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20th Street Studios opened for business this summer as both a lifestyle studio and an all-white space.

Carter has painted in acrylics for much of her career, but her first love has always been watercolor—the medium she uses exclusively now.

From River Bender:  Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) are encouraging families in need to apply for $300 million in available funding for energy bill assistance through the Help Illinois Families program. All families who meet the criteria and provide required documentation are eligible to receive bill assistance for […]

From St. Louis Post Dispatch: Employers across the bi-state area continue to struggle with a tight labor market and are still having trouble finding qualified workers, according to findings released Wednesday by St. Louis Community College. Though 63% of local employers expected to hire in 2021, only 32% actually did, said Phyllis Ellison, associate vice chancellor […]

In dripping black wetsuits and scuba masks, standing in the middle of a southern Missouri river last month, a state herpetologist and two zookeepers hugged each other and cheered. “Number …

“If they can’t get in with a burglary, they're going to be emboldened, walk in and hold the place up,” said Festus police Chief Tim Lewis.

The Uncomplicated Holiday Labor Day is one of my favorite holidays. It’s three days long, requires no gifts, cards or special decorations, the weather is usually decent, and it comes with big sales and lots of food. At the farm it means a few extra chores, worked in between some good eating. The trick is to lessen the... 

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James Timothy "Tim" Norman is accused of being the mastermind in a murder-for-hire plot to kill his nephew, Andre Montgomery Jr., in 2016.

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has lined up behind a U.S. Supreme Court case legal experts believe could radically reshape how federal elections are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from intervening.  Ashcroft announced last week that his office had filed an amicus brief in support of Republicans […]

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It took fifteen years filled with constant scandal, but the FCC finally recently announced that it would be “cracking down on” wireless carrier abuse of consumer location data, thanks to pressure from our new post-Roe reality. This “crackdown” involves politely asking the nation’s top wireless carriers to disclose what kind of location data they were […]

House of Joy, a new play at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis by Madhuri Shekar, seems to be throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks: a ghost story, a love story, political intrigue, fantasy, bawdy jokes, fight sequences, an assassination. As you can imagine, with that many different plot points, not much sticks. The play opens on Roshni (played by Tina Muñoz Pandya), who recently beat a man to death when he tried to hurt her sister.

He trained with Army officers in south-central Missouri and helped U.S. forces avoid roadside bombs during the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

I'm not quite sure what set me off this time, but something I read prompted me to make a couple of charts illustrating US economic performance compared to our large peer countries in Europe. Here is GDP since the start of the pandemic: Thanks to the $3 trillion in relief spending that was passed almost ...continue reading "The American economy is a model for the rest of the world"

The Illinois State Police will have a new presence in the metro-east with new regional headquarters.

This weekend's festival in St. Louis will highlight musical greats from the city, including Albert King and Tina Turner.

Heaven Scent Bakery in O'Fallon, Missouri, announced Sunday it would be closing its doors after 27 years in business. The bakery announced the closure via Facebook, and the post had 2,100 likes, 2,300 shares and more than 1,000 comments as of noon Monday. The bakery's last day in business will be Sept. 30, according to the post. "The ever rising cost of product and extremely limited workforce brought us to this decision,' the bakery said in the post. The bakery said some menu items would…

PERRYVILLE, Mo. - A school bus driver was killed in a crash Tuesday morning in Perryville, Missouri. He has been identified as 72-year-old James Kennedy. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash between a school bus and a box truck happened in the 1400 block of Highway K near Bluebird Lane. MSHP said no [...]

Residents who live in several north St. Louis County municipalities and drive a Hyundai or Kia with a traditional key ignition can register to receive a free steering lock. The North County Police Cooperative is giving out The Club on Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at James McGee Park, near Vinita Park City Hall in the 8300 block of Midland Boulevard. In addition to Vinita Park, residents of Beverly Hills, Dellwood, Hanley Hills, Pine Lawn, Uplands Park, Velda Village Hills and Wellston are eligible…

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis City residents are still struggling to get their garbage picked up and they're not getting any answers from the city. They said it's creating a horrible mess just outside their homes, and the mess is encouraging others to come into their neighborhood and dump their garbage. Leslie Herron called the [...]