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The Illinois State Fair has announced another major headliner for the 2026 grandstand stage. Joining the stacked list of notable artists performing at the popular summer event will be superstar trio The Chicks. The Chicks are slated to perform on Aug. 22, joining fellow country artists Lainey Wilson, Ella Langley and Bailey Zimmerman. Were proud ...

Headlines from the March 24, 1926, front page include: Three convicted in Matteotti trial, get off with three months in jail.

Strong crowds and downtown energy have officials optimistic about their bids for many more major sporting events in St. Louis in the coming years.

City Council could vote on a tentative data center agreement as soon as next week.

Even airports like St. Louis, which has reported relatively few problems, have asked passengers to show up three hours before their flights.

The government released a new food pyramid and no one is happy about it.

The municipal court judge resigned over what he said was the city's failure to help fix multiple issues raised in a state review, which now threatens court operations.

The proposal could jumpstart redevelopment of the AT&T Tower in downtown St. Louis

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin is scheduled to be scratched for Tuesday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche at PPG Paints Arena.

As someone who served as a legislator in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly for nearly three decades, I was part of many conversations that revolved around our commonwealth’s tax system and the policies we could advance to help Pennsylvanians who are most in need. The challenge that has existed for more than a century is Pennsylvania maintains a uniform ...

Highmark took a $175 million net loss last year as rising health insurance usage battered the Pittsburgh-based company.

The Chicks are set to headline the 2026 Illinois State Fair!

A little boy is putting out some very big music on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Alexander Zhou is only 9 years old but has a deep connection to music.

The war with Iran could change how the whole world thinks about energy security in the future. The energy policy expert Jason Bordoff explains.

Candidates in safe districts are under no pressure to moderate in order to win.

The largest school system in the United States released its first guide on how teachers can incorporate artificial intelligence into their work and schools.

The agency announced the more specific plans and timelines after years of suggesting it may build a lunar outpost.

Wisconsins only free ferry officially known as Colsac III connects Highway 113 between Okee in Columbia County and Merrimac in Sauk County.

Madison's 2026 brush collection set-out dates are now online. Residents must look up their address-specific schedule and follow brush size and placement rules.

The Union Terraces opening will include a DJ, fish fry and more.

MESA, Ariz. Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrates his 24th birthday Wednesday. The icing on his cake will be knowing hes on the verge of signing a long-term contract extension that will make him a Cub into his 30s.A Gold Glove center fielder with elite speed who hit 31 homers and stole 35 bases for the Cubs in 2025, Crow-Armstrong is close to an agreement with ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to serve in the U.S. Senate through the end of the year and finish the term of Republican Markwayne Mullin, the new homeland security secretary.

CAIRO — Libyan authorities were towing a Russian tanker drifting in the Mediterranean for the past three weeks, after the vessel was damaged in a suspected sea drone attack, officials said Tuesday.