Patriotic facts, fun facts, movies, songs and more in this look at all things Fourth of July.

This week, follow along to prepare an easy-to-make, healthy tilapia meal.

Missouri State Fire Marshal Randy Cole said that everyone choosing to use consumer fireworks should follow some common-sense safety practices to minimize the chance of injury or fire.

This week, doctors discuss the advantages to having shoulder replacement surgery for treating arthritis.

You don't have to spend a lot of money to throw a fabulous fourth of July party. Here are some ideas to get you started.

St. James needs you to get involved. Help make our city a better place.

Looking for a red-white-and blue dessert for Independence Day? Here’s a patriotic treat that won’t make you feel like a traitor to your diet.

Angie Steinkraus had her first taste of freedom during college, when she and some friends got an apartment together. She did grown-up things, like grocery shopping and laundry. And no one was around to enforce curfew or nag about taking out the trash.

Virginia Olney soon may play the piano again after 12 years of inability to see the sheet music. Dennis Potter can crunch numbers without headaches or coke-bottle glasses for the first time in 60 years.

New advancements in gamma knife technology are allowing doctors to be much more precise in how they attack tumors.

Jim Kinner doesn’t chew tobacco. Never has. But deep in the basement of his home, he keeps spittoons.

Friends are the people that keep us going. They listen to our problems, share our joys, explain things to us that we don’t understand. We turn to them in nearly every facet of our lives.

Father's Day is a longstanding tradition that has been celebrated in the United States since the early 1900s. It is a special day set aside to remember, celebrate and honor fathers, step-fathers and the very important father figures in our lives.

Head and neck surgeon Dr. Andrew Jun treats skin cancer like a weed. “If you don’t take the entire root out, it may look good initially, but in the end it will come back to be even worse,” said Jun, owner of Surgical Services of Illinois.

A third major event will take place in St. James during the growingly busy month of September.