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Dan Lauer, who led the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ entrepreneurship program for seven years, has been hired as chief entrepreneurship officer at Lindenwood University.

Police say a state trooper was wounded in southern Illinois during an exchange of gunfire that left a New Mexico motorist dead. Illinois State Police say a trooper stopped about 3 a.m. on Interstate 64 to assist a stranded motorist.…

Live Nation’s Concert Week runs May 10-16.

Investigators with the Illinois State Police have identified a man killed by a state trooper during an early-morning shootout on Interstate 64.

Kelly Clarkson and her stupid hair extensions are dead to us. In an outrageous decision that flies in the face of all taste and logic, last night Clarkson failed to move Neil Salsich through to compete in the live playoffs on The Voice.

A jury found former President Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and later defamed her by denying her claims, marking the first time Trump has been found liable for sexual misconduct at a trial. The nine-member jury found Trump did not commit rape, but jurors found him liable for sexual abuse, [...]

Experts say leaks of the potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, and would rapidly reduce global heating.

The Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell joined Fleetwood Mac in 2018 after Lindsey Buckingham's departure, and it sounds like he really liked the experience. “It was tricky at first. I am not used to copying other people’s songs,…

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A proposal making it harder to pass constitutional amendments, which one Democrat called “dog poop with icing,” is one step away from a statewide ballot. On Tuesday morning, the Missouri House voted 107-55 to pass a measure to set the majority needed to pass amendments at 57%. The current threshold is a simple majority and has been since the state was created in 1821. The measure needs one more vote in the state Senate. If approved, it would be on the November 2024 ballot unless Gov. Mike…

The inaugural season of St. Louis CITY SC reaches another milestone Tuesday; the beginning of a third active St. Louis-Chicago professional sports rivalry.

Today on TAP: Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do?

New batch of judges and lawyers surfaces as possible successors to embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner, who is set to resign June 1.

Content moderation at scale is impossible to do well. And, contrary to what most people believe, a huge part of content moderation is not “we have to suppress this content that scares us,” but just an attempt to “stop people from being jerks to others.” Unfortunately, too many people get confused, and think that “free […]

A Florissant, Missouri, man appeared in federal court Tuesday and was sentenced for a 2021 robbery at a local Kohl's store.

Sports betting is legal is nearly all states surrounding Missouri.

Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis has named a new executive chef with nearly 20 years' experience with the hotel brand.

Spencer's decision fits with a growing trend of aldermen making the board their primary occupation.

Pending Gov. Mike Parson's signature, college coaches can be more involved in athletes' NIL activity, while Missouri high school prospects will be free to earn endorsement money once they sign with in-state colleges.

EDWARDSVILLE – Metro-East Lutheran High School’s scholar bowl team defeated teams from high schools across Southern Illinois to win the championship of a televised game show tournament produced by PBS. MELHS won the 2023 Scholastic Hi-Q tournament in a match the team played in the fall but which was only recently released by PBS station WSIU Television. MELHS defeated Calloway County High School by a score of 655 to 455 to win the tournament. Calloway was the previous Hi-Q champion, having won the tournament in 2022. Thirty-two teams from high schools across southern Illinois competed in Scholastic Hi-Q, an academics-based game show that has been produced by WSIU Television in Carbondale since 1985. All the episodes of this year’s tournament are available for viewing on the PBS website ( https://www.pbs.org/show/scholastic-hi-q/ ). “Winning Scholastic Hi-Q in only our second year competing in it was a great way to start the season for us and really set the

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