ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County police are investigating a fatal pedestrian collision that occurred Sunday evening, Jan. 4, 2026, near the intersection of Vescovo Drive and Lemay Ferry Road. Officers from the South County Precinct responded at 6:33 p.m. Jan. 4, 2026, after receiving a report of a person struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival, they found Bryant Watkins, 48, of the 1200 block of Dammert in St. Louis, had been hit and died at the scene. St. Louis County Police said the driver
If you think you've got the pipes, St. Louis CITY SC is accepting applications for performers interested in singing the national anthem before home matches in 2026.
ALTON - Mac’s Downtown has officially introduced Olga’s products to their menu, and owner Rob Lenhardt can’t wait to share the food with the downtown community and beyond. Starting on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, Mac’s customers can enjoy four Olga’s sandwiches, snackers, and curly fries from the Olga’s menu. Lenhardt predicts a few additional Olga’s products — including soups and spinach pies — will be available within the next two weeks.
Sting has been honored with Bass Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award.While the magazine’s 2026 awards ceremony will take place Jan. 22 in Santa Ana, California, the mag presented Sting with his…
Whether the Trump administration likes it or not, the right to a fair trial still exists. And even the person the government is now subjecting to what looks a whole lot like a vindictive prosecution is still a beneficiary of this right. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was deported to El Salvador’s infamous CECOT earlier this year […]
ALTON — SCI Engineering's work to drain the soccer field sinkhole at Gordon Moore Park in Alton is underway in early January 2026. These are photos and video from Doug Booten of the early work on the sinkhole this week. SCI has stated it plans to drill small testing points into the ground surrounding the sinkhole at Gordon Moore Park’s soccer field as part of an ongoing investigation into the collapse that began June 26, 2024. Some of the test points will be located inside
Missouri's hands-free driving law resulted in more than 1,300 citations and 1,500 warnings statewide last year, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
BUZZ MAGAZINE – Are we witnessing the end of agriculture policy as we know it? I promise you, this isn’t some headline meant to draw in readers with doomsday predictions that incite fear or anxiety. This is a very real concern of mine. Recent years have seen reactive policy overtake solid governance in regards to agriculture and I am unsure of what will change this trendline and allow us to return to proactive farming policy. Agriculture has always been tied to government because
Foo Fighters will be without guitarist Pat Smear for several upcoming shows."In the classic tradition of rockstars having bizarre gardening accidents, Pat Smear has apparently rung in the new year…
January wasn’t always the first month of the year—and in some places, it still isn’t. That simple fact explains why calendars can feel both obvious and oddly arbitrary at the same time. We treat January 1 as a clean reset: new goals, new budgets, new planners. But the choice of January is not a law of nature. It’s the result of politics, religion, and practical needs colliding over thousands of years. Understanding how calendars evolved also explains why we still carry
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