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The St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Louis proved to be great this year, drawing large crowds despite the cold weather.

The St. Patrick's Day Parade attracted a significant crowd, with numerous families in attendance.

Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at a Dollar General store in Nokomis, Illinois.

Bob Somerby quoted Sen. Katie Britt today saying that human trafficking across the Mexican border has grown from $500 million in 2018 to $13 billion today—meaning 2021. Is this really true? Nope. It's a widely cited statistic, but as near as I can tell every single repetition can be sourced back to a New York ...continue reading "Human trafficking has barely changed at all since 2018"

Gov. Parson acknowledged the St. Louis region's outsize role in the state's economy, calling it the "No. 1 driver in the state" and the primary "hub."

Dan Rolfes, a basketball coach and athletic director for St. Louis-based high school Incarnate Word Academy, suffered a medical emergency Friday after leaving a state basketball tournament game.

It’s time for another entry in our series of spotlight posts looking at the winners of the sixth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1928! We’ve already featured Best Visuals winner Flight from Podunk Station and Best Adaptation winner Mickey Party, and today we’re taking a closer look at the winner of Best […]

A group of six people robbed a 12-year-old boy at gunpoint Friday evening in south St. Louis.

The first test of delivering food aid to Gaza via the sea is a success: We did it! Teams of @WCKitchen and @openarms_fund working hard to offload all 200 tons…12 trucks! This was a test! To learn…we could bring thousands of tons a week..with what we learn we will get better…working with the local communities ...continue reading "Food aid to Gaza is starting to pick up"

In polls, about half of Americans think Joe Biden's age would affect his ability to do the job. As usual, though, it's instructive to see how this breaks down: It's not "Americans" who think Biden is too old. It's Trump supporters.