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A reader has pointed me to some additional data on this morning's burning question about American History professors. Out of a total of 245 doctorates awarded in American History, here's the racial breakdown: Give or take a bit, just under 100 tenure track positions were hired in American History in 2022. The total number of ...continue reading "Yep, there are still plenty of white folks being hired in American History"

Hadi Zaqout, 12, and his mother Kamilia Zaqout sat down with Annie Krall in Kirkwood as Hadi prepares to get a prosthetic leg.

Here's an interesting tidbit I happened to run across today. For the past eight years Pew has been asking people if they believe their side is mostly winning or mostly losing on important issues. Here are the results: Generally speaking, people think they're losing when the other party is in power. That's natural. But in ...continue reading "Everyone thinks they’re losing these days"

With max wind gusts at 97 mph, the area just south of Mehlville was hit hard.

Two EF1 tornadoes ripped through two small Illinois towns, Carlyle and New Baden.

Nick Lodolo came off the injured list to pitch 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Jeimer Candelario homered and the Cincinnati Reds won a season-high fourth straight game, 3-1 over the St. Louis Cardinals.

After a former Mizzou student was sentenced to jail time for hazing, Danny Santulli's family hopes Missouri lawmakers will consider passing legislation to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

It’s become a Memorial Day tradition for one north St. Louis City businesswoman. Deb Creswell honors the fallen and first responders and gives back to her community by giving away free meals.