Multiple rounds of storms swept through the St. Louis area and Metro East Monday night, leaving behind widespread damage, downed trees, and tens of thousands without power.

St. Louis media mainstay Ray Hartmann, 73, was tragically killed in a freak accident involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 64 in Missouri on Thursday.

Ray Hartmann, a St. Louis journalist and former Missouri Congressional candidate, was killed in a freak highway accident in Missouri on Thursday.

Six Flags St. Louis will reactivate a chaperone policy this weekend, requiring all guests 16 and under to be accompanied by an adult at least 21 years old.

According to the National Weather Service in St. Louis, "...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:15 PM CDT," with Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois, along with St. Charles County, St. Louis County and the City of St. Louis, all included in the warning polygon. The advisory was issued at about 12:39 p.m. CDT Monday.

Missouri father charged after 3-year-old falls from 11th-floor window in St. Louis Child left alone in high-rise apartment wandered into hallway before fatal fall ST. LOUIS, MO - A late-night call reporting a missing child ended in tragedy when a 3-year-old boy was found dead outside a high-rise apartment building after falling from an 11th-floor window,

A year after a devastating tornado, the St. Louis region pushes forward in recovery efforts, as the Urban League hosts a "Weekend of Service" to aid in rebuilding.

The churches, in South County and Florissant, are the latest to shutter following the archdiocese's 'All Things New' downsizing plan.

A tornado watch is now in effect across much of eastern Missouri and southwest Illinois. The National Weather Service in St. Louis issued Tornado Watch at 12:50 p.m. Monday. The watch