GRAFTON - The National Memorial of Military Ascent will be officially dedicated this weekend. On Saturday, June 6, 2026, community members are invited to the NMMA site at the Grafton Visitors Center to celebrate the completion of the project’s first phase. The dedication ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. on June 6. Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow, who has spearheaded the project, expressed his excitement to see it coming to fruition, adding that the statues have already been installed and loo
JERSEYVILLE — Jersey sophomore Colby Goetten capped his pole vault season with a personal best of 13 feet, 5.75 inches on May 1, 2026, at the Jokisch-Grandone Invite and later placed 22nd at the Illinois High School Association 2A Boys Track and Field Meet this past weekend, where he cleared 12-11.5. Colby Goetten is a Sparklight Male Athlete Of The Month for the Panthers. Goetten, who also competed on Jersey’s 4x200 and 4x400 relays during the season, finished fifth at the Triad
Lawmakers in Jefferson City adjourned last month without adopting new rules that would have forced the State Senate to live-stream all of its proceedings.
The Supreme Court’s conservatives have spent years systematically dismantling the Voting Rights Act, but the last seven months have been something else — a rapid-fire series of emergency docket rulings, procedural maneuvers, and carefully worded opinions that, taken together, make it effectively impossible to challenge racial gerrymandering. Not difficult. Impossible. And Justice Alito, in particular, […]
Congress is looking to roll back state animal welfare laws as it wrangles over reauthorization of the federal farm bill. The farm bill, which Congress generally reworks every five years, includes money and federal rules for food assistance programs, farm subsidies, and other ag-related programs. A pending version of the legislation includes the Save Our […]
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe and producer Andrew Watt were the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night, where they performed “I Played the Fool,” the theme song to Steve Carell’s HBO series…
Auto influencer and St. Louis native Kelly Stumpe, or “The Car Mom,” is returning to host the fourth annual Car Mom Auto Show on June 13 at Queeny Park.
The New York Times released a list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters back in April, based on feedback from more than 250 music insiders and six Times critics. The…
Black midwives in the South, a region rife with racial disparities in maternal health access and maternal mortality, are leading lawsuits over state regulations that they say limit their ability to provide care. Women behind the litigation say midwives can help improve birthing outcomes in Southern states, where maternal mortality rates are higher than the […]
“Game Plan” taps into what makes Saint Louis unique: a place where world-class chess and deep-rooted sports culture intersect. Spanning all three galleries and running through Spring 2027, the exhibition […]
Majestic marble sculptures, vivid plaster frescoes, bronze artifacts and glass vessels chronicle life at the height of the Roman Empire in this ticketed exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. […]
Combining intergenerational history, archival research and theories of art and film, Andrea Carlson creates incisive works of resistance and sovereignty that disempower colonial storytelling and practices of erasure. A descendant […]
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