lost nearly 11,000 students since the start of the pandemic.

Missouri residents and lawmakers are holding the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers accountable to carrying out faster cleanups at toxic sites.

The once bustling downtown of St. Louis, Missouri, is now stuck in a "doom loop," marred by a score of empty office buildings, thieves and retail closures, according to a new report.

A Missouri girl is in critical condition after a fellow teen slammed her head into the pavement during a violent brawl on Friday near a high school.

Beginning Monday night, FOX C-6 school administrators want to hear the public’s thoughts about potentially becoming the largest district in the St. Louis region to move to a four-day school week.

A second teacher at a Missouri high school was put on leave after officials learned she was supplementing her income by peddling porn on OnlyFans.

In the St. Louis region, there aren’t many school districts that have diverted to a four-day school week and none in Missouri within 30 miles of St. Louis City.