The Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis (RAC) announced it will award $3,723,212 in funding to 122 organizations in St.

Dr. Shenita Mayes, principal of Hixson Middle School in the Webster Groves School District, was selected as the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principals (SASSP) Middle School Principal of ...

St. Louis native Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Sterling K. Brown has earned a “Best Actor in a Drama Series” 2025 Primetime ...

Young Noble – a rapper who worked closely with rap legend Tupac Shakur and was featured on the infamous diss track “Hit Em Up” – has reportedly died by suicide. TMZ Hip Hop was first to report the ...

Why wouldn’t we want to name it after the great heroes that we do have in the U.S. Army? They reflect the best of America. Inspirational people with inspirational stories.” — Brigadier General Ty ...

The E3 tornado that ripped through St. Louis on May 16 resulted in an unplanned topography for the city. It also exposed the ever-present racial history of the planned neglect and abandonment of ...

Four-star football high school football standout Jacob Eberhart of Kirkwood High has given a commitment to the University of Illinois. A 6’3” 210-pound wide receiver/safety Jacob Eberhart chose ...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its 2025 edition of the KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual resource that measures national and state data on economic well-being, education, health, and family ...

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Sean “Diddy” Combs will be sentenced on Oct. 3 for his two prostitution convictions after his lawyers and the prosecution reached an agreement. People.com reported that Combs’ lawyers formally ...

After more than 17 years of legal battles and public health advocacy, the U.S. tobacco industry will soon be free from a rare form of accountability: the court-mandated requirement to publicly admit ...

The path to becoming a filmmaker began for Josalynn Smith at around 12 years old. Her grandmother, Elaine Bolden, gave her a ...