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Midas Hospitality's ambitious Midtown hotel project is taking a new direction, with the developer revealing why it's opting for a staggered approach to construction.

Marky Ramone is heading out on the road this summer.The Ramones drummer has announced a six-show U.S. tour with his band, Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg, starting Aug. 22 in Austin, Texas, and…

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Concordance, a St. Louis-based nonprofit focused on helping the incarcerated re-enter society, said Wednesday that its interim leader will keep the top post.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville freshman Parker Owens has captured international attention over the past year by clearing a pole vault height of 16 feet, 3 inches in 2024, the highest ever recorded for a 14-year-old worldwide. Owens continues to impress this season in boys' track and field events, competing for Edwardsville High School. Parker is a Spencer Homes Male Athlete of the Month for the Tigers. On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Triad High School, Owens placed second at the Madison County Meet with a vault of 13 feet, 7.25 inches, finishing behind Triad High School’s Zane Meier . Owens previously defeated Meier at the Norm Armstrong Invite on April 12, 2025, with a vault of 15 feet, 3 inches. He also won the Winston Brown Invite on April 26, 2025, with a vault of 13 feet, 11.25 inches. Owens and Meier are friends and rivals and can be seen constantly communicating during meets they vault together. Earlier in the season, Owens posted a vault of 15 feet, 1 inch at the Edwardsville

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A former St. Louis streets director will return from retirement to serve in the role on an interim basis.

Support us on Patreon » We probably don’t need to tell you that the current tariff situation is causing complete chaos in global supply chains, in large part due to the uncertainty — for all we know, the exact rules will have changed since this episode was recorded just yesterday. But we wanted to get some […]

BETHALTO — Sophomore Glenn Collins is making a significant impact this track and field season for the Civic Memorial Eagles, earning recognition as a Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Male Athlete of the Month. Collins has posted impressive personal records in multiple events. On April 14, 2025, at the Jersey Quad Meet, he ran the 400 meters in 52.94 seconds. Two days earlier, at the Norm Armstrong Invite, he achieved a personal best of 1:58.43 in the 800 meters. He continued his strong performances by winning the Madison County Small Schools 800-meter championship on April 28, 2025, in Wood River with a time of 1:59.87. In addition to his middle-distance events, Collins has recorded a best of 4:39.72 in the 1,600 meters and 11:07.2 in the 3,200 meters. He has also contributed as a key member of the Eagles’ 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams. Reflecting on his performance at the Norm Armstrong Invite, Collins said, "I went out fast that race and thought, 'I am here and I might as

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Albritton Financial Services, a St. Louis-based wealth management business, has joined the network of a national financial planning and registered investment advisory (RIA) firm.

An accused scam artist is in custody for allegedly stealing people’s homes out from under them over the last 11 months.

WASHINGTON — Three U.S. House committees on Tuesday approved the first few bills that will make up Republicans’ massive reconciliation package after rejecting numerous Democratic amendments. The Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Education and Workforce committees each voted mostly along party lines to send their measures to the Budget Committee, which is expected to bundle […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that he would focus on the agency’s workforce to manage trade and border crossings, while the committee’s top Democrat accused him of covering up a 2010 death at a CBP facility he oversaw. If Rodney […]

The Missouri Department of Conservation is sending out their yearly message to those on the roads as turtles become more active.

GLEN CARBON — A large fire broke out early Tuesday morning, April 29, 2025, at the Meridian Apartments complex, a 36-unit development still under construction in Glen Carbon, fire officials said. Glen Carbon Fire Chief Jason Whitaker said on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, that lightning is a primary cause under investigation as he cited storms that were in the area at the time of the blaze's start. The fire was reported just before 4 a.m. on Tuesday at the site of the new apartment complex in Glen Carbon off Meridian Road. Chief Whitaker said the fire was contained to a single building within the complex, which was in various stages of construction. Chief Whitaker said, “Lightning is one of the things looking still due to storms in the area,” noting that investigators are awaiting data from the National Weather Service. The fire was first noticed by motorists passing the scene, who called it in, Whitaker said. Whitaker described the fire as having “a head start”

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KISS is celebrating the 45th anniversary of their eighth studio album, Unmasked.To mark the occasion, KISS will release the album on colored vinyl, limited to only 2,500 copies. The vinyl comes with…

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As the division rivals clash on the ice, an unexpected off-ice connection has come to light: One that suggests that the Winnipeg Jets' current logo may owe its existence to St. Louis.

More than one million people in the United States live with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological disease that affects the brain, spinal cord and nerves to the eyes. "It can present in a variety of ways like vision loss, double vision, weakness, or numbness on one side or both sides of the body,” says Tiffani Franada, DO, a neurologist with the OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute (INI) who specializes in the autoimmune disease. "Typically (multiple sclerosis) presents in young patients between 20 and 50 years of age. It's more common in women than men," Dr. Franada says. These events are called attacks or relapses, and they last a few weeks and then they get better. Patients can go awhile without anything, and then they can get other attacks down the line." The OSF HealthCare Illinois Neurological Institute has launched a clinical trial for patients with nonrelapsing secondary progressive MS (nrSPMS). Dr. Franada and her team are looking for further preventive

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St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer on Wednesday named Jim Suelmann interim streets director, a day after revealing that the chief under her predecessor, Betherny Williams, had offered her resignation.