Weeks after former President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term, the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election found its way to Missouri. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and one of Trump’s lawyers, appeared via Zoom before a Missouri House oversight committee in December 2020 to […]
PERU, ILLINOIS — If you’ve never seen a “fish out of water,” you just may want to visit Peru, Illinois, where -- on any given afternoon this summer -- you may see four of them. “It’s definitely a big culture change for sure,” said Tobey Jackson, 19, one of four college baseball players who are [...]
Eric Nepute agreed Wednesday to pay an $80,000 fine to the federal government and stop claiming his products prevent or treat COVID-19 without scientific evidence.
More than 600 communities across the U.S. have decided to build their own broadband networks after decades of predatory behavior, slow speeds, and high prices by regional telecom monopolies. That includes the city of Bountiful, Utah, which earlier this year voted to build a $48 million fiber network to deliver affordable, gigabit broadband to every […]
The top priority of many Missouri parents and educators is school safety, according to a survey presented at the latest State Board of Education meeting. But statewide safety improvements for schools didn’t garner much traction during the legislative session that ended in May, with most proposals dying without ever making it to the full House […]
New grass at the home of the Cardinals and a high-tech approach at the pitch for the city's Major League Soccer team are helping to keep the fields in shape during the sweltering St. Louis summer.
A 16-year-old boy was charged Wednesday in connection with a June mass shooting in downtown St. Louis that left one person dead and about a dozen others injured.
The Rowan Community Center (RCC) recently celebrated a 50th Anniversary weekend to mark the milestone. A fundraising reception was hosted by the Griot Museum of Black History. Another event was held the following day outside the RCC to bring together…
Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, approach, it’s a timely moment to look further at dilemmas wrought by the […]
This Friday morning, St. Louis experiences rain, thunderstorms, and some fog. Flash flooding remains a significant concern as the heaviest rainfall targets areas already soaked from the past two mornings.