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Ringo Starr is sharing another preview of his upcoming country album, Look Up.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just released the new song “Thankful,” featuring Alison Krauss, a tune Starr co-wrote…

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ALTON - Sing We Now of Christmas Great Rivers Choral Society to Present Annual Christmas Concert Great Rivers Choral Society is hard at work practicing for their annual Christmas concert, this year appropriately entitled Sing We Now of Christmas. Great Rivers Choral Society, founded in the fall of 2001, is an adult chorus of mixed voices whose objective is to foster and encourage music education and appreciation in southwestern Illinois. The chorus comprises 20–30 volunteer artists from all age groups and walks of life who enjoy singing and are looking for a means of expressing their vocal talents collectively. “We perform three concerts each season. They’re all wonderful in their own right, but the Christmas concert is especially magical,” says Great Rivers Choral Society Board President and soprano Pat Stewart. “The music selections are eclectic— some sacred music to honor the religious holiday, some secular music which will bring a smile to everyone’s

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Missourians can walk into a CBD shop right now and buy something that looks just like the canisters of marijuana buds and joints sold in state-regulated dispensaries.   Coffee shops are selling seltzers with 5mg of Delta-9 THC — an amount that would produce a strong buzz — right next to the juices in their coolers.  […]

GRANITE CITY – Granite City Community Unit School District #9 had four students recognized as part of the 2024 America Recycles Day Poster Contest, hosted by Madison County Green Schools Program. Other area students were also recognized. The theme for this year’s ARD contest was, “I want to be recycled.” There were 352 entries from 17 schools. This year’s winners in the poster contest are as follows: Kindergarten – 2nd grades 1st- Giovanni Zendejas, Eunice Smith Elementary 2nd - Georgia Zobrist, Highland Primary 3rd - Quinn Siebert, Leclaire Elementary 3rd – 5th grades 1st- Arianna Spaulding, West Elementary 2nd - Julia Augustson, Meadowbrook Intermediate 3rd - Caroline Hall, Grigsby Intermediate 6th – 8th grades 1st - Lauren Wilson, Coolidge Junior High 2nd - Katherine Fitzgerald, St. Mary’s Middle School 3rd - Molly Basye, Highland Middle 9th – 12th grades 1st - Kseniya

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November is Youth Homeless Awareness Month, and Covenant House Missouri is hosting "Sleep Out St. Louis" in solidarity with youth experiencing homelessness in St. Louis. FOX 2 and STL 11 have teamed up with Covenant House Missouri for Spirit of the Season, donate and help support their mission today!

If the petition is successful, it would mark the second time in just seven years that residents have spurred the state to audit the city’s books.

Elton John and his pal Brandi Carlile teamed up for a new song for his new documentary, and it has finally arrived.The song, "Never Too Late," was written for Elton…

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Here it is: the distilled wisdom of 66 years on planet Earth. The list is numbered so you can mock them in comments more easily. Enjoy. Crime didn't skyrocket in the '70s and '80s because of drugs or poverty or family breakdown. It skyrocketed because of an increase in lead poisoning that had begun decades ...continue reading "Pearls of wisdom, all for you"

Blue has his head in the clouds, but loves with his whole heart. He's stubborn, sweet, and adorable. And yes, he really is that cross-eyed

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Batuga is super cuddly, cat friendly, and loves to be held. She is positive for feline leukemia, so he needs a single cat home or a home with other FeLV cats

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Jerry is entertaining, opinionated, loving and would like to be an only cat

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Swifty is the sweetest, cuddliest boy ever and he sleeps under the covers. If you stop petting him, he reaches his paw out to grab your hand or reaches up and puts a gentle paw on your cheek. He's cat friendly and an amazing cat, but positive for feline leukemia, so he would need a home with no other cats or with other FeLV cats

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Angie is a female and is 3 years old. She's outgoing, quiet, loves to be held, good with other cats and dogs, FIV+ (can live with any other cat)

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REDBUD, Ill. - With a population of just 3,700, the quiet town of Redbud, Illinois embodies the warm, close-knit spirit of small-town living. The FOX 2 news team is visiting the Randolph County community and locals are sharing what makes their hometown so special. The town is named after the redbud tree, a fact not [...]

The accusations against a coach sparked a women's movement in chess and criticism of the St. Louis Chess Club and U.S. Chess for ignoring gender discrimination and sexual misconduct.

Macadoodles, a popular wine, beer, and spirits store, is opening a new location in Dardenne Prairie, MO, featuring a Budweiser Clydesdale photo op and a limited-edition bourbon co-created with Sugarfire Smokehouse.

A rare handwritten version of the Gettysburg Address, one of only five main copies, is on display at the Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library in Springfield, Illinois for ten days before being returned to the vault for preservation.