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Two From Wood River Face Felony Domestic Battery Charges

15 hours 13 minutes ago
WOOD RIVER – Two Wood River residents have been charged with domestic battery in separate felony cases. Terry L. Baine Jr., 42, of Wood River, was charged on March 11, 2026 with one count each of aggravated domestic battery (a Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (a Class A misdemeanor). On March 10, 2026, Baine allegedly knowingly committed an act of domestic battery against a family or household member, causing the victim bodily harm without legal justification. The victim reported

Missouri pilots new standardized test model for public schools with faster results

15 hours 27 minutes ago
Missouri education officials are piloting a new model for the state’s decades-old standardized test, shifting the Missouri Assessment Program from a single end-of-year exam to a through-year assessment with multiple checkpoints. The change is designed to give a clearer picture of student growth during the school year and deliver results within 24 to 48 hours, […]
Annelise Hanshaw

‘Sense of urgency’ about airport lines as US Senate considers new offer on DHS funding

15 hours 28 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday were reading through a new Republican offer to fund the Department of Homeland Security that could end the shutdown that began nearly six weeks ago, with a congressional recess set to begin. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said in the afternoon that Democrats hadn’t “responded officially” to […]
Jennifer Shutt

Morpho Mania 

15 hours 28 minutes ago

The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House hosts a special exhibition during spring break season, celebrating the final days of winter with a flood of Blue Morpho butterflies.  Morpho Mania features […]

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Myranda Levins

Spring Training

15 hours 28 minutes ago

This year, the St. Louis Aquarium is going bigger, brighter, and longer. For the first time, with two teams, freshwater grit meets saltwater flow. Two waters. One splashy showdown. Cheer […]

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Myranda Levins

March 27 in History: From Yuri Gagarin's Death to the First Cherry Blossoms in Washington

15 hours 38 minutes ago
On March 27, 1968, Yuri Gagarin—the first human to travel into space—died in a routine training flight when his MiG-15 jet crashed near Moscow. His death mattered immediately because it shook the Soviet space program and the wider world at a time when spaceflight was closely tied to national pride, scientific ambition, and public imagination. It still matters today because Gagarin’s short life captures a lasting truth about exploration: breakthroughs can arrive quickly, but

Employment status at issue as US Senate panel tackles knotty college sports landscape

16 hours 27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Mikayla Pivec said she worked more than 50 hours per week as a women’s college basketball player, but earned less than $8 an hour from a $1,600 monthly stipend. The professional basketball player and former star at Oregon State University said she was testifying at Thursday’s U.S. Senate panel hearing on reshaping college athletics […]
Shauneen Miranda

CBS News Under Bari Weiss Sees Worst Ratings In Quarter Century

17 hours 5 minutes ago
When right wing billionaire Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby kid David) hired trolling blogger Bari Weiss to run CBS News, Weiss arrived with the promise of “balanced, fact-based news,” “independent, principled journalism,” and a unique “entrepreneurial drive and editorial vision” that would completely modernize the network and reach the “everyday Americans” traditionally ignored by mainstream […]
Karl Bode