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Edward Norton has been cast to play legendary folk singer Pete Seeger in the upcoming Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, Deadline reports. Norton is replacing actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who had to drop out the project, which is set…

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Rental costs are up 6.5% from a year earlier, nearly twice the pre-pandemic pace. Check out how rent prices have changed in St. Louis.

It is January 26 and the Border Patrol finally released its official apprehension figures for December. This is the latest it's ever been. Is it a traditional Friday night news dump for bad news? Maybe! Because it was definitely bad news. As expected, CBP reported a whopping total of 302,000 encounters on the southern border: ...continue reading "Illegal immigration skyrockets in December"

The latest episode of The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air is a first: It's the first ever episode of St. Louis on the Air to be recorded entirely in the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg interviewed Gov. Mike Parson and Democratic state Rep. Ashley Aune. The duo also broke down Parson's final State of the State speech — and the recent legislative dysfunction.

St. Louis police said an armed man had been locked inside a hotel room with a woman and her two children.

To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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An upcoming biopic on the Ramones is the subject of a new court case brought by Linda Ramone, widow of guitarist Johnny Ramone. Linda is suing Joey Ramone's brother Mitchel Hyman, better known by his stage…

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Budweiser took their world-famous Clydesdales to social media Thursday with a preview of their commercial for Super Bowl LVIII.

The celebrity restaurant concept would replace Gerard Craft’s Cinder House restaurant, which shuttered earlier this month.

ALTON – The Elephant’s Graveyard production concludes the Actor’s Studio Series at Alton Little Theater this weekend – Jan. 26, 27 and 28. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, then continue at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, and conclude with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. The Elephant’s Graveyard was originally by George Brant and is set in the small town of Erwin, Tenn., during September of 1916. It tells the true tale of a tragic collision between a struggling circus and the townspeople, resulting in the only known lynching of an elephant. The play combines historical facts and legend, exploring the deep-seated American craving for spectacle, violence and revenge. Lee Cox, executive director of ALT, said she loves the Studio Series and seeing the acting talent throughout the area. Fans should love the cast of The Elephant’s Graveyard, she said. One of the cast members is Riverbender.com’s own O

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St. Louis audiences are getting their first look at two well-received recent Broadway shows with the current run of Funny Girl and last weekend’s Jagged Little Pill at the Fabulous Fox Theatre (527 North Grand Boulevard, fabulousfox.com) . Both shows are thoroughly compelling, and Funny Girl, featuring breakout star Katerina McCrimmon, is absolutely worth your time and attention during this premiere tour. Funny Girl, loosely based on the rise of comedian Fanny Brice and fall of her second husband Neal Arnstein, is stuffed with a little something for everyone.

A St. Louis man was sentenced Friday to two life sentences in a July 2020 shooting outside a Berkeley gas station.

The FBI’s counter-terrorism work has always been noted for its willingness to radicalize people just to arrest them. The FBI has a lot of wins in the win column, but many of those wins have been obtained through… well, let’s call it what it is: cheating. People with mental issues or deep wells of insecurity […]

Crews with the St. Louis Fire Department have responded to a building collapse Friday afternoon in south St. Louis.

The person responsible could face a fine of $100,000 and imprisonment for a year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said.

He is being held without bond.

St. Louis-based startup Juristat, which has developed software that provides statistical analysis for patent applications, says investment from a private equity firm will help expand its team and services.