From St. Louis Business Journal: When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis on May 16, DeAmon White hopped in his car and rushed home. As he navigated downed trees and power lines, turning his 10-minute commute into a three-hour slog, he worried whether his family, neighbors, and home made it through unscathed. When he turned […]
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tom Petty’s album Wildflowers, the late singer’s estate has teamed with Because Sound Matters to release the album as a limited-edition two-LP One-Step vinyl.The first…
An eight-year-old boy was involved in a traffic collision with a school bus on Frank Scott Parkway near Winchester Place Apartments in Fairview Heights on Sept. 3 at around 4:00 p.m.
These funds will be used to provide dumpsters for nonprofits and community groups; consulting services; recovery officer staffing; and repairs to make hundreds of affordable, public, and nonprofit vacancies immediately available for tornado victims in need of shelter.
From West Newsmagazine: Community members gathered recently at the Chesterfield YMCA to celebrate a $9.2 million renovation that reimagines the nearly 60-year-old facility for a growing and changing community. The project is part of the Gateway Region YMCA’s five-year capital campaign. “The city of Chesterfield continues to experience exciting and explosive growth and development, especially […]
When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court’s lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower court judges who are clearly fed up with trying to parse the Supreme Court’s “vibes-based jurisprudence” from its unexplained shadow docket rulings. First, we […]
The auditor's office is reviewing credit card expenses and payroll payouts by the city's former assistant city manager and finance director, and a former accountant.
A federal grand jury indicted two St. Charles County men for allegedly harboring undocumented migrant workers. The indictments were tied to a series of raids that shut down a popular St. Peters restaurant.
From West Newsmagazine: Doris Frazier, 94, has been fighting to see the Westland Acres community developed for decades. After years of denials, another developer has come forward to try to make that happen. Sterling Engineering, on behalf of Provision Land Development LLC, submitted a request to rezone a 56.31-acre tract of land north of Strecker […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The developer behind the revamp of Jefferson Arms is eyeing the acquisition of another downtown property. An affiliate of Alterra Worldwide has the Syndicate Trust building, at 10th and Olive streets, under contract to buy, the company confirmed this week. The deal is expected to close by the end of the […]
District 4 Detectives need your help identifying the suspects connected to a carjacking. The carjacking occurred on August 11, 2025, just after 4.am. in the 3600 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The individuals walked up to the victim and demanded his property. The suspects arrived in a red Jeep Patriot that was […]
Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman is back with a new album.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to release Melancholia on Oct. 17. It will be the third in a series of solo piano…
From Leader Publications: The Jefferson County Council voted unanimously Monday night to join a regional partnership to build a $50 million law enforcement training facility in St. Louis County. Two council members, Brian Haskins (District 1, High Ridge) and Scott Seek (District 5, Festus), changed their minds and voted for the partnership after voting against […]
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued a statement in support of a lawsuit District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed today against the Trump administration in response to their unlawful deployment of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia. “I stand in solidarity with my colleague Attorney General Brian Schwalb regarding his challenge to Donald Trump’s illegal and unconstitutional deployment of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia. “As the district’s complaint explains, it is unlawful, under the Posse Comitatus Act, for National Guard units to perform routine law enforcement functions, like searches, seizures and arrests. It is unlawful for the president to deploy National Guard units without the consent of local leadership, and it is unconstitutional and a violation of federal law for the federal military to command out-of-state National Guard troops who are in state militia status. “The president’s
93-year-old Pate was charged with murder after allegedly cutting his wife's throat during an argument in the car, with a maximum prison term of 60 years behind bars.
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