Remember how the Trump administration — and folks like Brendan Carr — spent four straight years fear-mongering about China’s purported control over TikTok and its owner, ByteDance? And remember how the Trump administration (with incompetent Democratic lawmaker help) “fixed” the problem by offloading Tiktok to Trump’s billionaire buddies while still maintaining co-ownership with the Chinese? […]
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Tuesday extended a block on a Trump administration ban of press passes for three news organizations, which will allow them to continue to enter the White House grounds while a legal challenge to the ban, including a Wednesday appeal filed by the administration, plays out. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly […]
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - No injuries were reported after two houses caught fire early Wednesday in East St. Louis. The fires occurred around 1:30 a.m. in the area of Piggott and 14th streets. The fires involved an occupied residence and a vacant house. Officials said people were inside the residence at the time of [...]
WASHINGTON — As partisan tensions rise in advance of the fast-approaching midterm elections, students will test their knowledge Wednesday in a field that’s long enjoyed bipartisan support: civics. Fifty-two middle school students hailing from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and American Samoa, will compete at the third annual National Civics Bee Championship in the nation’s […]
Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]
Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis have produced a Voters Guide for the November general election in Missouri.
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - Power was restored across the Metro East on Wednesday after thousands of customers were impacted by an early morning outage. According to Ameren, the outages began around 4:40 a.m. and affected more than 3,300 customers in Madison County and nearly 1,000 customers in St. Clair County. Paul Kruta, co-owner of Kruta's [...]
The Missouri Department of Transportation is conducting winter weather drills and testing equipment across the St. Louis region to prepare for upcoming seasonal storms.
Garrett Jordan is scheduled to appear at a St. Louis courthouse Wednesday for a potential guilty plea regarding the November 2024 killing of CBC hockey player Colin Brown.
Marie-Ange Nguci will perform Mozart’s effervescent Piano Concerto No. 21. The program also includes U.S. premiere of Ulo Krigul’s “Proteus Pulse” and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3.
In 2015, a national police consultant said the St. Louis region had way too many police departments. As cities struggle with budgets, the report should be reexamined.
Two challengers, Mike Klinghammer and Mark Hollander, are mounting campaigns to replace current St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer, who is undecided on his reelection plans.
Kampbell Hemeyer, of Hermann, graduated from Mizzou in May with degrees in music and journalism. She currently co-pilots the Midwest Wienermobile with “Lunchmeat” Luke Kirchner, of Houston.
A new lawsuit seeks to overturn Franklin County commissioners' approval last month of two large, controversial data center projects near Pacific and Gray Summit.
In 2015, the foremost policing consultants in the nation — the Police Executive Research Forum — came to the St. Louis region to study local practices.
Missouri voters are being asked on Nov. 3 to fundamentally rewrite the balance of power between themselves and the state lawmakers they elect. If Amendment 6 passes, future legislatures could no longer change laws enacted by voters through the initiative process on their own. Instead, at least 80% of both the House and Senate would have […]
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