Missouri lawmakers spent part of this year’s legislative session arguing that the state should steer low-income families away from buying candy, soda and desserts with public benefits. Then they passed a budget that eliminates $2 million for a program designed to help those same families buy more fruits and vegetables. Double Up Food Bucks, run […]
Bayer has agreed to suspend for seven years pillars of its loyalty programs, which Trump administration officials called “unfair provisions” that “pose a danger to competition,” the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. The agreement relates to how Bayer sells the seeds it produces through years of research and development. Bayer sells corn and soybean […]
With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a recent article in The Beacon about Kansas City Public Schools potentially converting the long-vacant Bryant School into subsidized teacher housing had me thinking, “How has local government failed us? Let me count the ways” The Beacon story is ostensibly about teacher housing and the conversion of a long-unused […]
Juan Baltazar is one of five people who died during last year’s May 16 tornado. He was known in the St. Louis community for his warm personality – and his wood-roasted corn. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Andrea Henderson reports, Baltazar’s loved ones say his untimely death has been difficult for the family to grasp.
Clouds have taken over our skies, but rain is going to struggle a bit as it tries to move north out of Kentucky and Tennessee Tuesday. That’s thanks to an area of high pressure to our north.
ALTON — The 21st Annual Sunset Memorial Day ceremony was held May 23, 2026, in Alton, bringing together local officials, veterans, students, and community members to honor those who died in military service. The event featured a welcome and closing remarks by Bob Baird, a presentation of colors by the Alton High School Junior ROTC Color Guard, an invocation and benediction by Alton Mayor David Goins, and guest remarks from Air Force veteran Joe Boston. Alton High School student Evelyn
Billy Idol had the honor of closing Sunday night's American Music Awards, as he accepted the AMA Lifetime Achievement Award and then took the stage to perform two of his…
After four years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, 2nd Lt. Marisa Jacknewitz has graduated and returned to her home in Richmond Heights. However, her neighborhood could not let 2nd Lt. Jacknewitz’s feat go unnoticed.
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