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ST. LOUIS - Grant's Farm is opening for its 68th season on Saturday. The 281-acre park has welcomed over 30 million visitors over the years. It's home to hundreds of animals, including many rare species offering tram tours of the deer park, educational animal shows, and the chance to feed animals, including bottle-feeding baby goats. This spring, Grant’s [...]

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - IMPACT Strategies has established the Making an IMPACT Foundation - a charitable foundation that supports the local community with an emphasis on assisting non-profit organizations that focus on equipping and improving people’s lives. The Foundation’s mission is to support and engage employees of the IMPACT Strategies team to embrace the community and others by investing their time, talent, and resources. IMPACT Strategies has supported local community organizations including BackStoppers, Hard Hats for Hearts (American Heart Association), Boy Scouts of America, Pedal the Cause, Restore St. Louis, and others. The Making an IMPACT Foundation will concentrate on assisting families in need, aiding disaster relief efforts, supporting first responders, and helping veterans. Among the plans for 2022, the Foundation will hold an annual fundraising event, donate to local charities, and to provide opportunities for IMPACT Strategies employees to volunteer time

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ROCKFORD - While cancers such as breast, lung, and colon may get more public attention, head and neck cancer is certainly nothing to ignore. April is Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month, designed to put a spotlight on head and neck cancer, its causes, and symptoms. According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), more than 66,000 people will develop head and neck cancer this year, and more than 14,000 will die from this type of cancer. “Head and neck cancer is not a very common cancer but it still comprises about five percent of all cancers in the United States," says Dr. Iftekhar Ahmad, Radiation Oncologist, OSF HealthCare. "It is primarily due to tobacco use, smoking, and other forms of tobacco and alcohol. It is much easier to treat – you have a better prognosis – if it’s caught early so you want to be vigilant and aware of changes in this region – if it’s your voice, a sore, a lump in your neck, or things like that.” According

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URBANA – Illinois’ Cottage Food Law allows food entrepreneurs, local producers, and home cooks to sell non-potentially hazardous homemade foods and drinks to the public. Prior to 2012, those foods had to be prepared in a licensed commercial kitchen, an expensive option for those running a small business. Demand for locally produced food and a growing cottage food industry has spawned statewide conversations around food entrepreneurism, resulting in the Home-to-Market Act , a set of legislative updates to the Cottage Food Law. The amendment, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, gives owners the opportunity to grow their business by expanding the direct-to-consumer venues through which they can sell. Before this legislation passed, food operators could only sell homemade foods through farmers markets. Now, direct-to-consumer sales avenues also include fairs, festivals, public events, order pickup from the operator’s home or farm, delivery to customer, and online sales

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A recent column about a neighbor who is building a bomb shelter struck a nostalgic chord with older readers who remember the 1950s. The most interesting recollection came from Henry R. of Lake Saint Louis. He grew up in Gary,…

George Frasher serves up a slice of The Lou at Frasher’s Smokehouse, Frasher’s Tavern, and Mrs. Chicken.

Jennifer Rothwell was murdered by her husband while six weeks pregnant.

Biden promised to prioritize people over polluters. His pick to deliver that, Michal Freedhoff, is facing a bare-bones budget, demoralized staff, and increasingly angry advocates.

More images from the collection of Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley. This is the eleventh post in this series. For those of you who are just coming on board, all of these images are part of a collection that once belonged to young Emma Thomas, daughter of William Lyman and Catherine (Kate) Sutton Thomas.  I assume […]

The St. Louis Mayor’s office announced a delay in shutting down a riverfront encampment on Friday.  

A Madison County, Illinois woman is suing the Missouri Unemployment Office over pandemic unemployment funds she claims she never received.

No, it wasn't thunder. A magnitude 2.8 earthquake hit near St. Louis around 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Maplewood’s Coffee Crawl will have two less stops on the tour next year. Stone Spiral Coffee and Curios, opened for 15 years, and C Oliver, since 2019, have closed their doors. Stone Spiral, 2500 Sutton Boulevard, was open seven days a week 12 hours a day or more; less on Sunday, including an open-mic night […]

St. Louis and St. Louis County police fear their departments or individual officers could face big fines or even jail time if the law stays on the books.