Saint Louis County Becomes 1st in State to Launch Innovative Child Care WAGE$ Pilot Program Saint Louis County joined Child Care Aware of Missouri to announce the launch of the Child Care WAGE$ pilot program to provide early childhood educators supplemental salary to boost retention and economic stability for the community. Using $5.9 million of […]
Note: This video is from April 20. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Two St. Louis men have been charged in connection to the shooting death of a beloved Ferguson food truck owner last month. According to records, Todd Weems and Daion Heartfield are facing multiple felony charges for the shooting. Food truck owner Ronald Milton [...]
A St. Louis man has been sentenced after a Washington University student from India and rising star in the dance community was fatally shot in February 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (IL-12) today applauds the passage of H.R. 1041, the Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act. This legislation introduced by Bost prevents the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from stripping veterans of their Second Amendment rights solely because they require financial assistance in managing their benefits. “Tonight the House passed my Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act. No veteran should lose their Second Amendment rights simply because
GRANITE CITY – A Granite City man accused of impregnating a 16-year-old and possessing child sexual abuse material of the same victim currently remains in custody. Eli L. Winters, 26, of Granite City, was charged May 19, 2026, with one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault (a Class X felony), one count of criminal sexual assault (a Class 1 felony), and three counts of child sexual abuse material, including two Class X felonies and one Class 1 felony. From Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024,
In a suit, Hanaway says GPD Holdings LLC, known as Coinflip, has knowingly allowed fraudulent transactions on its machines and is charging excessive fees for financial transactions.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced ramp and lane closures at the Interstate 64 and Illinois 159 interchange in St. Clair County for ramp maintenance work. Starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, the following ramps will close: Southbound Illinois 159 to westbound I-64 Northbound Illinois 159 to westbound I-64 Westbound I-64 to Illinois 159 At the same time, northbound Illinois 159 will be reduced to one lane at I-64. Two northbound lanes are
Neil Young has released reissues of his '90s albums Harvest Moon, Unplugged, Sleeps with Angels and Mirror Ball.All four titles were previously collected into vinyl and CD box sets in 2025 as part of Young's…
On This Day, May 22, 1976 ...Paul McCartney & Wings hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Silly Love Songs,” which spent five weeks on top of the chart.The…
Katie Hazelwonder was ready for a change after 12 years working as a welder. The opportunity came unexpectedly, when one day she walked into a Proper Cannabis dispensary in St. Louis. “The people were great,” Hazelwonder said. “They were just so nice and welcoming, and no judgment. I was like, ‘You know what, I’m gonna […]
EDWARDSVILLE/MITCHELL/PONTOON BEACH - With conversations about a possible sale of Special Service Area No. 1 to Illinois American Water, the Madison County Board heard from several residents, and Chairman Chris Slusser addressed “false information” surrounding the potential sale. Illinois American Water has offered $35 million for SSA #1, which serves customers in the Mitchell and Pontoon Beach areas. During the Madison County Board’s regular meeting on Wednesday, May 20,
Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of federal subsidies that helped people buy Obamacare plans. Under federal law, immigrants who are in the country illegally are not eligible for federally funded […]
A St. Louis suburb in St. Charles County has been ranked as the "best place to live" in Missouri, according to U.S. News and World Report's new rankings.
Private equity firms own nearly 3 million apartment units, about 13% of the total apartments across the country, according to a new analysis from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project. And most have been fairly recent purchases. The companies acquired more than 1.7 million of those, or 57%, since 2018, and about 45% of them […]
Celebrate the strength of the human spirit and rediscover the ways we are all connected! Meditative paintings and poetry by St. Louis artist Angela L. Chostner invite viewers to journey […]
The U.S. attorney also issued a remarkable apology to the court, saying he found out about the problems in the grand jury last month; he dropped the felony conspiracy charge.
The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, […]
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