WASHINGTON — The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a prestigious cultural hub in the nation’s capital, will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday. The renaming comes after President Donald Trump named himself chair of the board in February in a major shake-up. He later fired […]
KISS recently received the Kennedy Center Honors at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., but it was without founding guitarist Ace Frehley, who passed away in October.Frehley knew the band had been chosen…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On July 18, a mild, overcast night in Nairobi, Kenya, a team of President Donald Trump’s top foreign aid advisers ducked into a meeting room at the Tribe Hotel, their luxury accommodations in the city’s diplomatic quarter, for a private dinner. The visitors from Washington included […]
The winner of Season 4 of "The Floor" has been revealed, and she's from the St. Louis area! Ashley Washburn from Litchfield, Illinois outlasted 99 other contestants on the popular FOX game show to take the crown.
Earlier this week, a Jefferson County Circuit Court judge issued a criminal summons for a Flordell Hills woman accused of scamming a fireworks business out of $8,000 worth of product.
EDWARDSVILLE - Main Street Community Center (MSCC) invites the community to join the third installment of its Global Talks series, featuring an exciting journey into the culture and traditions of Spain. The event will take place on Thursday, January 15, from 1:30 to 2:30 PM at MSCC and is completely free and open to participants age 50 and older. Led by Dr. Bezhanova, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), the presentation promises a fascinating exploration of Spain’s
A Wentzville man stole nearly $350,000 from his late mother's estate - including money intended for his siblings - and blew it on cryptocurrency and other online cash transfers, police say.
ST. LOUIS - On Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 17, 2025, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen convened a special meeting to allocate $350,000.00 to help low-income residents stay current on their utility bills this winter. Heat Up St. Louis will receive funding from the City’s Equitable Relief from Tax Utility fund to support at-risk households by paying overdue utility bills and keeping gas and electric services on line. “Today the Board of Aldermen took another step to help people facing
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research. The executive order will direct the attorney general to expedite the completion of the rescheduling process. The Biden administration had begun the rescheduling [...]
The Missouri Attorney General has launched an investigation into five companies using cryptocurrency kiosks to defraud consumers, issuing Civil Investigative Demands to show their anti-fraud policies and procedures.
A new box set dedicated to the early years of Ritchie Blackmore’s band Rainbow is due out in March.The Temple of the King 1975-1976, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the…
FCC boss Brendan Carr was dragged before Congress this week for some light questioning about his repeated, often-illegal abuses of FCC power. It was the first time the FCC has had to appear before Congress in five years, and the questioning, unsurprisingly, mostly dealt with Carr’s failed attempts to censor comedian Jimmy Kimmel for making […]
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