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One lucky community in southern Illinois is preparing to experience a total solar eclipse for the second time in seven years.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are about to bring their tour to Los Angeles’ Kia Forum for a two-night stand on April 4 and 7, and the rocker had…

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WASHINGTON — Political consultants and Beltway pollsters are setting up camp in purple states to join a towering battle for control of a narrowly split U.S. Senate, but come November, only the voters will make that choice. The road to the majority in the upper chamber of Congress mostly runs through Arizona, Montana and Ohio, […]

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Trailnet is launching its Drive the Change: Buckle Up Phone Down campaign, fueled by General Motors, this April.

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Over at the LA Times, Lorraine Ali selflessly spent a day on Truth Social and reports back: Twenty-four hours of scrolling through posts from “Truthsayers” on the two-year-old platform explained why the site is tanking. In short, partisan echo chambers are stale, musty spaces that lack the sort of oppositional views needed to make social ...continue reading "Hardened reporter spends a day on Truth Social"

A measure moving in the Senate would raise the age for annual exams of school bus drivers to 77.

A man from Sydney, Australia, won the title of Ultimate Fudge Master of the Universe after triumphing in a fudge-eating competition held at the Uranus Fudge Factory on March 30.

Rob Connoley of Bulrush has just been named as a nominee in the Best Chef: Midwest category of the James Beard Foundation’s (JBF) 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards. The shortlist was announced this morning, with Connoley competing with five other chefs for the honor, with results to be announced in Chicago on June 10. Connoley says he’s “super excited” to be featured in the final round.

From viewing parties and movie marathons to Moon Pie Custard and Solar Shandy, here's how to celebrate the 2024 eclipse in Collinsville.

As the iconic scientist and activist celebrates her 90th birthday, her message for younger generations is one of hope — and not fearing the next adventure.

Forget Mars colonies and self-driving cars. Elon Musk’s greatest challenge yet? Defeating Twitter’s relentless ‘pussy in bio’ spam army. And let’s just say, it’s not going well. It has really been quite incredible to watch Elon rediscover some of the basics of trust & safety best practices (though while consistently messing it up) as ExTwitter […]

The lawsuits name Sen. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville, Sen. Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg and Sen. Nick Schroer of St. Charles County.

Maplewood City Hall is encouraging its community to refrain from mowing their lawns from April 1 to 30 to preserve pollinator-friendly habitats for early spring.

Although St. Louis has claimed points in all but one league match, the club has not won since March 2.

A developer has plans to build duplexes in St. Charles' New Town neighborhood.