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This is sunset over the Sheephole Mountains, very near to the spot in the desert where I do my astrophotography. It's a Bortle 2 area, which means it's very nearly the darkest possible area for stargazing. That compares to Bortle 8-9 in my backyard. Bortle 1 is the darkest sky possible. Death Valley is Bortle ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Stevie Nicks' solo tour is being put on pause thanks to COVID-19. The Fleetwood Mac singer announced that her shows Thursday in San Francisco and Sunday in Sacramento are being postponed “due…

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As Metro Transit prepares to slash its Call-a-Ride service, leaving disabled St. Louisans in the lurch, an old-timey transportation option prepares to sputter back to life, helping precisely no one. Yes, the Loop Trolley is coming back on April 26 — just two weeks after paratransit cuts are set to go into effect in St. Louis County. It would be ironic if it wasn't so galling.

ALTON - Illinois American Water today provided an update of work to separate the Alton combined sewer system and install new sanitary sewers. Below is information about road closures beginning March 23, 2023: "Sewer work is progressing north up 9th Street in Alton," Illinois American said. "Currently, the work is between Bluff and Augusta Streets. Please continue to utilize State Street, Belle Street, Alby Street, and U.S. 67 for north-south travel thru this area of town. Belle Street at 10th Street will remain open for traffic to access Piasa Street. Sewer installation has started on 9th Street east of U.S. 67 moving toward Alby Street. "Market Street south of 9th Street is planned to be closed in the next week. North-South traffic on Piasa Street (U.S. 67) will not be impacted. Pavement restoration work is starting on Belle Street near the intersection of 9th Street." Please avoid these areas if possible until pavement restoration work is completed. Illinois American stressed agai

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St. Louis-based information technology services provider Contegix has sold its commercial content management system (CMS) hosting product, BlackMesh, to QuadraNet.

The incident happened during Monday morning's bus routes.

After decades of exclusion, communities most impacted by ongoing drought insist they be heard.

It’s time for another “Merry Meetup”!  Tuesday March 28th will be our next Meetup at Dado’s Café, 5425 Hampton Ave. … MoreMeetup At Dado’s Café

The biggest mistakes people make about Section 230 involve thinking that it is somehow a complicated law. In reality, its operation is not all that complex. Accordingly, determining whether it applies to any particular situation should not be all that difficult to evaluate, even when we think about hard or edge cases. Ultimately what we […]

Today on TAP: How the company’s refusal to bargain has empowered the ALU’s president but hurt the union

Several inches of rain are likely by sunrise Friday, resulting in flooding of rural roads, poorly drained urban areas, low water crossings and some creeks and streams.

ST. LOUIS -- Thursday is National Puppy Day and there are a lot of people excited about sharing pics of their pets. We asked viewers to share their pics with us on Facebook and were overwhelmed with responses. This gallery has many pet pictures from FOX 2 viewers.

A brief Twitter exchange yesterday got me to thinking about one of the favorite former topics here in the discourse-o-sphere: neocons. If you're over 40 50 you remember them: the cabal of foreign policy intellectuals who were behind the invasion of Iraq and had visions of an American imperium that stretched across the entire Middle ...continue reading "A second look at neocons and the Iraq War"

Jana Elementary School is expected to close for good, several months after concerns resurfaced over radioactive contamination around the school.

Downpours from a slow-moving cold front could dump 3 to 6 inches rain in certain areas, with the heaviest rain expected in southeast Missouri.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Recent news of major office landlords Brookfield Property Partners LP and Columbia Property Trust defaulting on loans for prominent U.S. office properties may’ve sent a shiver through an already anxious commercial real estate industry. But are they indicative of a looming threat? Some analysts who track the office market say it’s more […]