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A Wash U scientist is starting a new experiment that could anticipate — and perhaps even prevent — damage wrought by intense rainfall.

Prosecutors have cleared a man of any wrong doing after he fatally shot an armed robbery suspect last month at a St. Charles gas station.

The St. Louis Sports Commission's longtime president, Frank Viverito, will retire at year’s end, with his successor to come from within the nonprofit organization.

ALTON - Alton Little Theater will launch the 89th Season at the Showplace with a new play by Londros D' Arrigo, former comedy writer for Lilly Tomlin, Phyllis Diller, and a host of other variety shows. The playwright has come up with a winning script about a group of feisty seniors living in Florida who tire of their selfish, greedy, and irresponsible children and decide to establish a philanthropic Foundation for people truly near and dear to their hearts. A recent widower Martin Wheeler (portrayed by Joe Laffler) and a lonely woman living next door Angie Drayton (portrayed by Kathy Bredenkoetter) set up a Foundation on a lark called" SIN" (Spend It Now) -- and much to their surprise and joy their efforts become popular with a whole community of seniors longing for something more than just golf and sunshine --seniors who actually enjoying doing good work and having meaning to their daily activities once again. Of course, some scheming children portrayed by Amanda Arment and

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GLEN CARBON - Erika Kohoutek of Glen Carbon has announced her candidacy for Madison County Board, District 24. An established resident of Madison County, Erika has spent her professional career in the private sector, working as an IT Project Manager and business leader for Citigroup, Bank of America, and other prominent organizations. She is known both personally and professionally as a relationship builder and problem solver with a proven track record of completing projects on time and on budget. After conducting a series of listening sessions with residents in District 24, Erika says she “wants to move forward the ideas that folks feel are important to their family’s quality of life.” Those ideas include promoting solar energy initiatives, sponsoring fiscal responsibility workshops for teenagers, expanding Madison County trails, engaging in smart planned development, and seeking public and private sector grants for community projects. Erika believes her project

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A splinter group of Republicans in the Missouri Senate who call themselves the “Conservative Caucus” could be growing following Tuesday’s vote

Cahokia Heights will also use the funding towards other improvements including modifying the wastewater collection system.

A man and woman from Springfield, Missouri, recently appeared in federal court to admit their roles in a child exploitation conspiracy that included possession and transit of child pornography.

Tyson Foods, Inc., broke ground Wednesday on a multi-million expansion project in the Metro East.

Here we go again. Another storm is expected to roll through the St. Louis area tonight and with it comes even more worry for local families. We set records last week for the amount of rainfall received and now even more is on the way.

CASEYVILLE — Governor JB Pritzker joined Tyson Foods, Inc., as well as state and local officials, to announce a new expansion of Tyson’s Caseyville facility, which will expand the production of Hillshire Farm® and Jimmy Dean® products. The company's commitment to expand its Caseyville facility is expected to bring a $180 million investment and create 250 new jobs - generating economic benefit for the region and state. The new facility is expected to be complete in the summer of 2023. “I am thrilled to celebrate the expansion of Tyson Foods’ Caseyville facility thanks to our EDGE credit program,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Tyson will be expanding their regional footprint by 170,000 square feet and over 250 new jobs with a total investment of $180 million in this community. Tyson’s decision to expand in Illinois speaks to our strengths in manufacturing, our world-class infrastructure, and our abundant — and highly talented —

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ST. LOUIS - Circus Harmony, St. Louis’ only social Circus school, is flying in to fall and you can soar with them. Flying at City Museum Register now for their fall semester circus classes at City Museum. Classes start August 29 and registration closes August 21. They have classes for ages 3 through adult in a variety of circus arts including juggling, unicycling, hula hooping, trapeze, and more! While most people take our classes for fun and fitness, Circus Harmony is also an internationally respected, pre-professional, circus training school. If you want to run away and join the circus for an hour or a career, this is the place!! Information on their website at www.circusharmony.org . Flying Downtown Thanks to the support of the Regional Arts Commission and the City of St. Louis’ Downtown Engagement and Public Safety Initiative, Circus Harmony is presenting a series of free shows in downtown St. Louis. Come downtown and have some fun! Look for us on Wednesday,

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Veterans, with help from Jon Stewart, get Congress to act to provide health-care for those service members affected by toxic chemicals in war.

The bill strengthens existing oversight provisions, and the Division will investigate police misconduct and initiate the disciplinary process.

ST. LOUIS - Today, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones signed Board Bill 47, creating the Division of Civilian Oversight, an independent agency where civilians will lead investigations on the incidents that directly impact St. Louisans and their neighbors. This bill strengthens existing oversight provisions, and the Division will investigate police misconduct and force incidents and initiate the disciplinary process. “Improving trust between community and police is essential to make our neighborhoods safer,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “Through the hard work of the Board of Aldermen and community leaders, we are taking a critical step forward in fostering that trust. The bill I’m signing today creates the Division of Civilian Oversight, which strengthens our existing oversight provisions for our public safety departments.” The Division of Civilian Oversight will review complaints, which can be filed in-person or online, for police misconduct and force incidents an

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The Lutheran School of Nursing, a south St. Louis institution dating to 1898, has closed, it said in a social media post.

LOS ANGELES — First-Class Mail will travel from “Infinity to Forever” with the newly released commemorative stamps featuring the iconic image of Buzz Lightyear. A dedication ceremony for the stamps was held today at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. “Buzz Lightyear captured our hearts and imaginations in the first ‘Toy Story’ movie,” said Isaac Cronkhite, the Postal Service’s chief logistics and processing operations officer and executive vice president and dedicating official. “He taught us about heroism, loyalty and perseverance. And now he is the star of his own feature film — ‘Lightyear.’ Just like Buzz, the Postal Service has also looked to the stars for inspiration. We have many stamps honoring NASA’s accomplishments, including the space shuttle, and the Apollo program that took us to the moon. And then there are our STEM Education stamps that emphasize the importance of science, technology,

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