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The man was seen in security images stealing packages from the back of the delivery van.

Since the 2014 Maidan Revolution, Ukrainians have become experts at combating Russian disinformation. UMSL Professor Lara Zwarun shares what Ukrainians today are getting right — and how they’re winning hearts and minds around the world.

Today the New York Times published an op-ed by Emma Camp, a senior at the University of Virginia. The topic was stifling wokeness on campus, and as you can imagine it was not well received on lefty Twitter. But it provides an interesting object lesson. David Roberts tweeted that the op-ed wasn't just bad, but ...continue reading "Today brings yet another masterly discussion about wokeism on campus"

The robbers ran off with a tote full of packages, police said.

In the past couple of years, Billy Joel's charity foundation has pivoted from funding music education programs to helping with pandemic-related causes, such as providing PPE for healthcare workers and…

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“Kidz Klub” splices together low-budget children's movies into something new and darkly funny. Hear from the co-founder of the artist collective Everything Is Terrible! about what he calls an “assault on all your senses.” The one-night only event is at Off Broadway this Friday.

The next hearing in the federal criminal case against suspected serial killer Perez Deshay Reed will be June 3.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a devastating earthquake. They know that overcoming complacency …

Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria, 4 Hands Brewing Co., Mission Taco Joint, Brennan’s, The Lucky Accomplice, and more are donating to help refugees and other Ukrainians during International Women’s Day, March 8.

ALTON - Below is information about this week’s road closures – Mar. 7, 2022 Piasa Valley Area: 6th Street east of Alby Street is open to George Street, with surface restoration work being completed as weather permits. Please drive carefully as some of the roadways are still rock surfaces. Alby Street is closed from 6th Street north to 9th Street, with closures north and east of Alby/7th Street in place. 7th Street from George to Mechanic Street is closed. 8th Street east of Alby is closed to Easton Street. Turner Tract Area: Danforth Street will continue to be closed this week to all thru traffic to allow for sewer installation work. The alley south of McKinley east of Lincoln is back open to traffic, with pavement restoration happening soon. Douglas Street, between State and Lincoln Streets is open, with pavement restoration started and being completed in the next couple weeks, weather permitting. Please drive carefully. Shields Valley Area: The west end of Greenwood

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Federal officials say that Creve Coeur chiropractor Eric A. Nepute continues to make false claims that the vitamins he sells are better than coronavirus vaccines.

GRANITE CITY - Caylie McElroy has not only skills as an athlete, but she is an outstanding student for Granite City High School. Caylie's top sport of the season is about ready to unfold - girls soccer. She has been a three-year member of the Warriors girls soccer squad. She also played girl's golf in 2021. Caylie is the Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete of the Month for Granite City High School. Recently, Caylie also earned the Granite City Rotary Club Student of the Month honor with Lauren Wilson. Students for that honor were chosen on the basis of academics, as well as scholastic, extracurricular, and civic honors and awards and organization membership and leadership. She is a three-year youth vocalist and a Sunday service vocalist. She is very involved in school activities from Member of Fellowship Of Christian Athletes, Renaissance Club, Spirit Club and Varsity Club.

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Bill named for former Lafayette High student would promote suicide prevention in schools.

Gov. Parson heading overseas on first trade mission since pandemic began.

"Domino Masters" debuts at 8 p.m. Wednesday on KTVI (Channel 2). The host is Eric Stonestreet, a Kansas City native known his work on "Modern Family.

The ice cream machines used by a majority of McDonald’s franchise owners are notoriously flaky. Produced by Taylor Restaurant Equipment, the machines are so unreliable even the McDonald’s corporate Twitter account has made jokes about them. This unreliability has created a (very small) cottage industry of solutions. One solution is web-based: it simply tells you […]

Foo Fighters' new movie Studio 666 is full of blood and gore, but if you really want to shock Dave Grohl, just mention that The Colour and the Shape is…

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Ten thousand handmade roses now hang on the outside of Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park (12580 Rott Road) in tribute to Missourians who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Each rose represents one life lost.…

BENTON – Bryan Flanagan, 35, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on Thursday, March 3, 2022, on two counts of distribution of child pornography and five counts of interstate communication with intent to extort. Flanagan pleaded guilty to charges in federal court on September 16, 2021. Flanagan extorted multiple minor girls online to send him sexual videos and images. Beginning in February 2020, Flanagan used fake profiles pretending to be a teenage boy on Facebook to contact multiple underage girls across the United States. Flanagan pressured and threatened his victims into sending him sexually explicit videos and images. When some victims refused to do so, Flanagan lied and told them that he was babysitting a young child and would rape or molest the child unless his online victims sent him the requested images. Flanagan distributed images of child pornography to at least two of his victims. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood,

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