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The St. Louis Board of Aldermen now has the historic 14 members that will help guide the city into a new era following the Tuesday April 4 Municipal Election. Instead of 28 members, the board has been reduced by half.…

National Review's Jeffrey Blehar is unhappy about the victory of liberal Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin's supreme court race: The rollback of the significant Tea Party-era gains made by the GOP in the state now seems, if not foreordained, then on the horizon. Democrats have seized control of the state Supreme Court — once held by ...continue reading "Wisconsin votes to remain in the 21st century"

Proposition L, the bond issue for the library, passed on Tuesday with 87.1  percent of voters voting yes for the proposition. Library board member, Charlie Hinderliter, told supporters of Maplewood’s Proposition L on Tuesday night, that the campaign was well funded, with generous in-kind donations as well. He said 44 percent of the donations came […]

Mary Curtis, 30, was charged with one count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child on Thursday.

Ten years after voters approved cutting the St. Louis Board of Alderman in half, a new board has been elected. 

The settlement amount is a jump from a previous proposal of $2 billion.

City Councilman Charles Powell III won the mayor's seat Tuesday with nearly 45% of the vote.

St. Louis city police are investigating a car crash at Cora Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, stemming from a pursuit with St. Louis County police. Neighbors said the horrible accident is something that could have been avoided. 

The Cardinals will start Miles Mikolas in the 12:15 p.m. game on Wednesday as they try to avoid a sweep of the three-game series.

Michael Browning has beaten Tina Pihl to become the alderman for St. Louis' 9th ward, an area the includes a portion of the Central West End and Forest Park Southeast, as well as the Cortex Innovation District. Preliminary results show Browning leading with 63 percent of the vote, with 100 percent of the city reporting.

HARDIN - Calhoun County voters have officially re-elected the Kampsville Village President, and have also elected a few trustees and school board members in the April 2023 Consolidated Election. Amanda Johnson won her re-election bid as Kampsville Village President. Johnson defeated challenger Angelia Suhling and won 56% of the vote, while Suhling received 23% of the vote with 100% of precincts reporting . Johnson will serve for aonther full four-year term. Kamspville voters also elected William J. Agney and Gary W. Smith as Kampsville Village Trustees, and both will serve for unexpired 2-year terms. Three total candidates competed for two open positions - Josephine D. Becker was not elected. Ken Schleeper was elected as a member of the Board of Education for Brussels Community Unit School District No. 42. He won 62% of the vote and defeated Michael Gilbreth, who received 51% of the vote. Schleeper will serve an unexpired 2-year term. David Schleeper, Ashley Affholder, and

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The St. Louis Circuit Court and Circuit Attorney’s Office both want a man back in custody who was just released after a violent incident.

An extra special treat for Captain John Winkler, the pilot aboard Tuesday's Greater St. Louis Honor Flight.

Huntsville, Alabama police officer William Darby was the only officer on the scene who felt a suicidal man needed to be murdered. And he was the last to arrive, uninvited, to a scene apparently under control, handled by two other officers who were doing an admirable job de-escalating the situation. Darby made his decision to […]

CARLINVILLE - Macoupin County voters have officially elected several trustees, alderpeople, and school board members in the April 2023 consolidated election. Gillespie, Eagerville, and Royal Lakes voters also decided on a few public questions that were on their respective ballots. Macoupin County’s most crowded city/village-level race saw five candidates compete for three open spots as trustees for the village of Royal Lakes. Angela M. Sanders, Charrease Frazier, and Henry Sanders were elected and won 29.59%, 27.55%, and 16.33% of the vote respectively. Tonya Stainback and Gary Weber were not elected and received 14.29% and 12.24% of the vote respectively. Dona Rauzi was elected as Gillespie’s Ward 1 Alderperson. Rauzi won 67.30% of the vote and defeated Jared Link, who received 32.70% of the vote, with 100% of precincts reporting. David A. Link Sr. was elected as Gillespie’s Ward 2 Alderperson. Link Sr. won 57.94% of the vote and defeated Bryan Wagoner,

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Jordan Kyrou scored his 37th goal of the season to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Tuesday night. Kyrou has six goals in his last six games.

The plan would restructure the number of parishes across the St. Louis region from 178 individual parishes to 88 pastorates.