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The demand for electricity is rising and as Missouri utilities plan for more power, consumer advocates worry about the cost — especially as nuclear power may be a larger part of the state’s energy future. Ameren Missouri — the electricity provider for most of mid-Missouri — operates the state’s only nuclear power plant in Callaway […]

The stabbing was in the 1100 block of Suntree Drive.

During the great TikTok moral panic of 2022-2025 we noted repeatedly how it was very weird for the public, press, and lawmakers to singularly hyperventilate about the privacy and propaganda impacts of one specific Chinese-owned app while just completely refusing to do anything about the much broader problems that TikTok (and a thousand other companies) […]

Tornadoes can (and have) hit every U.S. state, but the area nicknamed Tornado Alley is probably where your mind goes when you think of dangerous twisters. This year, that's not be the region of highest concern, according to a severe outlook released this month.

Utility bills could be increasing under a new bill that is heading for Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk.

Bills sponsored by Sen. Stephen Webber and Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins are designed to provide more oversight to state nursing homes and require certain staffing levels. They’ve made little progress.

Thunderstorms are forecast to hit the St. Louis metro region by 7 p.m. They may carry golf-ball-sized hail and tornadoes as strong as EF2.

It’s the first time in city history a mayor has fired the head of the city’s civil service.

A second proposal backed by Missouri’s hemp industry to regulate products like hemp-THC seltzers and edibles was defeated in a House committee Thursday morning, after the hemp-beverage distributor who helped draft the bill emailed committee members that morning asking them to kill it.  The 5-7 vote in the House General Laws committee came after Republican […]

Aisha Sultan writes: When parents are trying to teach children to be truthful they talk about the consequences of lies and the morality of truth.

The Consumers Council of Missouri said customers who have Ameren, Spire and Missouri American service potentially face at least $1,100 more a year in costs because of the bill.

What better way to kick off 314 Day than with a run through one of St. Louis’ most iconic parks?

Fairmount Park in Collinsville will open soon for its 100th season. And with that anniversary, there will be major changes at the horse race track. St. Louis Public Radio’s Will Bauer has a preview.

The deadly stabbing happened at about 7:15 p.m. Thursday on Suntree Drive.

To say the GOP legislative supermajority in Missouri is functioning again would be an understatement.  After years of Republican infighting left the General Assembly mired in gridlock and setting new records for futility, a unified party entered the 2025 legislation session determined to move past the dysfunction. On Thursday, as the session approached its midpoint […]