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The next hearing in the federal criminal case against suspected serial killer Perez Deshay Reed will be June 3.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Experts have warned for decades that a large swath of the central U.S. is at high risk for a devastating earthquake. They know that overcoming complacency …

Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria, 4 Hands Brewing Co., Mission Taco Joint, Brennan’s, The Lucky Accomplice, and more are donating to help refugees and other Ukrainians during International Women’s Day, March 8.

ALTON - Below is information about this week’s road closures – Mar. 7, 2022 Piasa Valley Area: 6th Street east of Alby Street is open to George Street, with surface restoration work being completed as weather permits. Please drive carefully as some of the roadways are still rock surfaces. Alby Street is closed from 6th Street north to 9th Street, with closures north and east of Alby/7th Street in place. 7th Street from George to Mechanic Street is closed. 8th Street east of Alby is closed to Easton Street. Turner Tract Area: Danforth Street will continue to be closed this week to all thru traffic to allow for sewer installation work. The alley south of McKinley east of Lincoln is back open to traffic, with pavement restoration happening soon. Douglas Street, between State and Lincoln Streets is open, with pavement restoration started and being completed in the next couple weeks, weather permitting. Please drive carefully. Shields Valley Area: The west end of Greenwood

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Federal officials say that Creve Coeur chiropractor Eric A. Nepute continues to make false claims that the vitamins he sells are better than coronavirus vaccines.

GRANITE CITY - Caylie McElroy has not only skills as an athlete, but she is an outstanding student for Granite City High School. Caylie's top sport of the season is about ready to unfold - girls soccer. She has been a three-year member of the Warriors girls soccer squad. She also played girl's golf in 2021. Caylie is the Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete of the Month for Granite City High School. Recently, Caylie also earned the Granite City Rotary Club Student of the Month honor with Lauren Wilson. Students for that honor were chosen on the basis of academics, as well as scholastic, extracurricular, and civic honors and awards and organization membership and leadership. She is a three-year youth vocalist and a Sunday service vocalist. She is very involved in school activities from Member of Fellowship Of Christian Athletes, Renaissance Club, Spirit Club and Varsity Club.

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Bill named for former Lafayette High student would promote suicide prevention in schools.

Gov. Parson heading overseas on first trade mission since pandemic began.

"Domino Masters" debuts at 8 p.m. Wednesday on KTVI (Channel 2). The host is Eric Stonestreet, a Kansas City native known his work on "Modern Family.

The ice cream machines used by a majority of McDonald’s franchise owners are notoriously flaky. Produced by Taylor Restaurant Equipment, the machines are so unreliable even the McDonald’s corporate Twitter account has made jokes about them. This unreliability has created a (very small) cottage industry of solutions. One solution is web-based: it simply tells you […]

Foo Fighters' new movie Studio 666 is full of blood and gore, but if you really want to shock Dave Grohl, just mention that The Colour and the Shape is…

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Ten thousand handmade roses now hang on the outside of Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park (12580 Rott Road) in tribute to Missourians who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Each rose represents one life lost.…

BENTON – Bryan Flanagan, 35, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on Thursday, March 3, 2022, on two counts of distribution of child pornography and five counts of interstate communication with intent to extort. Flanagan pleaded guilty to charges in federal court on September 16, 2021. Flanagan extorted multiple minor girls online to send him sexual videos and images. Beginning in February 2020, Flanagan used fake profiles pretending to be a teenage boy on Facebook to contact multiple underage girls across the United States. Flanagan pressured and threatened his victims into sending him sexually explicit videos and images. When some victims refused to do so, Flanagan lied and told them that he was babysitting a young child and would rape or molest the child unless his online victims sent him the requested images. Flanagan distributed images of child pornography to at least two of his victims. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood,

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BENTON – Bryan Flanagan, 35, of Centralia, Illinois, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on Thursday, March 3, 2022, on two counts of distribution of child pornography and five counts of interstate communication with intent to extort. Flanagan pleaded guilty to charges in federal court on September 16, 2021. Flanagan extorted multiple minor girls online to send him sexual videos and images. Beginning in February 2020, Flanagan used fake profiles pretending to be a teenage boy on Facebook to contact multiple underage girls across the United States. Flanagan pressured and threatened his victims into sending him sexually explicit videos and images. When some victims refused to do so, Flanagan lied and told them that he was babysitting a young child and would rape or molest the child unless his online victims sent him the requested images. Flanagan distributed images of child pornography to at least two of his victims. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood,

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ROXANA - Sophomore Kinsley Mouser was a key to her Roxana Shells girls basketball team in the 2021-2022 season. Kinsley is the Midwest Members Credit Union Roxana Female Athlete of the Month. The most important thing Kinsley thinks she has derived from playing sports is "you have to work hard for everything you want and the harder you work, the bigger the outcome." Kinsley has played basketball since about third grade she enjoys playing against girls of all age levels because she believes it improves her own game. The Roxana sophomore thanked her parents, grandparents, and sister for attending all her games and constant support. She also had only positive remarks about her coaches Brian Diskin, the head coach, and Carol Fletcher, the assistant coach. "My coaches always push me and the team to get better," she said. Coach Fletcher said Kinsley has a nice shot and advanced to the sectionals of the three-point shooting competition. Kinsley is a versatile athlete and soon she will

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Elijah Henderson entered a guilty plea to four counts of involuntary manslaughter during the hearing rather than taking the case to trial.

Alice in Chains has announced that it will tour the U.S. later this year with Bush and Breaking Benjamin. The summer and fall outing will kick off August 10 in…

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Crews will begin with installation of new 8-inch PVC water main to replace the aging 8-inch cast iron main, originally installed in the 1940s, officials said.

UPDATES: A statement from the mayor's office is below, and Cori Bush has reiterated her stance against qualified immunity. In a rare break with Tishaura Jones' administration, civil rights activists and  politicians sharply criticized City Counselor Sheena Hamilton today in front of City Hall.…

Police arrested Jerome Cannaday roughly six blocks away from the site of the shooting death of his wife, Lisa Cannady, 48, around 10:45 p.m. Saturday.