SAINT LOUIS - Kids at St. Louis Children’s Hospital received a surprise visit from their favorite superheroes. On Sept. 30, 2025, members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department’s SWAT team rappelled down the 12-story hospital building while dressed as superheroes. Not only did this serve as great mission-critical training for the officers, but it also brought joy to the patients and families at St. Louis Children’s. “We’re so thankful that our SWAT team, along with firefighters in the fire department, are able to save the day of so many children,” said Mitch McCoy, Director of Public Affairs and Information with the police department. “There’s just a lot of happy kids today.” The police officers teamed up with the St. Louis Fire Department and the St. Louis Police Foundation to conceptualize the training drills at Children’s. McCoy expressed the police department’s appreciation for the many people who
ST. LOUIS - Coming soon for St. Louis travelers: A new, nonstop international flight to London. On Wednesday, British Airways officially announced new direct seasonal flight service from St. Louis to London. Starting April 19, 2026, British Airways will begin seasonal service from St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), connecting [...]
The St. Louis Regional Freightway is pleased to release the St. Louis County Manufacturing and Logistics Industry Overview, which was developed in collaboration with the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. St. Louis County, Missouri, sits in the central part of the St. Louis region, surrounded by the City of St. Louis and the Mississippi River to the east, the Missouri […]
On This Day, Oct. 1, 1965…Bob Dylan headlined Carnegie Hall in New York City backed by the five musicians who would eventually find fame as The Band.The group, previously known…
Get ready for a swashbuckling adventure at the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station! We’re thrilled to announce the return of Pirates and Pumpkins—a fun-filled event where buccaneers of all […]
WASHINGTON — A large crowd gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday hours before a federal government shutdown to protest rising health care costs — the crux of Democrats’ stand against approving a temporary Republican funding bill. More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers joined activists and people who shared stories of rising health insurance premium costs at […]
Third in a five-part series. It had been a decade since Jess Deis’ last women’s wellness exam when Kentucky expanded Medicaid and she finally qualified for the state insurance program. Physicians recommend a cervical cancer screening — also referred to as a Pap smear, which is a swab of the cervix — as part of […]
As a middle-school student in 1980s Philadelphia, Shelley Hunter remembers getting to and from school pretty easily thanks to the city’s public transit service, SEPTA, which had bus and train routes near her home and her school. Sometimes, she even felt comfortable enough to take a city cab. Now, Hunter is a single mother of […]
More than 400 people were charged with pregnancy-related crimes during the two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights, research released Tuesday shows. Prosecutors across the country often charged people with some form of child neglect, endangerment or abuse based on allegations of substance use during pregnancy, according to an annual report from […]
Well, that happened. Disney’s decision to temporarily ban comedian Jimmy Kimmel for no coherent reason came with some very real costs for the Mickey Mouse club. According to journalist Marisa Kabas, Disney lost an estimated 1.7 million subscribers across Hulu, ESPN, and Disney+ due to public backlash and cancellations. Disney and ABC, hand in hand […]
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