The highly anticipated Freddie Mercury auction at Sotheby’s is now over, and to say it was a rousing success is an understatement. In total, Freddie Mercury: A World of his Own brought in $50.4…
SEDAN, Kan. — James Rainbolt typically can tackle most problems at his rural water plant with some extra time or money. But he can’t fix this. “I just can’t make it rain,” he said. Like others across Southeast Kansas, Rainbolt remains helpless as he watches a persistent drought dry up the local water supply. He […]
The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms […]
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. -- Illinois State Police have been called to investigate a fatal crash on Route 4 at US Route 40. Three people are dead after a head-on collision between two vehicles. The crash happened at around 3:15 a.m. Friday. According to police, a man was driving a car southbound on Route 4 near [...]
To be clear: SpaceX’s Starlink service is a game changer for those out of range of broadband access. Getting several hundred megabits per second in the middle of nowhere is a decidedly good thing, assuming you can afford the $600 hardware and $110 a month subscription cost. That said, a few telecom analysts had quietly […]
The city of St. Charles said it was "left with no choice" but to seek a temporary restraining order against Ameren (NYSE: AEE), claiming the company has failed to respond to the city's orders to halt the construction of an extraction well.
Ameren Missouri in return is arguing that the well is only necessary due to "irresponsible" and "inappropriate" actions of the city to hamper contamination cleanup efforts at the Elm Point Wellfield.
The city announced Thursday that it has filed a motion for…
The United Auto Workers Union announced the General Motors Assembly plant in Wentzville was one of three factories to go on strike overnight Thursday after a contract was not reached by union officials negotiating with Big 3 automakers in Detroit.
UAW International President Shawn Fain in a live social media post Thursday night called on one plant in three states – General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan, in suburban Detroit; and a Stellantis Jeep…
Although now dead for nearly 50 years — she expired in 1976 at age 85 — Agatha Christie remains as mysteriously ubiquitous as ever. Rivaled in sales only by William Shakespeare — and let’s acknowledge that he received a 330-year head start — Christie has conservatively moved more than 2 billion books since The Mysterious Affair at Styles, her 1920 debut.
A recent report by an international human rights group ranked Missouri in the bottom third of all states for child rights, in part because Missouri still allows child marriage and corporal punishment in schools. The report, published by the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch, measured every state’s laws against the standards of the Convention on […]
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