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Opera Theatre of St. Louis is on a mission to introduce opera to younger audiences. This year they connected with third grade students from Jefferson Elementary in the Normandy Schools Collaborative to write an original libretto that they’ll perform Tuesday night. Opera Theatre of St. Louis teaching artist Valerie Smith and Normandy Schools Collaborative’s fine arts director Suzanne Palmer discuss their collaboration along with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  Glen Carbon’s Zoning Board of Appeals has approved a request from Walmart to add on to its site in Cottonwood Plaza. The retail colossus requested a variance to reduce the number of parking spaces at its facility, located at 400 Junction Drive, because it seeks to expand its building footprint by […]

From The Hill:  One of the long-standing public policy disagreements between Republicans and Democrats is over when government intervention in the economy is warranted.  Republicans are prone to criticize government programs as being wasteful and inefficient, while Democrats maintain they can help to fill gaps that the private sector cannot or will not address. The Infrastructure Investment […]

SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Governor Stratton announced today a historic agreement to pay off the remaining $1.36 billion unemployment insurance loan balance, replenish the fund for the future, and protect benefits for working families. The agreement will save taxpayers an estimated $20 million in interest costs that would be due next September and preserves hundreds of millions of dollars in future federal tax credits for Illinois employers. The agreement between representatives from business, labor, bipartisan members of the General Assembly, and the state, will contribute more than $1.8 billion in state funds to the unemployment insurance trust fund, which includes the payment of the remaining federal loan balance borrowed under Title XII of the Social Security Act. The remaining $450 million will be placed into the trust fund from state funds as an interest-free loan. As the loan is repaid over the next ten years, funds will be deposited directly into the

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Representatives of St. Louis, St. Louis County and the authority that owns The Dome at America’s Center have reached a tentative agreement dividing up the $519 million remaining in settlement money from the lawsuit over the NFL Rams’ relocation. A copy of the two-page tentative agreement was released by Mayor Tishaura […]

The U.S. heads to the knockout round, playing Netherlands on Saturday.

Brian May is working hard on a reissue of his 1983 solo EP, Star Fleet Project. The Queen guitarist shared on Instagram that it will be his next Gold Series reissue box set, and he’s expecting…

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EDWARDSVILLE - The City of Edwardsville issued a North Buchanan Street work update Tuesday afternoon: The block of North Buchanan Street between East Vandalia Street and Hillsboro Avenue is closed today (Tuesday, November 29) while the road is patched at the East Vandalia intersection, the city said. "It is expected to reopen by early Wednesday morning for those who need to access that block," the city added. "This is another step in the huge project to upgrade the very old water main along North Buchanan Street between Vandalia and Union streets. The new water main (a 12-inch pipe that will serve the area far better than the original 4-inch cast iron main) is in place, and we’re in the process of switching over everyone’s service to that main before we can get the road patched. "We know it’s taking a while, that it’s messy and disruptive, and we sincerely appreciate everyone’s patience and apologize for the inconvenience. A few hurdles have cropped up

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The deal marks its continued expansion into a content and the culmination of a partnership that's been a year in the making.

Three contract years and an upcoming farewell season for Adam Wainwright loom ahead for the Cardinals. Plenty for the St. Louis front office to consider as the Winter Meetings approach next week.

The St. Louis-based private equity firm has acquired a Massachusetts-based provider of products for nursing home residents and facilities.

Ever wondered which Missouri superstitions are real and which are just stories that people tell each other?

This is a kid descending from a tree in Square Louis-XVI, a small park just a few hundred feet from our apartment in Paris. He didn't do anything while he was up the tree—or perhaps he failed at whatever he was hoping to do—and eventually he shinnied down.

Merriam-Webster's word of the year is all about deception. Guess where it comes from?

Anheuser-Busch is collaborating with four nonprofit partners—100 Neediest Cases, the St. Louis Area Foodbank, LifeWise StL, and the Missouri Historical Society—to help local charities and share the holiday cheer.

A grocery-anchored shopping center in St. Louis County has changed hands. It last sold for $10.3 million in 2014.

ALTON - Pat Liston is celebrating playing 50 years of Music and coming to the ALT Showplace after a two-Night Engagement at the Pageant Theater in St. Louis. Beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, January 7, will be a very special evening of music from the man who has been the anchor of "MAMA'S PRIDE" along with his brother, Danny, after being inspired by his teachings from his own Mama "Lou". Indeed, Pat is a man with family values and a dream to make this "ole world a better place." Audiences of all ages will enjoy the range of his musical talents on multiple guitars and keyboard - and the purity of his vast collection of songs that have been recorded by Atlantic Records for several decades. And yes, he prides himself on being a Southern Rock Artist who has kept family values together for over 40 years - and still hit the Billboards both regionally and nationally. Pat was inducted into the KSHE 95 Hall of Fame in 2012 and Pat's song "Blue Mist" has remained the most requested song on KSHE fo

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