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Prepare for a weekend brimming with family-friendly excitement. Explore a diverse array of activities that everyone can relish together during this holiday weekend.

Sunrise in the desert, near the spot where I set up for astrophotography.

Sen. Karla Eslinger makes her debut on Politically Speaking. The Wasola Republican joins St. Louis Public Radio's Sarah Kellogg and Jason Rosenbaum to discuss the upcoming veto session. Eslinger also spoke on education, foreign acquisition of farmland as well as the 2024 session and election.

In her reply on Thursday, Jones told Bailey his quips insulted police officers and others trying to defuse violence in the city every day.

EDWARDSVILLE – Six female engineering students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville had the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look into motorsports at PNC's Girls Day at the track. Held in partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing, the event took place during the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 qualifying event at the World Wide Technology Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 26. The SIUE students met Scott Dixon, driver of the number 9 PNC Bank Honda, six-time IndyCar champion and winner of the 2008 Indianapolis 500. They also had the opportunity to connect with Dixon’s gearbox mechanic Anna Chatten. “Due to women in engineering being a minority, it's rare for a woman in engineering to hear about a day in the life of another woman engineer directly, especially one who works on race cars,” said Katherine Schneider, sophomore mechanical engineering major from Red Bud. “Thanks to Anna, I was able to learn more about how the paddle shift system on the

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Joe Biden's press secretary says he is "constantly working every day to get things done." National Review's Charles Cooke isn't buying it: This line reflects unmitigated contempt for her audience — which, given KJP’s job, is the entire American public. She knows what she’s saying isn’t true. And she knows that everyone knows that what ...continue reading "Get real, conservatives: Joe Biden is perfectly productive and energetic"

A Minnesota-based swim-school operator, founded 30 years ago, has expanded its local footprint with the addition of a St. Louis County location.

A new study underscores an enduring nuclear legacy as Japan releases wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific.

Stevie Limmer LaChance has never known a world without the Original Crusoe's (3152 Osceola Street), the old-school south St. Louis bar and grill her father first opened in 1979. Her parents met there, and — like many kids of restaurant owners — she and her brother then grew up there. About 10 years ago, as her father, Steve Limmer, dealt with Parkinson's, LaChance took over the business, and she and her husband Elliot have kept it going through the COVID-19 pandemic and what have been some very tough years in the restaurant business.

For  the past 52 years the Masonry Institute of St. Louis, in its mission to promote the use of masonry, has provided professionals in the St. Louis construction industry with technical information and design inspiration. The institute has announced its 2023-2024 “lunch and learn” seminar series. All events are scheduled from noon to 1PM. They […]

ST. LOUIS -- The Original Crusoe's is closing its restaurant. The eating establishment has been a fixture in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of south St. Louis for the past 44 years. Patrons will want to stop by over the next few weeks as they use up the remaining inventory. The owner posted this message to [...]

A bank is expanding its office space to an additional floor in the building that a subsidiary owns in Clayton.

The victim was identified as 49-year-old James W. Davis.

Back in May of this year, the USPTO put out a request for public comments from interested parties in how to modernize its policies and/or copyright law to combat counterfeiting and online piracy. The world’s easiest prediction would have been that the copyright industries would request more stringent copyright rules and heavier and faster policing […]

For your amusement here are some details about consumer spending in the second quarter of the year. This chart shows the 15 biggest gainers and losers compared to the first quarter: We started buying eggs again! Sports and air transportation were up considerably too. The biggest loser, for some reason, was audio discs and downloads. ...continue reading "Consumer spending highlights: Eggs are back!"

Today on TAP: The Health and Human Services Department recommends loosening federal restrictions on cannabis.

Congratulations, Angela Pearson, special projects manager, at the Mayor’s Office of the City of St. Louis! Pearson will be honored as a St. Louis young leader at the St. Louis American Foundation’s twelfth annual Salute to Young Leaders Networking Awards…

FC Cincinnati officially clinched a spot in this year's MLS Cup Playoffs before anyone else Wednesday evening. Could St. Louis CITY SC be next to punch their ticket to the big dance?