The AT&T Time Warner and DirecTV mergers were a monumental, historical disaster. AT&T spent $200 billion (including debt) to acquire both companies thinking it would dominate the video and internet ad space. Instead, the company lost 9 million subscribers in nine years, fired 50,000 employees, closed numerous popular brands (including Mad Magazine), and basically stumbled around […]
Tony Iommi is mourning the death of his longtime guitar tech Mike Clement. "It's a very sad day for me today," the Black Sabbath guitarist tweeted Monday. "Mike Clement my…
The Springfield Police Department has arrested a man facing charges with multiple incidents, including a theft at an event at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds earlier this month.
A judge on Monday sentenced the second of two men charged with shooting and killing a 40-year-old man in the city's Vandeventer neighborhood in February 2018.
GRAFTON - Friday night, November 25, Grafton’s Christmas tree at Grove Memorial Park came alive in a blaze of colored lights as the crowd sang “Here Comes Santa Claus” — and Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived right on cue. The City held its annual tree-lighting event to welcome the holiday season. Nikki Brooks entertained all and led the group in a Christmas carol sing-a-long. Hot chocolate provided by the Grafton Pub warmed the crowd as they enjoyed cookies and Christmas camaraderie. Brisk temperatures added to the festivities and couldn’t dampen the town’s holiday spirit as children shared their secret wishes with Santa and photos with the jolly old elf were available to all. The Community Outreach Committee chaired by Alderwoman Donna Smith organized the event for the City. “This is the first year that our Committee has had the responsibility to put on this event,” commented Alderwoman Smith. “We are planning to make this tree
Amid Journey’s Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain's public battle over a company credit card, Schon seems to be hinting that a change of lineup may be needed, and he’s already got someone in…
A second man connected to a 2018 murder in St. Louis City's Vandeventer neighborhood pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for his role in the crime.
When the legendary heavy metal group Metallica travels the world for its upcoming "M72" tour, it will make a two-night stop in St. Louis in November 2023. The band released its world tour schedule on Monday, which includes shows in 22 different cities across two years. Each location will receive two shows, with a promise of “two totally different set lists with two different bands opening the show each night!" according to its website.
Carney, who hosts the afternoon show on KTRS, said he developed addiction to painkillers after undergoing several open-heart surgeries in recent years.
A St. Louis-based global infrastructure equipment and services company has acquired a maker of steel-fabricated products such as rebar mats and drainage gates.
Chuny Ann Reed, 47, the sole person ever charged in connection with the deadliest mass overdose event in St. Louis history, died from a tumor obstructing the flow of blood through her right carotid artery, according to Roger Hayse, the coroner for Jefferson County, Illinois. Reed was being held in the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin, Illinois, when she suddenly took ill and was pronounced dead several days later at Mt. Vernon Hospital on July 18.