The WWE Backlash pay-per-view will take place live in St. Louis on Saturday, May 10, at the Enterprise Center, featuring a match between John Cena and Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship, with Orton returning home to his native area.
COLLINSVILLE - Collinsville Police are seeking the public’s help in locating Kenneth Winfield, who has an active felony warrant for aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. This is information released in the Collinsville Police Department's Fugitive Friday series. The Collinsville Police said the warrant for Winfield stems from an incident where he fled from officers during a traffic stop. Officers have made several attempts to find Winfield but have not been successful. Authorities are urging anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the Collinsville Police Department at 618-344-2131, extension 5209. Callers can remain anonymous. In a message directed to Winfield, police encouraged him to turn himself in at any police department in Illinois or neighboring states, and said, “We would love to help you take care of this matter.” The charges against Winfield are based on probable cause, and he is presumed innocent unless proven
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were back onstage together Wednesday night for a San Francisco show benefiting Tyler’s organization Janie’s Fund.Photos from the evening were posted to Aerosmith’s Instagram with…
WOOD RIVER - The City of Wood River invites the community to come out for their Spring Clean Up this weekend. From 8–11 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2025, community members can pick up litter and beautify Wood River. Kristen Burns, the executive director of Wood River Main Street, encourages people to come out and make a difference. “It’s going to be super easy,” she said. “Just come help us. Help clean up our neighborhoods.” Wood River Main Street will provide trash bags, gloves, grabbers and donuts for volunteers to enjoy. Participants can stop at Central Park next to the Roundhouse, the Wood River Main Street office at 61 E. Ferguson, or Bushy Grove Park to pick up supplies on Saturday. Volunteers are encouraged to pick up trash anywhere in Wood River. Burns asks that people tell the organization where they will be going when they come to pick up supplies, so Wood River Main Street can send a truck to pick up the garbage bags and dispose
The Valley of Flowers Festival is back and blooming brighter than ever. Located at the Duchesne Home Association Grounds (Knights of Columbus), all weekend long. May 2 through the 4 . This year’s theme is “Mary, Mary, Quite contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?” This theme honors the legacy of our dear friend, Mary Gettemeier. […]
BELLEVILLE - The Belleville Police Department is investigating the death of a 22-year-old man who was fatally shot following an altercation inside an apartment complex Sunday night, April 20, 2025. Officers responded around 11 p.m. April 20 to a report of a gunshot victim in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 200 block of Freedom Drive in Belleville. Upon arrival, they found Keshawn D. Kent unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to the upper torso. Despite immediate life-saving efforts by officers and emergency personnel, Kent was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the St. Clair County Coroner’s office. An investigation revealed that Kent had unlawfully entered an apartment at the complex by climbing through a side window. The apartment was occupied by a 22-year-old woman with whom Kent shared children. Inside the apartment, an altercation took place involving Kent, the female resident, and a 24-year-old man who was also present. Authorities said Kent allegedly
A city official said Friday she's referred reported issues at the government's tow lot – including large sums of missing cash – to federal criminal authorities. "There were procedures in place to address these issues which were not followed," her office said.
A museum employee was charged after allegedly headbutting a coworker, arming himself with a wooden board and kicking a police officer while resisting arrest.
In one of Missouri's highest-security prisons, there's a group that is having a light shone on them---not for what they've done in the past, but for an unexpected shared purpose between them.
President Trump's executive order to cut all federal funding to PBS and NPR is a direct threat to St. Louis, "with serious consequences for our region’s economic and civic well-being," write two key backers of Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Radio.
A four-vehicle crash on Highway 61 near Old Monroe, Mo. resulted in the death of a 23-year-old woman and three others injured, with the crash occurring when a Hyundai Sonata failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a Chevrolet Malibu, causing a chain reaction that also involved a Ford F-150 and Buick Lacrosse.
Penske Logistics, a warehousing and distribution company based in St. Louis County, is expected to lay off hundreds of workers later this year following a major contract loss.
Well look who else thinks Trump’s plan to use a centuries-old law to vanish people to El Salvador is batshit crazy: one of his own judges, Fernando Rodriguez Jr. I’m sure the admin will be out there calling him a far-left radical Marxist before long. Let’s be clear about how absolutely unhinged this whole thing […]
The lineup for the upcoming Black Sabbath reunion/farewell concert keeps getting larger.In an article about the show that includes interviews with Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne for The Guardian, the writer notes, "[W]hen…
JERSEYVILLE – A new Thai restaurant is coming to Jerseyville this summer with a Grand Opening set for June 6, 2025. Siam Thai announced Thursday night that they’re currently renovating a space in Jerseyville at 1600 S. State Street, Suite A, the former home of the Wok restaurant . Described as an “authentic Thai restaurant offering a fine dining experience,” Siam Thai plans to offer both dine-in and takeout options from its future Jerseyville location. Their business hours are currently listed on Google Maps as being open every day from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. This appears to be the restaurant’s first location in the Metro East, with the next-closest location in Chesterfield, Mo . Though menu items may vary between the two locations, a look through their Chesterfield menu offers a glance at the soups, salads, fried rice, stir-fry dishes, Thai E-San dishes, and more Siam Thai has to offer. Community members are already expressing excitement for the
RED BUD — Fifteen-month-old Reece, born with arthrogryposis and gastroschisis, underwent an amputation recently above his right elbow following complications from surgeries intended to improve his arm function. The surgeries took place in March, and the complication was discovered during a cast removal appointment when Reece’s arm was found to have developed gangrene. Reece’s mother, Kayla McDaniel of Red Bud, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover the mounting medical expenses and the cost of future prosthetics. The surgeries, which included a posterior elbow release with tricep plasty, wrist dorsal corrective osteotomy, and thumb thenar release with stiletto flap, were meant to straighten his wrist and thumb and allow his elbow to bend. “This surgery was essentially supposed to straighten his wrist and thumb and release his elbow so it could bend,” McDaniel said. “When we went in for his cast removal, we found his arm was black up to hi