Dust off your flip phones and cue the dial-up tone. Hidden Gem is turning back the clock with its newest immersive pop-up experience, Y2K, Baby!, a high-gloss, low-rise, fully nostalgic […]
GRANITE CITY — Granite City rising senior infielder Ben Wilson, who scored the first run in the history of newly refurbished Babe Champion Field on March 18, 2026, in a season-opening 2-1 win over Waterloo Gibault Catholic, has been named the Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of the Month for Granite City. Wilson made history when he crossed the plate on an RBI single by Andrew Willadredt in the opener at the new ballpark. After the game, Wilson said he was honored to be part of the
A 2-week-old puppy is dead and questions are swirling just across the river from St. Louis. Animal advocates said 13 dogs—a mom and 12 puppies—were transported for hours and left in extreme heat in Venice.
In a voice vote last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6028, the “Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act.” The legislation is presented as a technical reorganization of some government agencies, but it’s much more than that. H.R. 6028 would fundamentally change the U.S. Copyright Office, and not in a good way. The bill removes the […]
The late Pink Floyd guitarist and songwriter Syd Barrett would have turned 80 in January, and the milestone is being celebrated with a special concert in the English city where the…
EDWARDSVILLE — Senior outfielder and pitcher Alex Pilger said he believed Alton High School’s baseball team was a difficult opponent when it was performing well, as the Redbirds completed the 2026 season with a 17-16 overall record and a 6-6 mark in the Southwestern Conference. Pilger, who played for Alton under head coach Scott Harper, spoke during the season about the team’s progress despite earlier losses and said his focus remained on helping the Redbirds succeed. Alex
ALTON - The Alton Police Department will begin an Independence Day traffic enforcement campaign June 19, 2026, targeting impaired drivers and seat-belt law violators in Alton as part of a statewide effort that runs through July 6, 2026, the department announced. The Alton campaign will cover three summer weekends leading up to and after the Fourth of July holiday. The Alton Police Department said it will focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers during the enforcement period. “We’re
ST. LOUIS – A man from St. Peters, Missouri, was charged with drug and gun crimes on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, after a toddler overdosed on fentanyl. Kevin Lamar Knowles, 50, was charged by complaint in U.S. District Court in St. Louis with one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in court
A St. Louis man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday after authorities found 17 guns during a 2024 search of his home after a brief chase and standoff with police.
GREENE COUNTY - After a series of accidents at the Heinold Curve on Old Route 67 in Greene County, State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer said he worked with the Illinois Department of Transportation to add larger warning signs and rumble strips in an effort to prevent further crashes. Davidsmeyer first collaborated with IDOT in November 2025 after what he described as a bad car accident at the dangerous S curve. The IDOT-Davidsmeyer plan called for larger, more visible traffic warning signs at the Heinold
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway pressed Major League Baseball (MLB) not to discipline San Francisco Giants players over Bible verses on their Pride Night-themed caps.
St. Louis -- Stephen Neely, Senior Sales Consultant at Frank Leta Honda, joined Studio STL to discuss the dealership’s involvement with the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway and how community members can support a lifesaving cause while having a chance to win big. As part of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway’s Early Bird Prize, [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation—is demanding the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reject any pressure to rubber-stamp President Donald Trump’s latest taxpayer-funded vanity project, the so-called “Triumphal Arch,” that could jeopardize the safety of the flying public. In a letter to FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, Duckworth warned against wasting time and resources
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