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Attorney General Raoul Charges Macoupin County Man For Disseminating Child Sexual Abuse Material

5 minutes 57 seconds ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Virden man for allegedly disseminating child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online. The Attorney General’s office charged Jacob D. Monty, 28, in Macoupin County Circuit Court with two counts of dissemination

Nationally, Construction Job Opens Remained “Extraordinarily Low” in October

9 minutes 13 seconds ago

The construction industry had 213,000 job openings on the last day of October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings […]

The post Nationally, Construction Job Opens Remained “Extraordinarily Low” in October appeared first on Construction Forum.

Tom Finan

7-year-old patient receives dream vacation from nonprofit

16 minutes 9 seconds ago
7-year-old Ranken Jordan pediatric patient Bennett Dieckhaus received a life-changing surprise Tuesday morning. He was presented with an all-expenses-paid vacation to Orlando, Fla., courtesy of national nonprofit Baking Memories 4 Kids.
Kimberly Young

The Muney Will Spend $9.5M for New Seats and Flooding Defenses

20 minutes 53 seconds ago

From St. Louis Public Radio: The Muny will spend $9.5 million on renovations next year. The outdoor theater in Forest Park will replace all of its 11,000 seats and make structural updates to protect against flooding. Aging concrete around the theater was affected by the record-breaking rainstorm that soaked St. Louis in July 2022. Flash […]

The post The Muney Will Spend $9.5M for New Seats and Flooding Defenses appeared first on Construction Forum.

Dede Hance

Public Input Sought on Plans to Replace Loughborough Bridge Before Dec. 19

22 minutes 54 seconds ago

The city of St. Louis is seeking public input on potential impacts to Carondelet Park and the Carondelet Connector Trail as part of the replacement of the Loughborough Bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad just to the west of Interstate 55. The bridge was built in the 1950s and needs to be brought up to […]

The post Public Input Sought on Plans to Replace Loughborough Bridge Before Dec. 19 appeared first on Construction Forum.

Dede Hance

UPDATE: Suspect Dies in Crash While Fleeing Traffic Stop

27 minutes 59 seconds ago

UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as 40-year-old Michael Banks of St. Louis City. A 41-year-old man has died in crash that began as a pursuit in Wellston, MO and ended in St. Louis City on December 8, 2025. A preliminary investigation revealed that around 11:20 p.m. on December 8, a North County Cooperative police […]

The post UPDATE: Suspect Dies in Crash While Fleeing Traffic Stop appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Evita Caldwell

New Details Released In Granite City Chid Porn Case, Woman Remains Detained

1 hour 10 minutes ago
GRANITE CITY – Madison County court filings shed new light on a pending child pornography case involving a Granite City woman linked to a Kik account that shared Child Sexual Abuse Material. Alice Pierce, 28, of Granite City, was charged on Nov. 26, 2025 with four Class X felony counts of child pornography after two cybertips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) prompted an investigation by the Madiso

Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con

1 hour 22 minutes ago
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep dive ever could. Let’s start with this one: That’s Elon announcing […]
Mike Masnick

Illinois libraries required to carry Narcan next year

1 hour 26 minutes ago
Starting on the first day of 2026, all public libraries in Illinois will be required to keep an opioid overdose reversal drug, such as naloxone (Narcan) on hand at all times and have at least one staff member present during work hours who is trained to use it.
Alex Barton

Daily Deal: Curiosity Stream Standard Plan

1 hour 27 minutes ago
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Daily Deal

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1 hour 49 minutes ago
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Varkita Quinn

Opponents of Trump-backed redistricting in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote

1 hour 55 minutes ago
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Opponents of Missouri's new congressional map submitted thousands of petition signatures Tuesday calling for a statewide referendum on a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump as part of his quest to hold on to a slim Republican majority in next year's elections. Organizers of the petition drive said they [...]
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press

Public school open enrollment wins tentative support from Missouri education board

1 hour 55 minutes ago
The Missouri State Board of Education approved legislative priorities Tuesday that signal support for “legislation on voluntary public school open enrollment.”  What this means, though, is unclear. Board members during a Tuesday morning meeting expressed differing opinions on open enrollment,  a policy that broadly speaking would allow students to enroll in neighboring school districts. After […]
Annelise Hanshaw

Epstein co-conspirator grand jury records to be unsealed in New York under court order

1 hour 58 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — A Manhattan federal judge granted an order Tuesday to unseal grand jury records in the case of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking minors among other offenses in 2021. Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 24-page order that unsealing the documents fell within the scope of a new […]
Ashley Murray

Leaders of 2 major anti-abortion groups call for Trump’s FDA chief to be fired

1 hour 58 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Two of the country’s largest anti-abortion organizations want President Donald Trump to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary over access to medication abortion.  Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, expressed frustration Tuesday that the FDA hasn’t completed a review of the prescription drug mifepristone. “The FDA needs […]
Jennifer Shutt