MADISON COUNTY – The Illinois Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to discuss a study for the proposed improvements on U.S. 40 from Formosa Road to Illinois 162 in Madison County. The meeting will be held: Monday, June 29, 2026 ?4-7 p.m. ?CA Henning School ?520 U.S. 40, Troy, Ill. IDOT, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, has initiated the preliminary engineering and environmental study of U.S. 40. This section of U.S. 40 is in the city o
Missouri Attorney General Liz Catherine Hanaway is leading a coalition of state AGs asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study the potential impact of the abortion drug mifepristone on America's waterways and drinking water supply.
“Soaking up the sun” sounds physical, as if people can absorb sunlight the way a towel absorbs water. Of course, that is not what happens. Yet the phrase feels so natural that most people use it without thinking. That is what makes it interesting: behind this simple expression is a mix of body language, emotion, culture, and old ideas about what sunshine means. What “soaking up the sun” actually means At its most basic, “soaking up the sun” means spending
Tuesday starts partly sunny and comfortable, with temperatures in the low 60s and just a light southeast breeze. Early risers get a calm start, and it should stay quiet through the first part of the morning before clouds and sun continue to mix overhead. By afternoon, temperatures climb to a high of 78 as a southwest wind picks up to around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. A thunderstorm could pop up later in the day, with rain chances at 55 percent. If you are out through midday or early
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space, a milestone that carried meaning far beyond the Soviet space program that launched her. Flying aboard Vostok 6, she orbited Earth 48 times and spent nearly three days in space. At the time, her mission showed how fiercely the Cold War powers were competing for scientific prestige and global influence. It also mattered on a human level: Tereshkova’s flight challenged assumptions about who could take part
ST. LOUIS - Each month on FOX 2, we salute local first responders, military, or veterans with our Proud to Serve award. This month, we shine the spotlight on Mark Amos who serves his St. Louis, MO community as a Pastor and his country as an Active Duty Pilot. Mark was nominated by his friend [...]
The Missouri State Board of Education on Monday named educational consultant Stacey Preis as the state’s interim commissioner, putting a former department official and legislative researcher in charge as the agency navigates a leadership shakeup and a set of major policy changes ordered by Gov. Mike Kehoe. Preis told The Independent that she does not […]
Celebrate the strength of the human spirit and rediscover the ways we are all connected! Meditative paintings and poetry by St. Louis artist Angela L. Chostner invite viewers to journey […]
The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, […]
The geometric and glowing art of HYBYCOZO is coming to St. Louis this spring and summer, on display for daytime visitors of the Missouri Botanical Garden and during special illuminated […]
The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open […]
People who carry out mass public shootings often display observable warning signs long before an attack, but those signals are frequently fragmented across friends, family members, coworkers and institutions, making them difficult to piece together, according to a new study from the Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, a nonpartisan […]
Kirkwood is asking the state to improve safety along Manchester Road. A Missouri Department of Transportation official said last week that any improvements will be a 'slow-rolling' project.
ST. LOUIS - A Cole County judge issued a ruling Monday amid the ongoing battle on Missouri’s state takeover of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The judge upheld a 2025 law requiring the city to allocate a portion of its general revenue to police, but blocked a state mandate for the city to pay [...]
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