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A Rolla man was killed in a motorcycle crash after colliding with a deer on County Road 7344 near Rolla, as he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

Election officials say voters cast more than 15,000 ballots in St. Louis County on Tuesday, the first day of no-excuse in-person absentee voting for the 2024 general election.

EDWARDSVILLE — The Edwardsville High School Marching Band, known as the Marching Tigers, will hold its final community performance after the Edwardsville football game on Friday night at the EHS Sports Complex, Tiger Stadium. This free event will showcase the band’s show for the 2024-25 season, titled "The Origins of E-vil." The performance marks the culmination of a busy competition season for the Marching Tigers, who will also compete at the Bands of America (BOA) St. Louis Super Regional at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Additionally, the band will perform during halftime at the senior night home football game against DeSmet on the same day. Should the Marching Tigers qualify for the finals at the BOA St. Louis, they will perform again on Saturday. This past weekend, the Marching Tigers participated in the BOA Indy Super Regional in Indianapolis, where they performed at Lucas Oil Stadium. The band placed ninth in their class and 35th overall, competing against 88

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I talk a lot about confirmation bias here because it’s at the heart of many of the debates and discussions regarding disinformation. It’s something we can all fall prey to, at times. But lately, I’ve been thinking a lot more about what makes one more susceptible to confirmation bias, and I’m increasingly coming around to […]

A reporter for a Kansas City television station was struck by a bullet fragment Tuesday while covering a shooting range campaign event for Democrat Lucas Kunce. Kunce, a Marine veteran hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, provided first aid to KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa after a bullet fragment ricocheted off a target and struck […]

The new facility will feature two dozen pickleball courts and a range of onsite amenities.

Former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was sentenced to a pretrial diversion program after admitting to misusing public funds. According to a Wednesday news release from U.S. Attorney Sayler Fleming's office, Gardner admitted to directing her employees to issue her checks from the office's contingent fund. The news release said she deposited the money, which totaled $5,004.33, into her own bank account and used it to pay a fine and other costs associated with a disciplinary order issued by…

We will never be able to see Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young again now that David Crosby has passed, but Graham Nash says it’s doubtful he’ll ever play with his other…

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O'FALLON - Join us on Thursday, Nov. 7, 6-7:30 p.m., for “From Southern Illinois to Ukraine: A Faith Response by HSHS,” to learn about how HSHS hospitals in the southern Illinois area are helping provide critical resources to health care facilities around the world, including Ukraine. The event will be held at St. Clare Church, located at 1411 Cross St., O’Fallon, Ill. Amid war in Ukraine, Hospital Sisters Mission Outreach – a global health affiliate of HSHS – has shipped five 40’ containers of requested medical supplies and equipment to Ukrainian hospitals. HSHS hospitals in southern Illinois, including St. Elizabeth’s Hospital-O’Fallon, St. Joseph’s Hospital-Breese, St. Joseph’s Hospital-Highland and Holy Family Hospital-Greenville, contributed to the effort to support Ukrainian hospitals in both rural and urban areas who are delivering health care to their communities, even with an influx of internal refugees and both

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A St. Louis County man is accused in multiple foot fetish assaults and attacking an officer prior to his arrest on Tuesday.

The driver was speeding down I-55 before he lost control of the car, traveled off the left side of the roadway and overturned, according to MSHP.

On This Day, Oct. 23, 2010 ...Members of Buffalo Springfield — Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay — reunited for Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California. It was the band’s first…

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According to the Society of Family Planning, the number of abortions in the US went up after a dozen different states passed near-total abortion bans. The increase is entirely due to the growth of telehealth: What's more surprising is that abortion bans haven't even reduced abortions in the states where they're banned. Women in those ...continue reading "Abortion bans have mostly backfired"

Faced with a future of uncertainty and change, four people share the climate messages they chose to wear forever.

Jerome McDaniels, 46, was found dead in the road Oct. 14.

Prosecutors say the former St. Louis Circuit Attorney impermissibly used $5,004.33 in taxpayer funds to settle an ethics complaint.