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The trial was delayed for several years in part by a series of mental evaluations.

Police are asking for the public’s assistance with identifying a man accused in a St. Louis jewelry store robbery last month.

It’s been a while since we last checked in on the esports industry or discussed any milestones it has reached. For a while there, we were seeing new ground broken on a nearly monthly basis, particularly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite all of that growth, we did mention that it was also […]

ALTON - Prestige Design & Renovations offers a wide range of construction and renovation services in the Riverbend area, and Lead Carpenter Eddie Rappel said they’re aiming to be the #1 general contractor in the area with a focus on customer satisfaction. “We put our heart and soul into every project,” Rappel said. “We’re not just there for a paycheck, we’re there to do a custom project, and the gratification factor that we receive is from the customers’ expressions, the customers that we just ‘wow!’” Prestige’s services include renovations, home additions, residential remodeling, commercial renovations, roofing services, and more. They serve the areas of Alton, Brighton, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Maryville, Hamel, Marine, and Fairview Heights. Rappel has 25 years of experience as a carpenter and said the company is a tight-knit crew of just three employees, himself included. “At the end o

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ST. LOUIS -- Firefighters have been called to the 4300 block of Laclede for a garage fire. The fire damaged two other nearby garages. Power lines located behind the Central West End homes were also down, and arcing. The fire appears to be out. Images from Bommarito Automotive SkyFOX Helicopter show damage to the building's [...]

St. Louis’ intimate one-ring circus, Circus Flora, is back at the Big Top in Grand Center. Artistic and executive director (and lifelong circus performer) Jack Marsh says acts such as aerialist Laura Lippert, the Globe of Speed, and world class juggler Roberto Carlos will thrill audiences in the circus’ 37th season that runs until June 25.

I just learned that the great Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho died today, at 70, as a result of brain cancer. If you’re not familiar with her strange and seductive sound world, you might start with Laterna Magica. I wrote about it for the Dallas Symphony (the 19-20 concert season), but I don’t believe I ever […]

ALTON - The 18th Annual Miles Davis Festival will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Post Commons, located at 300 Alby St. in Alton, on Saturday, June 3. Jared Hennings of Lewis & Clark will serve as master of ceremony, and the headliner for entertainment will be Porch Cafe, with NGK Band as the opening act. One of the big highlights of the Miles Davis Festival is to present $500 college scholarships to chosen area students. "Over the years, the jazz festival has provided an excellent showcase highlighting the area's local jazz talent to the delight of Riverbend jazz enthusiasts, while supporting future musicians on their way to college," Event Organizer Abe Lee Barham said. Scholarship winners are Marquette's Paige Masterson, Alton High's Aniayah Collins, and Alton High's Victor Humphrey. Profiles are to come on the scholarship winners. "We are honored to award the college-bound students with $500 college scholarships at the event," Barham said. Tickets for the event are $30 per

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Seven years ago, singer-songwriter Lizzie Weber was living on an island off the coast of Washington state when she was inspired to write her forthcoming album, “Fidalgo.” The pandemic brought her home to St. Louis, and she is now set to release it June 9. Weber calls the journey a “full-circle moment.”

Judy Kline, who was accused in a viral video of repeatedly harassing a family at their home in south St. Louis, is now facing a federal civil rights charge for a January 2022 break-in at the home.

St. Louis' Benson Hill and the soy industry, at large, see fish farms as an enticing frontier for sales — a surging market that can be powered by soybeans.

3M sold "forever chemicals" for decades. Will it foot the bill to get them out of our water supply?

Advantage Capital has made its first investment from a fund created to provide capital to minority-owned businesses with the goal of helping to “close the racial wealth gap," officials said.

Steven Capizzi, a former city prosecutor, will serve as the office's Chief Warrant Officer. Terry O'Toole, who worked with Gore in private practice, was hired as a senior adviser.

MHA President and CEO Jon Doolittle said this week that staffing shortages will improve, "even though we've got a big hill still to climb."

“We’re reinventing and we’re reimagining this event,” said Mona Vespa, president of Go! St. Louis.

As Amelia Mugavero walked into the Fox2 studio, ready to take on another day, she knew she had found her place in the world of journalism.