ST. LOUIS – A woman from Lake St. Louis turned herself in Monday to face an indictment accusing her of embezzling $1.2 million from her employer. Kari Bertels, 44, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on April 29 with five counts of wire fraud. She turned herself in on Monday, May 11, 2026, appeared in court and pleaded not guilty. The indictment accuses Bertels of using her company credit card to make purchases for herself and relatives from Oct. 9, 2018, to Jan. 12,
ROXANA - The Riverbend East Rotary Club recently recognized the Roxana High School April Service Above Self award winners-Keelan Crawford and Kylee Slayden. Photo-Rotary President-Elect Patti Anderson presents Service Above Self certificates to Keelan Crawford and Kylee Slayden Keelan Crawford Keelan is a Senior who has seemingly spent his high school career in constant motion. A standout multi-sport athlete, Keelan has competed in Football, Basketball, Baseball, and Soccer, all while serving
EDWARDSVILLE — Thanks to the generosity of the Metro East community, State Senator Erica Harriss’ 2026 Mother’s Day Diaper Drive collected hundreds of essential baby and toddler items for local families in need. On Friday, donations gathered throughout the drive were delivered to Safe Families for Children Metro East to help support moms and children across the region ahead of Mother’s Day. “The response from the community was incredible,” said Senator Harriss
JERSEYVILLE – Three Macoupin County residents face felonies in Jersey County for their alleged involvement in a string of retail thefts across two Jerseyville stores. The following individuals were each charged on May 6, 2026 with three counts of retail theft, including two Class 2 felonies and one Class A misdemeanor: Avery W. Heyen, 18, of Girard, Ill. Brandon A. Whitworth, 18, of Carlinville, Ill. Jonathan E. Walch, 20, of Atwater, Ill. The three allegedly knowingly stole
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County police detectives are investigating the drowning death of a 64-year-old man whose body was recovered Monday from Spanish Pond Lake after witnesses reported he may have fallen into the water while boating. Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department’s North County Precinct responded about 4:03 p.m. Sunday, May 10, 2026, to the 12500 block of Spanish Pond Road in Spanish Lake Park for a possible drowning, police said. At about 10:20 a.m. Monday,
JERSEYVILLE — Jersey Community High School's FFA chapter was recognized for a “successful year” at the Section 15 Banquet, where Jerseyville earned top Greenhand and Discovery team honors and placed second overall in the varsity team standings among 16 schools. Jersey Community Unit School District 100 shared the results in a post, saying FFA members Mary Jones and Lucy Boes “were also recognized for their achievements this year with their SAE projects.”
Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry has landed a new acting gig. Deadline reports that Harry is set to play Pamela Anderson’s mother in the new comedy Maitreya.The film centers around Anderson's title character,…
by Eric Schmid, St. Louis Magazine Leaders in St. Louis’ agtech innovation scene are betting that the launch of a startup incubator program designed to accelerate the vetting, development, and…
by Eric Schmid, St. Louis Magazine Pivot Bio, a multi-billion dollar agtech company with origins in Berkeley, California, is continuing to uproot itself from the West Coast, with an announcement…
About 40 Maplewood residents, city council members, staffers and others gathered at the Sutton Loop Park shelter for two hours on Saturday to discuss whatever was on their minds—mainly it was the failed proposition to raise funds to improve the city hall building, and what will happen now since it failed in the April election, […]
Kash Patel is one of the rare Trump political appointees who actually has some experience that might be useful in his current position. But it wasn’t his past experience as a federal public defender and prosecutor that prompted Trump to elevate him to the post of FBI Director. Instead, it was his willingness to engage […]
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SEDALIA, Mo. - A slate of big-ticket musical acts have been announced for this summer’s Missouri State Fair, including the All-American Rejects, Rick Ross and Three Dog Night. The 11-day state fair begins Aug. 13 and runs through Aug. 23 in Sedalia. All concerts are at 7:30 p.m. Concert tickets for all shows go on [...]
Van Morrison is set to headline a five-show residency at the new British Airways ARC. The fully seated concerts will mark the first-ever residency at the new London venue, which…
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