On This Day, July 2, 2005…Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason reunited for the first time in 24 years for a performance in London as…
Fireworks began as a failed kitchen experiment. According to a long-told story from China, an early alchemist mixed saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal while searching for something far more valuable: a potion for eternal life. Instead, the mixture burned fast and violently. That mistake helped create one of the world’s most recognizable forms of celebration. What started as sparks and noise in ancient China eventually became the organized, colorful sky shows seen at national holidays, weddings,
MONTGOMERY CITY — Bill Cope stood before the Montgomery County Commission earlier this month to urge local officials to reject a 25-year, 70% personal property tax abatement for a $15 billion, 934-acre Google data center project under construction outside of New Florence. “I’m not against the schools or health department or anybody getting more money,” […]
Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum presents the Character Telephone Exhibit! Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Big Bird, and Kermit the Frog – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks […]
The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, […]
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution declaring that the American colonies were free and independent from Great Britain. Although July 4 later became the better-known date because it was attached to the public adoption of the Declaration of Independence, July 2 was the day the formal break was decided. At the time, this was a major turning point in the Atlantic world. It transformed a colonial rebellion into a struggle for statehood and helped inspire
The geometric and glowing art of HYBYCOZO is coming to St. Louis this spring and summer, on display for daytime visitors of the Missouri Botanical Garden and during special illuminated […]
The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open […]
Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the Back to the Beginning concert, which took place July 5, 2025, in Birmingham, England. A stacked lineup of hard rock and metal bands led up to the…
NASHVILLE, Ill. — A Nashville Community High School baseball coach and local teacher, Chad E. Malawy, was charged in Washington County Circuit Court after an investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and the Nashville Police Department into alleged sex crimes, authorities said. He entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. T.J. Matthes, of the St. Louis-based firm Rosenblum, Schwartz, Fry and Johnson, is representing Malaway in the case. Malawy, 54
ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis will impose a youth curfew during the Fourth of July holiday weekend that will remain in effect through the rest of the summer. According to the office of St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer, the nightly curfew, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., will begin on the evening [...]
In March, Michigan attorney Ruby Robinson received a denial notice for legal status for his client — an immigrant woman suffering physical abuse from her husband. Her husband had choked her, Robinson said. Shoved her. Forced unwanted touch. Controlled the finances. The woman and the man married in the United States after being in a […]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - Munyaradzi Chiturumani has been taken into custody without incident, authorities said, after St. Louis County Police investigated a child abduction and stabbing tied to a domestic incident Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in the 1400 block of Shadycreek Court. The St. Louis County Police Department said additional information will be disseminated as it becomes available. According to previously released information, officers from the Central County Precinct responded at about 5 p.m.
Last month, SpaceX began making lobbying filings in support of phone unlocking rules making it easier to switch your phone between wireless providers. You might recall that the Biden FCC was on the cusp of installing such rules before the Trump administration, hand in hand with giant telecoms, dismantled them (Trump’s FCC will have to […]