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The hotel's new executive chef, who has more than 16 years of hospitality experience, will oversee its signature restaurant, Clark & Bourbon, which it says is a "classic steakhouse," as well as all of the hotel's culinary operations.

This is a little house in La Roche-Guyon, about 30 miles west of Paris. There's nothing special about it except for one thing: it has enough wiring coming into its roof to support a CIA surveillance station. What do you think they're doing in there?

Items from Paul McCartney, Fleetwood Mac, Joe Perry and more brought in big bucks at the annual MusiCares Charity Relief Auction, which was held at Julien’s Auction House in Beverly Hills this weekend. Big…

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It’s been clear since the takeover, that Elon’s running Twitter entirely based on his fleeting and oft-changing whims. The weird decision last week to suddenly, with one week’s notice, remove the free tier for Twitter’s basic API, has create a bit of an uproar, as tons of tools, services, and useful bots made use of […]

The Missouri Farm Bureau has a directory that lists farmers across the state selling beef, pork, lamb, and poultry directly to consumers.

From Chris Clarke of the National Parks Conservation Assn., about siting a commercial solar farm in the Mojave Desert just off Interstate 15: We favor renewable energy but not here. Roger that. After all, it's a "deceptively delicate and vital ecosystem rich in wildlife." I'm being surly here, but it sure seems as if everyplace ...continue reading "Quote of the day: Solar energy vs. bighorn sheep"

Ozzy Osbourne's Super Bowl commercial has arrived. As previously reported, the Prince of Darkness is starring in an ad for the company Workday, which provides enterprise cloud applications for finance…

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The St. Louis Housing Authority has not had email service for nearly a week, forcing residents to either call their case managers or visit the agency’s headquarters.

HealthStopSTL.com is a new way to access sexual health information, resources, and testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI).

A former employee in the St. Louis County municipality of Flordell Hills appeared in federal court on Monday and admitted stealing several hundred thousand dollars over a six-year period, well over the city’s annual budget.

JERSEYVILLE - A Jerseyville man has been charged with failing to register as a sex offender, according to the most recent felony filing report from the Jersey Circuit Clerk’s Office. Jacob B. Shaw, 19, of Jerseyville, was charged with unlawful failure to register as a sex offender. The incident took place on Jan. 27, when Shaw “knowingly failed to register” with the Jerseyville Police Department “within three days after he established a residence in Jerseyville,” Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Tellor said of the charge. Shaw was charged with a Class 3 felony. His failure to register violated Chapter 730, Act 150, Section 3(a) of the Illinois Compiled Statuses . A warrant for his arrest was issued on Jan. 30 and his bail was set at $15,000. His preliminary hearing was set for Feb. 6 at 9 a.m. at the Jersey County Courthouse. More information and updates on this case are available from the Jersey Circuit Clerk website .

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Today on TAP: As the China menace keeps ballooning, the House Select Committee on China appears to be a serious undertaking.

St. Louis City School Board candidates needed their own page in addition to inclusion in New Ward Profiles. You can now find Profiles for the three School Board candidates here. The School Board is elected at-large in citywide elections, not by district/ward. The next School Board election is April 4th. In this election, the top … Continue reading 2023 School Board Candidate Profiles →

WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. -- A threat posted to social media has put Webster Groves High School on lockout. This means that no one can enter or leave the building but classes will proceed as scheduled. The school district says that the lockout is to keep the school safe for students and staff. The school and [...]

In the Washington Monthly today, Keith Humphreys puts up this chart: Keith probably doesn't know this, but one of my pet peeves is using homicide as a proxy for violent crime. So I redrew the chart with the same countries but using violent crime rates instead of murder rates: Guatemala is now an ideal country, ...continue reading "In the US, both crime and incarceration are too high"

It's not every day that St. Louis and Chicago agree to a mutually beneficial trade.

The promotions align with the firm’s core value of “removing barriers to success and promoting equity,” according to the firm's CEO.

With everything going on in the headlines, from Russia and Ukraine threatening nuclear war to a probable Chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern US on Thursday night, let's revisit a 1983 film called "The Day After."

A Missouri Senate committee will consider a bill tomorrow that seeks to ban school officials from discussing gender identity or sexual orientation — a bill that goes even further than the Florida bill it was modeled upon. Senate Bill 134 would bar nurses, counselors, teachers and other school personnel at public or charter schools from discussing gender identity or sexual orientation with minor students.