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The next step is possible renovations of Lambert Airport.

A few dozen protestors called on the county council to pass a resolution demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

ALTON - A local photographer is working on a project that aims to destigmatize cannabis use by highlighting prominent cannabis users in the Riverbend community. By taking photos of business owners, volunteers and other big names in the area while they use cannabis, Taralei Griffin hopes to break the stereotype behind marijuana. Her work will also promote the Last Prisoner Project, an initiative that pushes for criminal justice reform so no one is imprisoned for possessing or using cannabis. “People should not be having their lives ruined over this healing plant,” Griffin said. “So that’s kind of my goal. I’m going to be starting this photography project because I feel like there’s such a strange dissonance with the sheer amount of people in this area who do rely on it to get through their day, whether it’s medically or just to unwind in the evenings, but then there’s still so many people who are scared of it and don’t understand.

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Rebirth Brass Band 8 p.m. Thursday, January 11.

Thursday 01/11 Art for Arf's Sake The Foundry Art Centre (520 North Main Center, St. Charles) has officially gone to the dogs, with an art exhibition curated and designed specifically for our favorite four-legged companions.

The man accused of murdering a man in Clayton back in November is due in court Wednesday.

Bonnie Raitt is using her fame to bring attention to a documentary short film that has a chance at an Oscar nomination this year.  The singer’s Instagram page is highlighting the film The Last…

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The family of a woman killed in an April crash is questioning why prosecutors reduced the driver's DWI charge — and she says she thinks her daughter is being blamed for the crash.

Local governments nationwide have considered symbolic cease-fire resolutions calling on an end to the fighting in Gaza.

Democratic Congressman Mike Quigley was at the U.S. Capitol Building during the insurrection. He wonders how it might impact this year's Presidential election.

Back in 2019 we noted how the streaming sector risked driving consumers back to piracy if they didn’t heed the lessons of the past. We explored how the rush to raise rates, nickel-and-dime users, implement arbitrary restrictions, and force users toward hunting and pecking their way through a confusing platter of exclusives and availability windows […]

A Democratic state representative booted from her party’s caucus because of her association with a man described as a Holocaust denier and another called a conspiracy theorist is running for governor. State Rep. Sarah Unsicker of Shrewsbury went to Washington, D.C., and announced her bid for Missouri’s highest office in front of the U.S. Capitol. “What is happening in Missouri is a global emergency,” Unsicker said in a news release. “There is no justice in our courts. Our politicians…

A former health care executive has returned to Thompson Coburn LLP’s St. Louis office as a partner.

The district’s plans for the multi-million-dollar headquarters could include selling all or part of the property to a developer.

He also defended his department’s decision to withhold body camera footage that could clear up what happened there.

Pat and Carol Schuchard — the husband-and-wife duo behind historic event venues including Boo Cat Club, Das Bevo and Majorette — this fall plan to open their newest venue in a former Catholic church and adjacent rectory in the city’s The Gate District neighborhood.