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Officials are expecting a light turnout, magnifying the importance of every vote in competitive races.

The massive project would rank with the new $1.7 billion National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency campus as one of the largest-ever federal infrastructure investments in the St. Louis region.

Historic amounts of rainfall closed highways and submerged homes and vehicles.

A Hazlewood man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to selling a dose of fentanyl that led to another man's death last year.

GRANITE CITY – Unfortunately, GCSD9 has cancelled the "Back to School Celebration" set for Wednesday, August 3 at Worthen Park due to potential thunderstorms in the weather forecast. "We look forward to seeing our students and staff in the classrooms on Wednesday, August 17," Granite City Schools Superintendent Stephanie Cann said.

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Hundreds of cyclists took on several streets of St. Louis over the weekend for the 14th annual World Naked Bike Ride.

JERSEYVILLE - The Jerseyville location of Scooter’s Coffee at 600 S. State St. has officially opened for business. Scott Gaffner, who co-owns this location with his wife Jamie, said the reception from the community has been wonderful so far. The location opened at 11 a.m. on Monday - a delayed start due to final inspections - but the location’s full hours are 5:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. from Monday-Friday and 6 a.m.-8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. “Everything so far has been well-received,” Gaffner said. “We’re just ecstatic the way Jersey, Greene, Calhoun, Madison County - we have so many people from so many different areas that have come and just been so excited to see us here, and that’s made us even more excited to be here, back to our home area.” Gaffner and his wife lived in Jerseyville from 1990-1995 while Gaffner worked for the Illinois State Police, after which they moved to Greeneville. He said he’s since retired from

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Charges say the man was driving at least 70 mph in a 35 mph zone at the time of the crash.

The governor says Darren Bailey’s statement was “antisemitic and disqualifying.” Bailey says he wasn’t trying to diminish the atrocities of the Holocaust.

One person of interest is in custody Tuesday in connection with a homicide investigation in University City.

It’s an election year, and like clockwork, legislators around the country want to show they care about protecting kids online. This pre-election frenzy leads performative bills that won’t actually help any kids. Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408, “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” (For more on how the California legislature […]

A new study shows eating large amounts of ultra-processed foods can significantly accelerate cognitive decline.

The findings come from Alzheimer's Association International Conference underway in San Diego.

Anheuser-Busch is donating 50,000 cans of emergency drinking water to help support victims of last week's flash flooding in the St. Louis region.

ST. LOUIS - A man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting Monday of a teen inside the lobby of a greyhound station. Montrel Alexander, 21, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The shooting that killed a 17 or 18-year-old boy happened at 430 South 15th Street at about [...]

ST. LOUIS - Police caught a convicted felon with a gun when they responded to a domestic violence incident in the Shaw neighborhood. Now that man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. In May, De’Aliz’e Jones, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On [...]

A variety of famous veteran acts populate the top of Pollstar's new lists of the top touring artists by total box-office grosses and total ticket sales, based on information the…

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