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ALTON - The Alton Municipal Band will kick off their free summer concert series this week. Every week in June and July, community members can enjoy a 7:30 p.m. concert on Thursday nights at Riverview Park and a 7 p.m. concert on Sunday nights at Haskell Park. This year’s series starts at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2025, at Riverview Park, and Adam Rodgers invites the community to come out and enjoy the music. “Gosh, there’s just such a long tradition and history,” Rodgers said. “It’s a quality-of-life thing, between us and parks and all those things. People kind of take it for granted, but we have so many programs and institutions here in this city that really make the community great.” This week’s theme is “Strike Up the Band,” with a variety of contemporary music and music that’s “really, really old; the paper was yellowed,” Rodgers joked. Next week, on Thursday, June 12, and Sunday, June

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Alice Cooper has released a new song called "Wild Ones," recorded with his original bandmates for his upcoming album, The Revenge of Alice Cooper."Wild Ones" is inspired by the '50s Marlon…

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A former investigator in the high-profile 2011 murder case of Betsy Faria - later link to Pam Hupp - is now accused of lying under oath during testimony in Lincoln County, prosecutors say.

MARYVILLE — The Maryville Police Department issued 35 citations during the Memorial Day "Click It Or Ticket" campaign, officials said. The enforcement effort, which took place over the holiday period, focused on promoting seat belt use and overall road safety. Among the citations, 12 were for seat belt violations. Other citations included one child car seat citation, one felony arrest, two fugitives apprehended, four suspended or revoked license citations, three uninsured motorist citations, five speeding citations, and four distracted driving citations. Sgt. Brian Gressi of the Maryville Police Department said the campaign aimed to improve safety on Illinois roads. "Through the Memorial Day enforcement campaign, we helped make Illinois roads safer and spread the word that seat belts save lives," Gressi said. The "Click It Or Ticket" campaign is funded with federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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The health alert applies to some Organic Rancher products distributed to Whole Foods Market locations nationwide.

“It's really unbelievable, how much noise impacts so many people."

Now open at the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries, Charles Houska: Master of Play is a retrospective of the St. Louis artist’s work over his impressive 25-plus-year career, […]

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The World in St. Louis is a rotating gallery located in the back of The 1904 World’s Fair exhibit. St. Louis was the center of the world in 1904. Musicians, artists, writers, scientists, […]

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Patterns of Luxury: Islamic Textiles, 11th–17th Centuries showcases rare and magnificent examples of the Saint Louis Art Museum’s collection of early Islamic textiles, including many that have not been on […]

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Intertwined since the very beginning, the camera and the car revolutionized modern life in America. This photography exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum displays artistic work shaped primarily by […]

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Made literally from land, Pueblo pottery is one of America’s most enduring art forms, and the innovative exhibition Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery connects a remarkable group […]

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Interwar France was a period of exceptional creativity, innovation and turbulence. Roaring: Art, Fashion and the Automobile in France, 1918–1939, explores the role of the automobile as both subject and […]

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The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full […]

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LGBTQIA+ people have been part of St. Louis from the beginning. But until recently, their lives, struggles, and contributions have often been overlooked. In Gateway to Pride, the Missouri History Museum […]

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief defending a Michigan law that prohibits licensed health professionals from practicing conversion “therapy” on minors. Conversion “therapy,” also called sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts, are harmful and ineffective practices that attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Michigan’s law, which prohibits licensed health professionals from practicing conversion therapy on children, is being challenged in a lawsuit now on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Raoul and the coalition support Michigan’s ban on conversion therapy, explaining in the brief that it is not a safe or effective treatment for any condition, puts youth at risk of serious harms, including increased risks of suicide and depression, and falls below the standard of care for mental health

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after meeting with representatives from gun violence prevention groups GIFFORDS and Brady: United Against Gun Violence: “Lax gun laws in America are enabling international criminals. Drug cartels are acquiring weapons from our country to help facilitate violence and trafficking around the world. It’s a deadly, vicious cycle—one that we must cut off at its source by strengthening our gun laws. “We need to explore every solution we can to stop the flow of illegal guns from the United States to Mexico, including leveraging President Trump’s new foreign terrorist organization designations and legislative solutions. “My Stop Arming Cartels Act would ban the manufacturing and sale of the cartels’ weapon of choice, the .50 caliber rifle, as well as strengthen other tools to combat gun violence. I’

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