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State Farm Insurance says deer are the #1 animal hit by cars.

Race: Listen. Learn. Live. Fighting Antisemitism is a special program produced by 5 On Your Side.

For the first time in more than a decade, the Missouri Department of Transportation is gaining staff instead of losing it.

With mortgage rates continuing to climb, here's an updated chart showing the average monthly payment on a 30-year mortgage: Monthly mortgage payments are still very high, but they've dropped since their peak thanks to falling home prices. They're about the same as they were one year ago.

In the era of the “electrification of everything,” the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection partnership is providing critical support to a pioneering construction pre-apprenticeship program at St. Mary’s South Side Catholic High School in St. Louis. Kelly Stokes, instructor, IBEW/NECA Electrical Industry Training Center Missouri Works Initiative will use a $30,000 Electrical Connection donation to expand its […]

A Lemay, Missouri, man was sentenced Thursday in connection with a 2020 murder in St. Louis City's Bevo neighborhood.

From founder Maxine Clark and CEO Sharon Price John to Baby Yoda and Mike Tyson, those who played a role in Build-A-Bear Workshop's growth to a $468 million toy retailer and entertainment business chronicle its 25-year history in the new documentary “Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story."

In addition to shelters being overcrowded, the number of stray dogs and cats on the streets continues to grow. Shelter leaders Weng Horak of CARE STL and Alisha Vianello of Gateway Pet Guardians share what animal shelters are going through and what you can do to help.

While we're on the subject of declining life expectancies for high school dropouts, here's another look at things: This is for people with low incomes, which is not the same thing as dropouts. Still, it's in the same ballpark, so this chart tells us a few things: Income for the poor has gone up fairly ...continue reading "Stagnant life expectancies for the poor probably aren’t related to health care"

The St. Louis community is honoring the life and legacy of the late Austin Layne Jr., the longtime president and founder of the funeral home that bears his name.

EDWARDSVILLE – Mayor Art Risavy announced the City has received a generous donation for the expansion of Edwardsville’s Plummer Family Park from Robert and Donna Plummer. “This substantial donation will allow the city to continue building out our 83-acre sports park,” Mayor Risavy said. “We are excited this additional funding will kick-start phase 2 of the park that will include four full-size baseball fields and other potential additions, such as more pickleball courts, sand volleyball courts, an expanded parking area and other features. “This next phase will be a literal game-changer for families seeking top-level sports options so close to Edwardsville’s restaurants, hotels, stores and attractions,” Mayor Risavy said. Plummer Family Park already boasts four turf youth baseball/softball fields, 12 pickleball courts and six multipurpose fields that regularly accommodate soccer, field hockey, flag football and other games and tournaments.

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A St. Louis man appeared in U.S. District Court on Thursday and admitted to several armed robberies in 2021.

Elon Musk really seems to hate paying legal bills (or, really, any bills), but now he’s got a few more to cover. Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Kathaleen McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery (who is quite familiar with Elon Musk and Twitter) has ruled that exTwitter has to cover the legal […]

Promised changes are coming with a series of cold fronts.

ROXANA - Roxana’s football team is red hot with six consecutive wins and on Friday night at home may have its biggest test to date against Breese Central in a 7 p.m. start. Breese Central enters Friday’s game 5-1 overall. The game will be live on Riverbender.com . Four keys to Roxana’s success this season have been its stellar Fearsome Foursome linebacker crew of Evan Wells, James Herring, Braden Johnson and Nick Newton. Roxana Head Football Coach Wade DeVries said sometimes the defense doesn’t get the attention it should, but this group of boys has been phenomenal throughout the 2023 football campaign. The linebacker crew are Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athletes of the Month for Roxana. Wells is a four-year starter on offense, who is starting his first year on defense as well and has been outstanding in both his roles on defense and offense, the coach said. “Herring had a tremendous off-season,” Coach DeVries added. “He is a three-year

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