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A father and son duo led an anti-mask protest at Jersey Community High School around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. In an announcement post on January 28, Jeremy Laird encouraged parents to join him and “stand with our kids.” “The walk-in protest will be led by my son Justin Laird who will be standing on the sidewalk directly in front of the high school ready to lead all students who are ready to walk into the school with no mask,” Laird said in the post. “I as a parent am taking the day off and will be parked directly in front of the school. Justin encourages all students to walk with him, I encourage all parents to park with me, to ensure all students have a ride home, should it come to that, let's stand with our kids, with our students, with our community. Make a sign and hope to see y'all there.” On Tuesday morning, about 15 students and 11 adults - some of whom brought signs - showed up on the front steps of JCHS. Laird said more students joined

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The newest pro sports team in town finally has someone on the roster. Bosnian National Team defender Selmir Pidro is the first player in St. Louis City SC history.

St. Louis has a hometown connection to root for in the Super Bowl against the Rams with Lutheran North grad and Bengals lineman Renell Wren.

ST. LOUIS - National Weather Service in St. Louis Meteorologist Mark Fuchs has been more specific about snowfall on the Illinois side and said he predicts close to a foot of snow in Alton from late Wednesday to early Thursday. "It looks like upstream to Grafton there will be a little more snow," Fuchs said as he looked at the prediction map. "Jerseyville and Carlinville may be looking at totals approaching 14 to 15 inches of snow." Fuchs said the area will get a little bit of everything in the storm from snow, sleet, and rain. The meteorologist predicted by Thursday afternoon the precipitation should diminish. "We will see everything under the sun in this storm," he said. "The storm will come in two waves. The majority of snow should come by sunrise Thursday and we could see another couple more inches. By Thursday afternoon, it should all be over but the shouting and shoveling." A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for St. Louis and Metro Illinois area as of 3:29 a.m. on Feb.

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Missouri's health director was effectively ousted after the state Senate on Tuesday declined to take up his nomination. The deadline to confirm Department of Health and Senior Services Director Don Kauerauf's nomination was Friday, and the Senate on Tuesday adjourned for the week, the Associated Press reports. Kauerauf took over as the state’s health director in September after his predecessor, Randall Williams, left the job in April 2021 without publicly citing a reason. The AP said that…

The newspaper manager joined the Post-Dispatch as editorial page editor in 2007, and took the paper's top job five years later.

The dogs will be checked out and given medical treatment when they arrive in St. Louis. They will eventually be available for adoption.

Both of the teenagers were conscious and breathing when officers found them.

Snow was already starting to cover some roads in northeastern Missouri Tuesday evening.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker have declared states of emergency ahead of the winter storm this week. The Missouri National Guard and Illinois National Guard were activated to help with storm response. In Illinois, Pritzker said the response will include more than 1,800 IDOT trucks and equipment, ISP patrols to help stranded motorists and the state's emergency response team will be operating around the clock. In Missouri, Parson said the State Emergency Operations Center…

From grocery store workers to first responders, some people can't work from home in a snow storm. In St. Charles County, they'll be staffed up to help the public.

Businesses have to have someone to call on when snow hits. That's why private snow removal crews are on standby and prepared to respond.

Council adds consumer protections to the Property Assessed Clean Energy Program.

The last day of production will be March 31.

The Wentzville School Board made the decision to ban "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison in January.