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A Missouri law bars anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.

ALTON - The Riverbender Tech Center is offering some unique gift ideas for the holidays. Their staff is dedicated to helping Riverbend families feel comfortable behind cell phones and computers. Personal Technology Lessons: Do you know someone who gets frustrated when using their cell phone or computer? Are they afraid of being “hacked?” Do they continually lose treasured photos? The Riverbender Tech Center technicians are ready to meet with clients to answer questions and teach customers how to get the most out of their cell phones and computers. Customers can receive one-on-one help to learn how to use their cell phones or computers with little to no frustration. Bring your questions to them and schedule a 30-minute session for just $35. Schedule as many sessions as you need. No questions are too small and no prior knowledge needed. Build Your Own Computer: Do you have a young computer enthusiast? Are you trying to encourage your child’s love of technology?

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - FOX 2 programming alert for Tuesday, November 22. FIFA World Cup soccer can be seen on FOX 2 starting at 9am with Mexico Vs Poland and then France vs Australia at 12:30pm.  Our local midday programming including “The Power of Two” news at 11am and Studio STL at Noon will air [...]

When Kate Starbird got word that Missouri’s attorney general wanted her to turn over three years of her emails, she didn’t know what to think. 

The developer wants to build a master-planned development with a mix of multifamily, townhouses, hotels, retail and repurposed office space.

The Brothers Lazaroff will bring the annual event to Grand Center on December 3.

World Wide Technology Raceway owner and CEO Curtis Francois says it’s been “one heck of a year” for the motorsports facility, highlighted by hosting NASCAR’s top tier of racing for the first time. But as 2022 wraps up, Francois isn’t taking a victory lap at the Madison, Illinois, raceway. He's looking toward 2023.

Inflation has reached record-breaking peaks in 2022, and one of the fastest rising costs is food.

O'FALLON - Edwardsville girls basketball senior forward Ashlyn Hauk played well in the Tigers' season opener on Nov. 19 at O'Fallon's OTHS Panther Dome in the Southern Illinois Shootout, leading the team with eight points - six of them in the final quarter -as the Tigers lost to Chicago Whitney Young 61-30 in the season opener. Hauk will be counted on as one of the team's key players this season and in the opener against the Dolphins, Hauk made several good plays and worked hard throughout the game as she helped the Tigers keep going, despite the score. For her hard work and contributions to the team, Hauk has been named as an iCan Clinic female Athlete of the Month. Hauk, who plays for head coach Caty Happe, felt good about her contributions to the team but also knows that it's continued hard work in practice that will be one of the keys to the Tigers' success this season. "I would say this is probably the most playing time I have had in a varsity game," Hauk said during a postgame

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This is Great Falls Park in Virginia. The Potomac is impassable at this point unless (a) you have a kayak or (b) you build a canal to get around it, as George Washington did. Today, the canal is gone but the kayakers remain. The top photo shows Great Falls in lovely, velvety splendor thanks to ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Kevin Johnson’s daughter asks that his execution be delayed until after a judge issues a ruling on her case.

The cookie dough and desserts bakery, which opened in 2017, will permanently close its doors Wednesday, citing macroeconomic conditions including higher costs, labor shortages and changing consumer trends. "It all just adds up."

A 19-year-old woman is asking a federal court to allow her to watch her father’s death by injection, despite a Missouri law barring anyone under 21 from witnessing an execution.

There are a variety of myths about how the world works that get people really screwed up when they make big bets on trying to “fix” things. I think Elon Musk has fallen prey to a few of them in how he’s trying to run Twitter. First, he falsely believes (as was the widespread myth […]

Billions of soccer fans are expected to tune into the World Cup in the coming weeks and a St. Louis-based company’s technology is helping to deliver the broadcasts from to the viewer’s televisions.

The St. Clair County State's Attorney's Office has charged two 18-year-olds for allegedly stealing a car earlier this month with a pair of juveniles.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Several high profile Catholic leaders will be attending aChristmas concert this weekend. Cardinal Timothy Dolan is headlining the event. Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Archbishop Emeritus Robert Carlson, and Bishop Mark Rivotuso will all be there with him. The concert is at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 26 at the Skip Viragh Center [...]

The 80-year-olds are retiring—with one notable exception.

VENICE - In an effort to facilitate the development of police bicycle patrol programs in Madison County municipalities, MCT donated RECON Interceptor Power Bicycles to the City of Venice Police Department at its Board Meeting on Thursday, November 17. The new ruggedized bikes will allow officers to patrol both the streets and neighborhoods of Venice as well as the MCT Trails. Since police officers in uniform ride MCT fixed-route buses for free, and all MCT buses are equipped with bike racks, officers can take advantage of the bike & bus program to travel throughout the community as well. In the last five years, MCT has donated patrol bicycles to police departments in Alton, East Alton, Edwardsville, Granite City, Maryville, Highland, Troy, and South Roxana. RECON is a law enforcement ebike company specializing in patrol bikes. The all-terrain bicycles donated to the City of Venice have a heavy-duty frame and durable, puncture-resistant 4-inch tires. Each bike contains a 1000-watt

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