The Jefferson County Activities Association is always capable of sending a softball team to Springfield for the final four. This fall will be no different. In the Class 4 District 1 tournament last ...

After winning the Class 5 state girls cross country championship in 2024, and finishing third last year, Eureka isn’t running ...

Experts are warning of salmon shortages after three quarters of the UK has been officially declared in drought and a fifth ...

Jefferson College on Aug. 5 renamed one of its classroom buildings in honor of the college’s first president and founder. The former “Arts and Science II” building was renamed “Charles McClain Hall” ...

The Leader’s Hometown Gems photo contest asks readers 50 and older to send in pictures of their favorite local places from the past or present. Entries may include parks, attractions, gathering spaces ...

Fourteen islands. Thirty thousand more just offshore. Stockholm, Sweden, is a European getaway that combines a historic capital with a nature-rich archipelago. It’s a combination that keeps Stockholm ...

Large groups of people gathered in parks, observatories and open spaces across Europe and beyond to watch the celestial event as the moon passed in front of the sun. The eclipse was visible as a ...

I am aware that journalists often are not held in high esteem by the general public. An example of this would be how we’re depicted on screen. Other than Clark Kent, positive examples of those who ...

Dick Cook, a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and a mainstay of area high school sports for more than five decades, died Aug. 6 at his Crystal City home at the age of 87. He taught physical ...

One in five Americans would sooner take cooking advice from a “food-fluencer” than from their own mom (18%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults found that for many, social media is ...

The Marquee on Main will be hosting its first concert this week. The event will start at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at the ...

The pattern remained after we accounted for health status, English proficiency, financial hardship, education, employment, ...