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A new book about the Grateful Dead is coming out next year in time for the band’s 60th anniversary.The Grateful Dead By Jim Marshall: Photos And Stories From The Formative…

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Park previously said that he found the cost of running brick-and-mortar stores to be expensive given rising electric and rent bills, and he wanted to focus on digital presence.

With more than $683 million in funding received from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the school also had the highest growth in NIH funding for the second year in a row.

A man reportedly freed after spending several months imprisoned in Syria following an apparent Christian pilgrimage has been identified as Travis Timmerman, a U.S. citizen from Missouri.

At least 16 district-issued credit cards “were not within the scope” of the investigation by an accounting firm.

Here is today's next selection from the ACS data dump. It's an odd statistic called the Racial Dissimilarity Index, which measures the percentage of white folks who would have to move in order to have the same racial distribution everywhere. In other words, lower is better. It means a city is less segregated. For a ...continue reading "Self-segregation is easing a bit in big cities"

A St. Louis-based venture capital firm has added an educational technology company to its portfolio as it sold its interest in an AI-focused student engagement platform.

WASHINGTON — The form to apply for federal financial student aid must roll out by Oct. 1 annually after President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Wednesday that ensures an earlier processing cycle. Though the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, typically launches in October each year, the U.S. Department of Education legally had […]

Federal prosecutors in St. Louis on Wednesday indicted 14 North Korean nationals in an alleged conspiracy to fraudulently obtain IT employment with U.S. firms.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  With occupancy rates continuing to drop in downtown St. Louis, state lawmakers could again consider a $102 million plan to subsidize the conversion of empty office buildings into residential dwellings. Sen. Steve Roberts, D-St. Louis, and Rep. Travis Wilson, R-St. Charles, have reintroduced legislation for the 2025 legislative session to create […]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has selected Melissa Price Smith to be Wesley Bell's successor as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney.

Banjo Poopola’s wife is the registered agent for Premier Finish Contractors, which has been paid $1.35 million for its work on city programs.

This is an okapi at the Los Angeles Zoo, reaching for a juicy tree leaf belonging to one of the 100 varieties of tree leaves they consume. Yummy!

Justin Christopher Vance was 18 when he was accused of shooting 32-year-old Terron Vales in the back in October 2023.

It is still unclear who will get to choose Bell's replacement. Both Parson and St. Louis County Executive Sam Page have claimed the authority to fill the vacancy.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday named his pick to replace St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell when he resigns to take a St. Louis-area Congressional seat.

EAST ST. LOUIS - East St. Louis Senior High School student Paishynce Prude has been selected to participate in the Girls Lead 2025 program, an initiative of the Illinois Council on Women and Girls, as announced by Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton. This program aims to empower young women by providing them with valuable leadership experiences and insights into state government. The Girls Lead 2025 program is designed to offer participants a transformative experience, which includes shadowing a female leader in state government for at least three days. In addition to this hands-on experience, participants like Prude will engage in workshops and "fireside chats" with prominent women leaders from across Illinois. As part of her involvement in the program, Prude will work alongside her assigned office to explore an ongoing policy issue. She will conduct research and develop a paper presenting her personal recommendations for potential solutions. The initiative seeks to

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and author of the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) Act —issued the following statement after the full committee voted to advance David Capozzi to serve on Amtrak’s Board of Directors. Capozzi would serve in the designated disability advocate seat on the board, which was created by a provision Duckworth authored and successfully included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. If confirmed, Capozzi would help ensure the senior Amtrak leadership hears the voices of individuals with disabilities who have demonstrated histories or experience with accessibility, mobility and inclusive transportation in passenger rail or commuter rail. His nomination now heads to the Senate floor for final confirmation. “I worked hard to create this position on Amtrak’s Board of Directors because it is important

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The governor's appointment is uncertain and depends on a judge's decision in St. Louis County.

CHICAGO – An Illinois Lottery player is bringing home more than just the bacon after they purchased a jackpot-winning $700,000 Lucky Day Lotto ticket at Jewel-Osco. “Occasionally when I go to the grocery store, I add a Quick Pick lottery ticket as part of my shopping list,” laughed the lucky winner. “I didn’t even find out I won until a week or so after the drawing. That’s when I went to a Lottery machine to check if my ticket had won, and the machine said ‘Congratulations, You Won’ but I didn’t know what the prize was.” The ticket was purchased for the Sunday, November 10 evening drawing at Jewel-Osco, located at 4660 West Irving Park Road, in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood. “Once I realized the prize was $700,000, I couldn’t believe it. I was in complete shock,” shared the Lucky Day Lotto winner. “I kept looking at my ticket to double check my numbers with the winning numbers.

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