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It is the hottest ticket in town: the Blues back in the playoffs with Games 3 and 4 set for this week in front of a sellout crowd.

A federal judge's recent ruling has thrown a wrench into efforts to block state control of St. Louis law enforcement, leaving city leaders scrambling to reassess their approach.

olan Gorman hit a tiebreaking 3-run double in the eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.

Nine people are facing federal immigration-related offenses in the Southern District of Illinois. 

St. Louis City Hall announced that it won’t proceed with a lawsuit aimed at halting the takeover of the St. Louis City Police Department.

GLEN CARBON – Preparations are well underway for the 2025 Glen Carbon Homecoming, with new food vendors and other details announced at Tuesday’s Village Board meeting. Held every year during Father’s Day weekend, this year’s Homecoming is set for Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14, 2025. The weekend of community festivities will precede Father’s Day on Sunday, June 15. The village’s Communications Manager, Nicole Dicks, gave a brief update on the status of this year’s event. “We do have some new food vendors for this year that I’m excited about,” she said. “Hertz Chicken just signed on, Spud Shack, and Franko’s Dogs and Bratz – we’ve never had a hot dog vendor.” At least two food vendors from past Homecomings will also return this year, so far including Taste of Romeo’s BBQ and the Mexican Honorary Commission. Dicks said the village also secured a contract with Fountain City Amusements

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Dikisha Dale could not believe what she saw when walking along Park Avenue near 14th Street in south St. Louis this week. 

St. Louis County prosecutors on Tuesday called out a peeping Tom suspect they say has been breaking his house arrest rules.

“It was like a train and somebody just pounding,” Stephanie Wynn said. “We just felt almost like the house shook."

Their advanced chorus met Pope Francis in 2023 and it's a moment that's captivated their hearts.

The deadly shooting happened at about 2:20 a.m. in Tower Grove East. 16-year-old Jamad Edwards was shot and killed, and police need help finding the shooter.

The new season of horse racing began and it was a packed crowd out to see the ponies. 

Carlos Santana was forced to postpone his show in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday night, as manager Michael Vrionis explained that the guitar great had been taken to the hospital for observation. It was…

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CLINTON COUNTY - On the evening of April 21, the sheriff’s office responded to emergency calls reporting individuals trapped in floodwaters on Airport Road, just east of Billhartz Road. At 8:22 p.m., neighbors from three nearby residences arrived at the scene after hearing calls for help. They found a man who said his vehicle had been swept away, with his wife still inside. First responders soon arrived and heard a woman screaming for help. Two of the neighbors, Brandon and Lucas Wobbe, returned to their home to retrieve a small boat. They launched it and navigated the dark floodwaters using only flashlights. Within minutes, the Wobbe brothers located the woman clinging to vegetation and rescued her by pulling her into the boat. They then traveled through the woods and down a deep ditch to reach a waiting ambulance, where emergency personnel took over. The coordinated efforts of neighbors and first responders played a crucial role in the rescue during the dangerous flooding

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Author, columnist, and comedian Steve Hofstetter is often called the hardest working man in show-business. With all due respect to the late James Brown. Hofstetter's national TV debut came on ESPN's Quite […]

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