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Look, I get it. The world is a mess. Important institutions are crumbling. It feels like both the tech and political worlds are collaborating to squeeze all remaining humanity out of all of us. Cynicism is ascendant. Nihilism is the new black. And yet: I remain optimistic. Not the naive, everything-will-work-out-fine kind of optimism. The […]

MADD has been conducting various initiatives, including informational sessions and police ride-alongs.

Concerns over the budget are expected to be on the minds of lawmakers.

EDWARDSVILLE — A 51-year-old man from Washington, Indiana, was taken into custody and charged in connection with a robbery at a local bank earlier this week, the Edwardsville Police Department announced Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Robert Neal was charged with financial institution robbery, possession of a stolen license plate, and theft following the investigation into the Monday afternoon, Dec. 29, 2025, robbery at Chase Bank, located at 248 Harvard Drive in Edwardsville. The Madison Count

A St. Louis County man is facing serious charges after he is accused of shooting a vape store employee during a robbery in Florissant.

Some area restaurants say they are reworking budgets to absorb higher labor costs after a year already marked by rising expenses.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is reporting a decrease in murders throughout the city of St. Louis this year.

I certainly don’t expect the wider Techdirt readership to care all that much about NFL football or, more specifically a single local team like the Chicago Bears. So, to that end, here’s a hopefully educational preamble to this post that will provide you with the context you need. If you were to make a list […]

Insurance company UnitedHealthcare said with no contract, on Jan. 1 SSM's hospitals, facilities and physicians in Missouri and Illinois would become “out-of-network” for United's Medicaid plans and its employer-sponsored plans.

The Archdiocese of St. Louis has asked a judge to dismiss several counts in a lawsuit alleging decades of clergy sexual abuse, arguing the claims do no meet Missouri's legal standards to proceed.

Hollie Russell-West, who founded St. Louis Voices Academy of Media Arts, stepped down and Jazzmine Nolan-Echols was named interim director.

David Nguyen, 38, faces one charge of murder and one charge of attempting to conceal murder in connection with the Dec. 27 killing of Terri Nguyen, 72, of O'Fallon.

He was on the St. Charles City Council from 2004 to 2022 and before that was a St. Charles School Board member for 11 years.

Before she was hired by right wing billionaire Larry Ellison to turn CBS into a right wing propaganda and safe space, Bari Weiss tried her best to create a fake propaganda-fueled college in Austin. If you recall, Weiss (alongside Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale) helped create the University of Austin in 2021 under the pretense they […]