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Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen is recovering from what's described as a "procedure," and will have to miss the band's scheduled shows this Friday and Saturday. On Instagram, the band…

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GODFREY - The Annual Cookies and Cocoa For Community Christmas event carries on the legacy of David Freer's commitment to this particular charity year after year. David, who was a Freer Auto Body founder in Godfrey, died in September 2008, but his family has continued collecting and raising funds for the charity ever since his death in memory of him. Community Christmas is a United Way program that provides support to dozens of local non-profits in Southwest Illinois. Community Christmas donations assist the less fortunate during the holiday season to make sure who otherwise wouldn't have it, have toys, clothing, etc. Freer Auto Body's Christmas In July this year collected an astounding $52,000 for the charity. Margaret Freer, a current owner of Freer Auto Body and David's mother, said indeed they as a family have always tried to remember David year after year in this special way - supporting his favorite charity, Community Christmas. Lily and Taylor Freer have been catalysts

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“I look forward to reviewing this commission’s work to chart a course that restores the vitality of Black communities in our city after decades of disinvestment."

Police are still determining an exact location where the shooting and carjacking took place.

GLEN CARBON - The Autism Clinic at Hope is committed to giving children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) professional care and attention so they can soar. The recently commemorated location at 4559 Benes St. in Glen Carbon focuses primarily on preschool ages children. Presently, there are some openings at the center for anyone interested. For more than a half-century, Hope has pursued a single mission: to help children with disabilities achieve their full potential. For decades, they have carefully cultivated a culture of hope for children, no matter how great the challenges they may face. Hope’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) intervention services hits the core of helping children with autism by following one simple rule: every child is unique and the Hope team will develop individual treatment plans to best meet their needs. Through a Preschool ABA program, children learn by playing with their peers and with small group activities. Some learn to communicate by exchanging

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A St. Louis-based regional nonprofit that provides civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families is moving its headquarters to space downtown.

Meanwhile, Rep. Ann Wagner of Town and Country breaks with fellow Republicans and votes for the measure.

What you need to know ahead of the busy travel season and security at airports.

Willie “Bill” Dawson was still delivering Meals on Wheels at 85. When he was 103, he threw out the first pitch at a Cardinals game.

A judge in St. Louis suspended sentences for a woman convicted of murdering her boyfriend and instead placed her on probation.

Brittney Griner has been freed from jail in Russia as part of a prisoner swap for Victor Bout, an arms dealer currently serving a 25-year sentence in the medium-security Marion Penitentiary in Illinois. The swap is getting a lot of flak, especially from conservatives, since Bout is a legitimate bad guy while Griner is little ...continue reading "Was it right to swap Brittney Griner (innocent basketball player) for Viktor Bout (guilty arms dealer)?"

WASHINGTON - The United States Navy Band awarded the inaugural Alton Augustus Adams Sr. Award for Emerging Composers to Jaylin Vinson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for his chamber work “Afrophilia.” “Afrophilia is a sonic expression of my love of African and African diasporic music. It incorporates harmonic and melodic idioms from jazz, hip-hop, and gospel. This piece is a raw product of me exploring and loving every sense of Blackness that is quintessential to my existence,” said Vinson. “Afrophilia” will be premiered by the U.S. Navy Band Woodwind Quintet on Feb. 9, 2023, at Howard University’s Childers Recital Hall at 12:40 p.m. A violinist, Vinson is pursuing a Bachelor of Music in composition from the Sheperd School of Music at Rice University in Houston. The award honors the Navy Band’s first Black bandmaster, Chief Musician Alton August Adams Sr., who led an all-Black Navy band at the height of racial segregation policies

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Jamel I. Ursery, 30, of Maryland Heights, was charged under Missouri's “revenge porn” law for stealing explicit videos from a woman's phone and posting them online without her consent.

Former St. Louis-area congressman William Lacy Clay, now working as a lobbyist for a Washington D.C. law firm, has been awarded a contract with University City.

A man is behind bars after a shooting-turned-carjacking Monday evening in Sunset Hills.

This is the lowest average Missouri drivers have seen since Oct. 2021, AAA said.

ST. LOUIS - Although the holidays can be a time of joy, they can also be a time of stress for people struggling with mental health disorders. Getting out of normal routines, extra family gatherings and less healthy foods can all lead to an increase in symptoms. Independence Center, a local nonprofit dedicated to helping adults living with mental illness, wants to remind people of some simple tips to help those struggling with mental health have a good holiday season. Independence Center Executive Director Trish Holmes said stress and anxiety typically play a significant role in triggering mental health symptoms. She said paying attention to what is causing those feelings can help people avoid those triggers. “Stressors around the holidays can range from past memories of substance abuse, financial restrictions or dealing with difficult family members and friends that you only see around the holidays,” said Holmes. “We encourage our members to put themselves and

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A fourth teen was indicted yesterday for the April shooting death of a St. Louis County cab driver. Trishawn Jones, of St. Louis County, was 17 when he allegedly shot and killed Dewight Price, 54. In explaining why Jones would be tried as an adult, U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming said in a statement today that "the juvenile system would not provide a range of punishment commensurate with this crime."

I read a piece in the Washington Post last night about a couple who took their baby to the ER and subsequently had both their kids taken away by Child Protective Services. Why? Because an X-ray on the kid in the ER showed a healed fracture on his rib cage, which is taken as all ...continue reading "Raw data: Child maltreatment in the United States"