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A Gold Star family from Wentzville was in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

I know that Mark Zuckerberg no longer likes fact-checking, but it’s not going to stop me from continuing to fact-check him. I’m going to rate his claimed plans of moving trust & safety and content moderation teams away from California to Texas as not just an obnoxiously stupid political suck-up, but also something that increasingly […]

Several key members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen expressed reservations on a the new plan touted at a press conference this morning.

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:  In July 2024, the O’Fallon City Council voted down a bill that would have granted a conditional use permit (CUP) for a five-story, mixed-use building to be named Caledonia Flats at 711 Rush Way in the Streets of Caledonia development. The Caledonia Flats developer came back with a revised proposal to […]

Don't look now, but your Netflix bill is about to go up.

Firefighters with the North County Fire & Rescue Fire Protection District responded to a three-alarm fire late Tuesday morning at the site of an old bowling ball plant in Jennings.

From St. Louis Public Radio:  Interstate 255 will be shut down for six months beginning Feb. 1 so crews can repair 3.5 miles of the highway from Illinois 157 to Illinois 15 in St. Clair County, the Illinois Department of Transportation said Friday. The project, which was announced last year, is expected to be completed […]

From Bloomberg CityLab:  At a gathering ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, dozens of local leaders sent the message to federal officials that affordable housing is their top priority. “We’re calling on the new administration and Congress to support and quickly pass the largest and most comprehensive investment legislation in housing in our country’s history,” said […]

From The Beacon:  Missouri’s 2025 legislative session is kicking into gear, and lawmakers are weighing in with ideas on how to manage the state’s $455 billion economy. For the next five months, lawmakers will consider what kind of businesses to boost, how landlords will be allowed to manage their properties and whether to overhaul Missouri’s […]

Sammy Hagar is clarifying his comments about his future on the road.Sammy is due to kick off a new residency in Las Vegas in April, and ahead of the shows…

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WASHINGTON — Barring a few exceptions, Senate Republicans on Tuesday largely deflected or altogether avoided questions about President Donald Trump’s broad clemency for over 1,500 defendants who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — including many who beat police officers, smashed windows and trashed offices as lawmakers hid in designated safe areas. Just […]

From Spectrum News:  A new training facility in Shrewsbury for St. Louis-area firefighters got the initial green light last week. The Shrewsbury Board of Aldermen voted to approve a special use permit for Central Core Fire Training Center Commission (CCFTC) to develop and operate a firefighting training facility at 4224 Carr Lane Court. Plans were […]

A St. Louis-based tech firm said it has expanded with the acquisition of an audiovisual system integration firm in the Pacific Northwest.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High School Drama Club and the Jewish Community Relations Council will co-host a panel discussion about the EHS fall play, “Letters to Sala.” At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, community members are invited to the EHS auditorium for a conversation about the play and the collaboration between the Drama Club and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). Last fall, EHS students met with their Jewish peers from the JCRC’s Student to Student program so EHS students could learn more about Judaism, the Holocaust and Jewish traditions. “ Ashley and her students took all that information and incorporated it into their production,” explained Rachel Bray with JCRC. “But really, these students took it a step further and really absorbed the life lessons about connecting with people who don’t look like you, pray like you, believe the same things necessarily that you do, and how in life, sometimes that can reall

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After Kerry Casey questioned why St. Louis Public Schools is fully accredited, district teachers asked her to resign.