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Brian May is starting a new year with a new title. The Queen guitarist was knighted as part of the 2023 New Year's Honours List, the first from King Charles. Considered one of the…

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DELHI - Delhi Baptist Church, 18151 Church Lane, Jerseyville, will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, January 16, 2023. Appointments can be scheduled at RedCrossBlood.org and enter DelhiBaptist or use the direct link: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor =DelhiBaptist January is National Blood Donor Month, the perfect time to make a lifesaving donation, organizers of the blood drive said. "The American Red Cross is committed to strengthening our community and helping meet hospital and patient needs through blood donation," blood drive organizers added. "This blood drive is an opportunity to help save lives. "Blood donations help ensure that patients have a supply of blood ready and waiting before an emergency occurs. Blood is a perishable product that can only come from volunteer donors, and blood products must be constantly replenished." Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those

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Increasing use of the crisis line is more important than ever, providers say, as the behavioral health system is stretched thin.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Frank Bommarito, the man who founded one of St. Louis's most successful car dealerships, passed away on January 1st in Naples, Florida at the age of 88. He was the founder of the Bommarito Automotive Group and opened his first dealership in 1971, eventually owning several dealerships across the St. Louis [...]

The upgrades are meant to make the front plaza "more inviting and inclusive,” the architect for the project said.

The boil water advisory was due to low water pressure caused by a loss of incoming supplied power at their Chain of Rocks Water Treatment Plant.

MARYVILLE - Anderson Hospital in Maryville is pleased to introduce its first baby of 2023. Anderson released the information on Monday and said: "Join us in welcoming Zyaire Jordan T. to the world." "Zyaire was born today at 11:38 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and 19.5 inches long. Welcome, Zyaire!"

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The City of St. Louis Water Division has issued a precautionary boil advisory for certain areas of the city due to a loss of incoming power at the Chain of Rocks water treatment plant. These neighborhoods are located at the highest elevations in the area. This advisory is being issued out [...]

Missouri has picked up its pace of executions over the past year. Next is a transgender inmate from St. Louis County scheduled to die on Tuesday.

We’ve noted for decades how, despite all the political lip service paid toward “bridging the digital divide,” the U.S. doesn’t actually have any idea where broadband is or isn’t available. The FCC’s past broadband maps, which cost $350 million to develop, have long been accused of all but hallucinating competitors, making up available speeds, and excluding a key […]

A St. Louis-based team tasked with reducing Missouri overdose deaths has added millions of dollars to its arsenal. It has big plans for the money.

Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen are allotted more than $300K each year to make capital improvements in their ward.

ALTON - St. Mary's Catholic Church Father Christopher Uhl issued a statement after Pope Benedict XVI died. "Please pray for the repose of his soul...Bishop Paprocki has sent these suggested prayers... Pastors should notify their faithful of his death and request their prayers for the repose of the soul of the Pope Emeritus, especially the recitation of the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be to the Father. The following prayer, adapted from the Order of Christian Funerals, may also be suggested: O God, from whom the just receive an unfailing reward, grant that your servant Benedict XVI, our Pope Emeritus, whom you made Vicar of Peter and shepherd of your Church, may rejoice for ever in the vision of your glory, for he was a faithful steward here on earth of the mysteries of your forgiveness and grace. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Peace, Father Ohl

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Starting Jan. 1, sleeping, camping or having a long-term shelter on state-owned land will be illegal in Missouri.

MoDOT said the crash happened just after 1 a.m. in Union, and the interstate was open again before 7 a.m.

How much do you miss the Cards in the off season? Is it enough to bundle up your kids on a probably cold January day, drag them out to the car and head down into the city to the Cardinals Nation Restaurant & Bar (601 Clark Street, 314-345-9880)?

Granite City's civic leaders are quietly working on a handful of retail and hospitality projects, as they prepare for a future with less manufacturing.