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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 ...

Educators for Gun Safety (EGS), an initiative of Confluence Academies, recently received a FOCUS 2025 What’s Right With the Region Award. Honored in the Emerging Initiatives category, EGS was ...

Missouri is reminding customers of several adjustments to its assistance programs for those needing help with their energy bill this summer. As of June 1, the following changes went into effect: “Many ...

As families across St. Louis pick up the pieces after the May 16 tornado, the urgency for stable housing and student support ...

Nicole Scott is one of five new members appointed to the Miriam School and Learning board of directors. Scott is an IT professional with over 20 years of experience driving leadership, innovation, and ...

Moral Mondays is not a new form of protest, but the one in Washington, D.C. on June 30 was particularly poignant with its display of 51 caskets. Each casket represented the estimated 1,000 people who ...

The path to becoming a filmmaker began for Josalynn Smith at around 12 years old. Her grandmother, Elaine Bolden, gave her a special edition DVD of “Titanic.” Through the director’s ...

Tony Thompson, founder and chair of Kwame Building Group, returned to his undergraduate alma mater on May 16, 2025, to speak during the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design ...

The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) has announced a nearly $3 million investment to support recovery and rebuilding efforts following the deadly May 16, 2025, tornado that struck the St. Louis ...

Senate Republicans tried to write Donald Trump’s contempt for the courts into law — gutting judicial enforcement, defying the ...