A federal grand jury indicted three St. Louis aldermen, including the board’s president and longest-serving member, on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for the aldermen’s support on property tax abatements. Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed, Ward 22 Alderman Jeffrey Boyd and former Ward 21 Alderman John Collins-Muhammad, who resigned last month, were indicted […]
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Democratic members of a House committee accused Amazon of “obstructing” a probe into its labor practices during weather events such as the Edwardsville tornado.
This story has been updated. Three high-ranking St. Louis city officials have been indicted for federal corruption charges relating to tax abatements. Former 21st Ward Representative John Collins-Muhammad, Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed and Ward 22 Alderman Jeffrey Boyd all face charges stemming from corruption and bribery schemes.
The Lagosian Apartments at 2300 LaSalle in the Lafayette Square neighborhood took another step forward after a couples years of inaction. A $3M building permit application was submitted for the five story building west of Missouri Ave. Planned are 34 apartments, each two stories, a pretty unique configuration. Surface parking would be located behind. This […]
The iridescent purple flowers wave gently along with the breeze. Acres of long rows of lavender sprout from sun-warmed soil in its characteristic plume. “Every time the wind blows, it rustles the foliage and the stems and the buds,” Katie Lockwood says.
St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, as well as current and former aldermen Jeffrey Boyd and John Collins-Muhammad, have been indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges linked to pay-to-play schemes.
Nostalgia is treated in much the same way personal kinks are — that is to say, we all have nostalgia for something, but indulging too much is culturally frowned upon no matter who you are or where you’re at in the world. But we're not here to judge or poke fun at what you decide to do in your free time.
Federal authorities on Thursday indicted St. Louis' legislative leader, Lewis Reed, on corruption charges, a significant development that could upend the Board of Aldermen and city politics.
If all of Missouri’s adults were vaccinated against COVID-19, more than half of the over 14,000 deaths attributed to the virus since January 2021 may have been prevented, a new analysis concluded. The analysis, performed by researchers at the Brown School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health […]
GRAFTON - The American Legion Post #648 hosted Grafton’s Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony on Monday, May 30, 2022, at the American Legion Post’s World War I Monument overlooking the Cemetery in Grafton. The ceremony honored the nation’s fallen military members with a twenty-one-gun salute by the Legion’s Honor Guard and the playing of taps. “We were pleased to see so many people attend the ceremony," said Bruce Olmstead, the Commander of American Legion Post #648. The invocation and short remarks were given by Father Martin Smith, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church of Jerseyville who is a veteran of the Iraq War having served with the 82nd Airborne Division. The keynote speech was delivered by Colonel (Ret.) Michael Morrow, Mayor of Grafton, a veteran of Desert Storm, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Following the speakers, the Legion’s honor guard presented a 21-gun salute followed by the playing of taps. Terry Day, Chairman of the Grafton’s
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in America was, at best, inadequate. Many voters who felt subservient to a failed businessman chose to view the pandemic as a conspiracy meant to unseat Donald Trump. Millions died. Many more millions continue to suffer. Schools reacted by offering a variety of learning options to students, including the […]
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