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Missouri's only commercial nuclear power plant, the Callaway Energy Center, temporarily shut down earlier this week due to a water issue.

ALTON - Alton Elite Jiu-Jitsu is officially open in Alton, and owner Adam Marburger couldn’t be more excited. “It's a blessing,” he said. “There's been so much work by so many different people. It's taken several months, a couple setbacks, but we came together as a team. It's just nice to be done. I'm very grateful.” On Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, community members gathered at 2716 Corner Court in Alton for a grand opening celebration complete with food, drinks,

Letter To Editor, As a prominent 90-year-old in the community of Alton, you’re probably wondering what I have to say about late-night liquor licenses. Well, I’m glad you asked! As a very active voting resident, I’ve supported many mayors and elected officials in our community. As a retired small business owner and caterer, my heart is deeply connected to the success of small businesses, and I am honored to be perceived as a living legacy here in Alton. However, in reference

Republican senators, including Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, are working to distance themselves from a controversial provision slipped into the government funding bill that ended the recent shutdown. The measure would allow them to sue the federal government for at least $500,000 for every time that their phone or data records were accessed (without notice) during the Justice Department's Jan. 6 investigations.

A barge struck Eads Bridge on Friday afternoon in St. Louis. No injuries were reported from the collision.

St. Louis’ Federal Reserve Bank—in its recent study—presented new findings that revealed the growth of AI use among adults in the St. Louis region, particularly in the workplace

A couple months ago we offered up the few remaining copies of our social media card game, One Billion Users, after fulfilling orders from our Kickstarter backers. Quite a few of you took the chance to snag one, and now we’re down to an extremely small number remaining: at time of writing, we only have […]

On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum talks with St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer about how the city is handling recovery efforts six months after the tornado. Rosenbaum also speaks with St. Louis County Councilwoman Rita Days about the county's budget problems. And Rosenbaum explores which 2026 contests in Missouri could foretell a Democratic wave election – or continued national GOP dominance.

War has teamed up with Playing For Change, a multimedia project that aims to connect the world through music, to release a new version of their iconic tune “Why Can’t…

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The three bills appropriate a combined $13.71 million to significantly scale up the City’s efforts to house and shelter residents this winter.

A woman was removed from a plane in Missouri earlier this week after repeatedly criticizing four U.S. representatives who were on board, traveling to Washington D.C. to vote on a bill to end the government shutdown.

The Trump administration has been ramping up its rhetoric against Venezuela since Day 1. Efforts to arrest up to 3,000 migrants a day focused on Venezuelans, many of whom had fled to the United States seeking a land with actual freedom. Those who weren’t simply locked up in ICE’s many forever prisons were sent to […]

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — On Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) and Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) convened local immigration nonprofit and advocacy organizations to discuss the recent spike in immigration enforcement activity in Central and Southern Illinois. Groups from across Illinois’ 13th District, from Springfield and Decatur to the Metro East, were present to discuss fears and the chilling effects facing immigrant communities

A two-month-old infant suffered "severe burns" after the child's mother put the baby in hot water, county police wrote in court documents.