EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High School has announced that 106 senior students have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars, representing nearly 20 percent of the class. Illinois State Scholars are selected based on the combination of the students’ exemplary college entrance exam scores (ACT/SAT) and class rank and GPA at the end of their junior year. The award is non-monetary; each student receives a congratulatory letter and a certificate of achievement from the Illinois
St. Louis County Library (SLCL) is preparing to begin construction on a new Chesterfield Branch, replacing the existing Samuel C. Sachs Branch at 16400 Burkhardt Place. The current facility is scheduled to close Jan. 31, with construction expected to start in February. The new branch is projected to open in early 2027. The replacement facility, […]
Bret Michaels has made his first comments since his Poison bandmate Rikki Rockett revealed in a New York Post interview that a 40th anniversary Poison tour was derailed when Michaels…
Changes to the organization that oversees high school athletics in Missouri are a top priority of state lawmakers this year, following allegations of discrimination under investigation by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. State Sen. Jason Bean, a Republican from Holcomb, and state Rep. Bennie Cook, a Houston Republican, have filed bills the past two years seeking […]
Rand Paul is furious. That’s because someone posted a video falsely accusing the Kentucky senator of taking money from Venezuela’s Maduro regime. Paul should know that the First Amendment sets a deliberately high bar for defamation of public officials like him. Under New York Times v. Sullivan, he must show not just falsity, but that the speaker knew […]
by MO Senator Curtis Trent From The Missouri Times: Missourians are beginning to see something our parents and grandparents once worried about but rarely experienced —a grid under strain. For fifty years, Missouri enjoyed some of the most reliable, affordable electricity in the nation because past leaders built power plants and transmission lines with the […]
ST. LOUIS - A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2026, confirmed that a winter storm warning and cold weather advisory are both items that should be taken seriously over the next three days. Mark Fuchs, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, provided additional insight into the storm’s progression. He noted that the St. Louis Metro area could receive about 5 inches of snow, with some locations around St. Loui
The thing afforded the highest protections of the Fourth Amendment is a person’s home. This isn’t even a controversial statement. It has been that way ever since this amendment was ratified. But, under Trump, we’re constantly seeing that the administration considers all rights to be privileges — something only granted to people this administration likes. […]
From Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies: As the number of cost-burdened households swells and the price per unit of constructing new housing balloons across the US, off-site construction offers community-based organizations (CBOs) a compelling way to build high-quality and often well-designed affordable housing in less time and at a reduced cost. A new paper summarizing […]
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