A St. Louis judge ruled that state Rep. Jamilah Nasheed can’t run this August in the Democratic primary for the 5th District state Senate seat, a decision that could have wide-reaching implications in the battle for the St. Louis district. Nasheed, D-S... »
We’re just past the halfway point in the two most prestigious chess events in the country, and the pre-tournament favorites have represented well thus far in both events. Photo provided St. Louis Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has yet to lose a game at th... »
The signatories to this letter are a group of men who get together every morning between 6:30 and 7:00 over coffee to bring each other up to date on the events of the day – whether overseas, in the United States, in Missouri, or closer to home in St. L... »
The tale of Acis and Galatea is the stuff of standard Greek mythology. Manly Acis loves fair Galatea, fair Galatea loves manly Acis. But, of course, an angry cyclops gets in the way, and it is all blood and tears from there. In the hands of composer Ge... »
After years of stalled attempts to build a second large nuclear reactor in Callaway County, Ameren Missouri now wants to change course and install one or more smaller modular reactors on the site. But while the size and the technology may be different,... »
When Michael Harrington’s "The Other America: Poverty in the United States" first appeared in bookstores in March 1962, its author had modest hopes for its success, expecting to sell at most a few thousand copies. Instead, the book proved a publishing... »
"Taking Care of You: Body, Mind, Spirit" sounds like the title of lecture at a mountain retreat, run by a guru promising to reveal the path to self-knowledge in exchange for a fee. The title is actually the name of a home-grown program connected to the... »
A luncheon on science fiction? A discussion on localized investment strategies? A lecture on open-source car designers? A forum on citizen involvement in biotechnology? David Baugher | For the Beacon Dan Reus If you don’t know what these things have in... »
The second annual St. Louis Invitational ended recently at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis, and for young standouts Darwin Yang and Marc Arnold, the tournament proved to be a great success. One of the main reasons to hold a prestigiou... »
St. Louis area supporters of Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum united to overmaneuver rival Ron Paul’s activists during Saturday’s Round Two of the Republican caucuses, and to elect presidential delegates committed to Romney or Santorum. The result was tha... »
The staff of this weekend’s Earth Day celebration in Forest Park aims to make recycling as hassle free as possible. “We’re really out to make it easy to recycle those things that people can’t find a place to recycle,” said Cassandra Hage, Earth Day's e... »
If you live in Missouri, Illinois, or any neighboring states, your chances are pretty good for coming under a tornado watch or warning, or even the real thing. This week, the National Weather service confirmed 59 tornadoes over the previous weekend, st... »
Ameren Missouri and other publicly owned utilities in the state have agreed to support Westinghouse Electric Co. in its attempt to secure federal funds for nuclear technology that could result in new construction at the utility’s power plant in mid-Mis... »
WASHINGTON – “There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress,” Mark Twain once wrote, in one of his verbal fusillades aimed at Capitol Hill, where he said “fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.” Despite the ... »
Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford raised more money than either of her Democratic opponents in the Democratic primary for the 5th District Senate seat. That includes incumbent state Sen. Robin Wright-Jones, a St. Louis Democrat who has only $12.30 of cash on h... »
