ALTON - A legal dispute between Mayor David Goins and the Alton City Council over challenged ordinances and appointed positions is scheduled to be heard at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Madison County Court, with Judge Sarah Smith presiding. The temporary restraining order filed by Goins prohibits implementation of the challenged ordinances at issue in the litigation and bars any further action against them. It also requires that those removed from their appointed positions be reinstated
A former officer with the North County Police Cooperative took a plea deal and admitted to sexually assaulting 18 men whom he arrested during his one-year tenure on the force.
We’ll see how long US Attorney (and, of course, former Fox News personality) Jeanine Pirro gets to keep her job. I would guess the exit door is only inches away from hitting her ass since she refused to carry out Donald Trump’s plan to punish Reflecting Pool visitors for highlighting the failures of his no-bid […]
WASHINGTON — Todd Blanche took the oath of office as U.S. attorney general at a brief ceremony in the Oval Office Monday, following the Senate’s narrow vote to approve his nomination as the nation’s top law enforcement official over the weekend. Blanche, who served as acting attorney general and was President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer […]
Elton John’s longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin is set to take part in the 2026 Americanafest Keynote Conversation, where he’ll be joined by Grammy winner Brandi Carlile.According to a press…
A Black police detective is suing Brentwood, alleging that a fellow officer asked if she should only get "three-fifths of a vote" and that department leaders didn't investigate her complaints.
The SLMPD, with generous support from the St. Louis Police Foundation, will host a Backpack to Success School Supply Giveaway on Sunday, August 23, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Fairground Park.
Earlier this year, following the initial verdict in the state of New Mexico’s case against Meta (arguing that Meta caused harm to children by doing things like encrypting messages), we noted that even if you believe that Meta is a terrible company (as I do), that Mark Zuckerberg cannot be trusted (ditto), and that the […]
In a quote posted to Instagram, Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has described the track “Mr. Charm,” from the band’s latest album, Foreign Tongues, as “4 on the floor, it’s danceable,”…
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