Renata Cassiano Alvarez, the 2025 Visiting Artist in Residence at Laumeier Sculpture Park, works predominantly in clay, focusing on process to develop an intimate and collaborative relationship with her chosen […]
A former speaker of the Missouri House whose final year in office was dominated by allegations of misconduct is trying to become a judge in St. Louis County. Dean Plocher, a Republican from Des Peres, is among the 17 applicants for the circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County created when Thomas Albus was appointed […]
Union employees in the Cahokia Unit School District have been without a new contract for 38 days as negotiations between the union and the district continue to stall, with the union opposing the district's proposal to separate the three employee groups into separate contracts and district leaders arguing that the changes are long overdue and aim to improve student outcomes.
Details, such as starting date and run times, still are being worked out by the Missouri Department of Transportation, Amtrak and Union Pacific, the freight railroad that owns the tracks.
Have you heard the one about a ceremonial sword, the Trump administration and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene? It’s no joke, unfortunately. It’s also not as cutting an anecdote as you may think. After hearing from ousted library director Todd Arrington, I’m left with more questions than answers. National and local media […]
The word "agrivoltaics" is a combination of the terms agriculture and photovoltaic and it refers to farming and producing energy simultaneously. Jana Rose Schleis reports how the technology is being deployed across the Midwest.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A woman was hospitalized early Tuesday morning after being shot by a police officer on Interstate 70 in Earth City. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on eastbound I-70, near the Blanchette Bridge. The incident started after police received a call for [...]
Phillip Ramsey is a master gardener who’s planting fall produce in one of the community gardens he manages. It’s just two blocks from the Sun Fresh grocery store that operated at 31st Street and Prospect Avenue until it shut down in August. The retired Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient has lived in the neighborhood […]
ST. LOUIS - A cold front is beginning its pass through the region this Tuesday morning. A few light showers will be possible along and behind the front through the afternoon. The front will also work to kick the heavier rain over southern Illinois off to the east. So, widespread beneficial rain isn’t in the [...]
The book was completed in March of 1884, but wasn't published in the United States until Feb. 18, 1885. A wicked electrotyper nearly gave the fun-loving public a terrible shock.
Foreigner frontman Kelly Hansen will play his final show with the band on Saturday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. And it sounds like he’s not totally sure what he’ll do next.“I'm trying…