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The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has approved a $255 million spending plan involving the city's share of Rams settlement funds. The plan now heads to the mayor's desk for review.

ILLINOIS (WCIA) -- Illinois' Secretary of State is warning that ICE agents are once again operating on the state's streets, and he is condemning their use of vehicles without license plates. Alexi Giannoulias posted a public service announcement on social media about this phenomenon. He also included footage recorded by a passerby that showed an [...]

The historical stretch of Route 66 known as the Ribbon Road has been preserved for the next 100 years, with one mile of the original nine-foot-wide highway remaining intact and two miles freshly paved with bright Route 66 signage.

An Army Blackhawk helicopter made an emergency landing in a southwest Missouri field Wednesday morning due to a mechanical issue, and all crew members were safe with no injuries.

Former Gov. Mike Parson’s office spent $375,000 flying him around on state aircraft without keeping flight records showing why, and for a third of those flights auditors could not identify any state business purpose. That finding anchors a closeout audit of the governor’s office released Thursday by State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, which gave the office […]

Former Gov. Mike Parson used the state airplane for more than 50 trips to his hometown during his final two years in office, according to a new report by the Missouri auditor's office.

Metallica and Rush are contributing to relief efforts in Venezuela, which has been devastated by a pair of powerful earthquakes that hit the country on June 24.Metallica has announced a…

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Earlier this year we wrote about the ridiculous thin-skinned executives at Palantir suing a small independent Swiss online magazine, Republik, that had reported on the great lengths the company had gone to, trying to get the Swiss government to purchase Palantir’s surveillance technology. Palantir knew they couldn’t sue for defamation because, you know, everything Republik […]

The MYNT3D 3D Printing Pen is a handheld creative tool that allows users to draw in three dimensions using heated plastic filament. Instead of printing from a machine, this pen lets you manually create 3D objects by extruding melted plastic that quickly hardens. It uses FDM technology similar to 3D printers and is designed for […]

JERSEYVILLE - July 2, 2026, marked 15 years since Jared Hanna, a Jerseyville man who was 28 at the time, disappeared without a trace after he was last seen July 2, 2011, in Centralia in Clinton County. Hanna, a 28-year-old father of two from Jerseyville, was last seen on the morning of July 2, 2011, when he left his home. Later that day, surveillance video captured him purchasing a soft drink at a convenience store before leaving the area. Cell phone records later showed his phone near East

SPONSORED - Dr. Michael P. Schachter, Family Medicine, Primary Care Physician at St. Luke`s Concierge Medicine sits down with Brittany K to chat about concierge medicine. Find out what it is, how concierge medicine differs from a traditional primary care practice, some of the benefits it offers and whether or not it could be a [...]

From the Sept. 11, 2001, attack to the 250th birthday of America, an Imperial, Missouri couple has come full circle, painting flags to symbolize their feelings ahead of the Fourth of July.

CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined legislators and community members at Sway Dispensary to celebrate the passage of SB 3222, landmark legislation that prohibits the sale of intoxicating hemp to minors and advances safety, equity, and oversight in the cannabis industry. Signed into law last month , SB 3222 provides commonsense regulations around intoxicating hemp products — including Delta-8, THC-P, and HHC — that had previously been sold outside Illinois' regulated

Your water bills could rise next year. Missouri American Water is asking state regulators to approve a base rate increase that could cost the average customer anywhere from an extra $15-23 per month.

FERGUSON, MO. - A local family is grieving after a beloved mother was shot and killed in Ferguson, Mo., on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, after getting caught in crossfire at a BP gas station. The loved ones of 35-year-old Shakeela Martin, identified as the victim, are now turning to the community for help. Martin is a mother of five. Loved ones have asked the region for help with funeral costs and support for her children. According to a GoFundMe organized by Whittley Anderson , Martin had taken

AVISTON - Bryce Wieter struck out six en route to throwing a five-inning no-hitter as the Aviston Post 1239 Express totally shut down Alton Post 126, taking a 10-0 win over the Legionnaires in a District 22 American Legion baseball game played Tuesday night, June 30, 2026, at Aviston. Post 126's Senior Legion team is now 12-8 overall as the calendar turns to the Fourth of July weekend, with an important Fourth of July weekend tournament around the corner, and the District 22 playoffs coming

These St. Louis-area businesses have closed in the first six months of the year.