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If you filled up your gas tanks in Missouri anytime from July of last year to June of this year and saved your receipts, you may be eligible for a state gas tax refund.

An Illinois Lottery jackpot worth $650,000 went unclaimed Monday after an online player matched all five winning numbers, but 15,000 winning tickets were sold and nearly $690,000 in prizes were won.

A new box set dedicated to David Bowie’s later career is coming this fall.I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016) is a massive 12-CD or 18-LP box set that includes Bowie's…

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According to a statement from the Missouri Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at the St. Louis QuikTrip at the corner of Chippewa Street and Gravois Avenue in the city’s Dutchtown neighborhood.

What is now an empty lot that sits vacant along Chippewa Street once used to be a popular Schnucks location. But it wasn't just any Schnucks---this particular location sat directly on the St. Louis City and St. Louis County line, which created some inconsistencies in every aspect.

When Gordon Ramsay raises his voice, it is usually about an undercooked dish. But last year, the celebrity chef was calling for help after a scary bicycle accident. “It really shook me,” says the avid cyclist in a June 15, 2024, Instagram post . “Honestly, I’m lucky to be here.” Ramsay says he didn’t suffer any major injuries, but he’s bruised and on the mend. And he’s again joining health care professionals in stressing the importance of wearing a helmet and biking within your means. “I don’t care how short the journey is,” Ramsay says. Biking accidents in the emergency department Kurt Bloomstrand, MD , an emergency medicine physician at OSF HealthCare, has treated people who have fallen off a moving object. It could be a bicycle, scooter or motorcycle. Sometimes it’s a child who’s learning their way. Or it could be an adult who didn’t hit the brakes in time. “A lot of times what happens

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For months, the DOJ has insisted to US courts that it has no jurisdiction over the people it rendered to Salvadoran detention facilities. But when the UN came asking, El Salvador told a very different story: these detainees are “exclusively” under US jurisdiction and legal responsibility. The contradiction is so blatant it’s almost insulting to […]

Calling all LEGO fans around St. Louis! A massive LEGO Convention will return to St. Louis County this summer for its third consecutive year.

SPRINGFIELD - This summer will bring $45 million in cash to a record-breaking 600,000 people who will receive money they didn’t even know they had from the state’s missing money program, and the only thing they must do is cash the check, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said today. The checks are part of the latest round of the Enhanced Money Match program – which takes the “claim” out of unclaimed property. Treasurer Frerichs’ office helps get the check in the mail by leveraging technology to return money to individuals, through I-CASH, the state’s unclaimed property initiative. Most of the matched claims in this Enhanced Money Match round equal $50 or less, though some people can have multiple claims and their checks will amount to much more. “The first thing we tell people, is this – the money belongs to you, the check is real, and this is not a scam,” Treasurer Frerichs said. “The second thing we tell them,

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The Washington University Police Department (WashU PD) will conduct an active shooter drill on July 9 at the South 40 residential area of the Danforth Campus.

It looks like Paul McCartney may be hitting the road again in 2025.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer seems to be teasing new tour dates, sharing a photo on…

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After Aug. 28, Missouri will end the state’s longstanding practice of seizing foster children’s Social Security benefits to cover the cost of foster care. Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday signed a bill that also bans child marriage and stop child sex abusers from using non-disclosure agreements to silence their victims. The bill was sponsored by […]

Older children in foster care would have their own attorneys and a commission will study how to improve legal representation throughout the foster care system under a bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. The provision Republican state Sen. Travis Fitzwater of Holts Summit added to a sweeping foster care bill makes changes to the […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s candidate to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advanced out of a Senate committee Wednesday following a party-line vote, moving her one step closer to confirmation. Susan Monarez’s nomination now goes to the floor, where she will likely secure the backing needed to officially take on the role […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) published a post on the New Dem Dispatch , the New Democrat Coalition’s Substack, detailing some of the lesser-known consequences of Congressional Republicans’ Big, Ugly Bill. In the post, Budzinski discusses the sweeping impacts of the bill on the healthcare industry, food assistance, working families’ bank accounts, American jobs, and public safety. Congresswoman Budzinski serves as Vice Chair for Policy of the New Democrat Coalition, a group of 115 center-left House Democrats committed to breaking through gridlock to deliver results for Americans. Read the full post on the New Dem Dispatch here , and below: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Republicans’ Big, Ugly Bill By Rep. Nikki Budzinski Last week, Congressional Republicans forced through one of the worst and most harmful bills in American history. For months, Democrats have joined the American people – who oppose

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