The latest report on a February riot is part of a longer pattern of problems at the St. Louis County jail. Follow the Post-Dispatch's reporting on staffing, safety, oversight and conditions inside the facility.
In June, Build-A-Bear Entertainment, a subsidiary of Build-A-Bear Workshop sued California-based Kabu Productions, Foundation Media Partners and Patrick Hughes in St. Louis County Circuit Court for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
Who is pouring money into Missouri elections? Ozarks First is taking a look at recent Missouri Ethics Commission filings by two political PACs on both sides of Amendment 5. If approved, Amendment 5 would begin the process that would allow state lawmakers to repeal the state's income tax. On July 27, PACs were required to [...]
A south St. Louis Ruler Foods store is set to close at the end of the month. The discount grocery chain confirmed this week that its location at 2700 S. Grand Blvd. will permanently close July 31.
ST. LOUIS - A 46-year-old man riding a Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle was killed shortly before 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in a crash with a Metro bus at Market and South 14th streets in the Downtown West neighborhood in St. Louis, according to a preliminary investigation. Accident Reconstruction is investigating the fatal crash, which happened when the eastbound motorcycle violated a red electric traffic light and struck the center right side of the bus, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police
SPRINGFIELD — Governor JB Pritzker has officially proclaimed August as Illinois No-Kill Shelter Month . This critical initiative underscores Illinois’ commitment to making the entire state no-kill*, which means saving every healthy or treatable pet in shelters. Best Friends Animal Society , a national nonprofit dedicated to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters and making the country no-kill, applauds this proclamation as a meaningful step toward ending
LITCHFIELD/RIVERBEND - This August, “The Buzz Magazine” will mark 17 years with its 200th issue. Owner Tara Simmons never set out to run a magazine. But in 2009, she and her husband Tony decided to take a shot and publish “The Buzz Magazine” to help local businesses. Nowadays, the magazine has grown exponentially, but that core mission remains. “It’s clean, it’s positive, it’s uplifting, and people just love it,” Tara said. “We
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) has recovered more than $110,000 following an investigation into prevailing wage violations on a solar energy project in Winnebago County. The investigation found that Premise, Inc. failed to pay the required prevailing wage rates to laborers and electricians performing work on the project near Rockford. As a result, the company paid $91,991.60 in back wages to 27 affected workers and $18,398.32 in statutory penalties to the Illinois
CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced on National Whistleblower Day the launch of a new online page for whistleblower complaints to be submitted to the Division of Financial Institutions. IDPFR now offers a dedicated whistleblower complaint page where industry insiders can directly submit to the agency complaints about potential violations of law they may have witnessed or be aware of within the industries the Division regulates.
The St. Charles County Council has voted to eliminate the county government's share of personal property tax collections, which accounts for around 3% of a typical resident's personal property tax bill.
EDWARDSVILLE – A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026 at the City’s new all-abilities playground on the N.O. Nelson campus of Lewis & Clark Community College. The public is invited to join in the celebration of this new accessible play space made possible with the help of numerous community partners. “It brings me so much happiness to know how much this playground will be used and enjoyed by children and families from
CHICAGO – Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced that Illinoisans who lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive a one-time $400 benefit per eligible household member through the new Families Receiving Emergency Support for Hunger (FRESH) program. This $70 million program was enacted as part of the Governor’s FY27 budget , which was focused on making life more affordable for Illinois families
The same food supply chain that lets restaurants serve nearly identical produce in Missouri, Michigan or California can also make it remarkably difficult to figure out where contamination began when Americans get sick. As cyclospora cases climb across Missouri and Kansas, public health investigators are working backward through a supply chain that can stretch thousands […]
Green Door Art Gallery in Presents “Bee” Intrigued July 8 - August 19! The exhibit features Patrice Aitch - Glass Alison Bozarth - Mixed Media 2D Marilyn Callahan - Pastels […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today called out the Trump Administration’s inhumane conditions in United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, where detainees have been subjected to overcrowding, inadequate medical care and abusive treatment. During her questioning at U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) spotlight forum, Duckworth underscored the lack of timely data regarding ICE detainees in the Chicago
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