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It's not just the J6ers who got pardons from Trump: Ulbricht is the founder of Silk Road, an online platform for large-scale transactions by drug traffickers and other criminals with a need for secrecy. Now, maybe you think that's OK because drugs shouldn't be illegal in the first place. Mileage will vary. But Ulbricht was ...continue reading "Trump pardons would-be murderer as reward for campaign support"

On the coldest day of the new year, ice is the major obstacle to maneuver for everyone in the greater St. Louis area, but some souls are brave enough to face these low temperatures.

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine:  The Wentzville Board of Alderman recently approved the site plan for a new Lou Fusz Automotive Kia facility to be constructed on the east side of Interstate Drive, approximately 600 feet north of Prospect Road. Justin Winters from Premier Design Group spoke on behalf of the project site plan during the […]

ALTON – Four streets in Alton are one step closer to getting much-needed improvements after Committee of the Whole members approved a related resolution on Tuesday. Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution to apply for federal funds to make improvements to the following Alton streets: Milton Road from Edgewood Avenue to Hillcrest Avenue (0.32 miles) Belle Street from Rozier Street to 20th Street (0.9 miles) Fosterburg Road from IL Route 140/111 to Alton Commerce Parkway (0.5 miles) Brown Street Sidewalk from Vernie Avenue to Rock Springs Drive (0.19 miles) Under the resolution, the city would allocate $27,000 worth of Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds to cover the cost of application fees to the East West Gateway Council of Governments. The city is applying for federal funding for each of the four projects. This fee amount represents 0.5% of the federal funding requested, which would total $5.4 million. If the projects are not awarded, the city will be refunded for the $27,00

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GODFREY – The Village of Godfrey is moving forward with a nearly $700,000 project to extend Stamper Lane. Trustees on Tuesday night unanimously approved a contract with Stutz Excavating Inc. of Alton for the Stamper Lane Extension project. With a maximum cost of $692,541.81, the extension will be funded using Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds. The project will see Stamper Lane expand by 200 feet east of Godfrey Road. This will change the current three-way intersection of Godfrey Road and Stamper Lane into a four-way intersection, which will require modifying the current traffic signals. The village received two total bids for the project, with Stutz submitting the lowest bid and therefore being awarded the contract. A full recording of the Jan. 21, 2025 Godfrey Village Board meeting is available on Riverbender.com/video .

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The child was found about 8:30 p.m. Saturday in an indoor pool at the Element St. Louis Midtown Hotel, at 3763 Forest Park Avenue.

In a neighbor's security camera video, a woman was screaming, three gunshots went off and the suspect ran away from the home.

In early December, Kristie heard about the City of St. Louis’ Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The $3.3 million in federal funding is for residents struggling with past-due rent resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The girl was found unresponsive Saturday in the indoor pool of the Element Hotel.

The Major Case Squad has been activated after a woman was found shot dead in a driveway on the 1300 Block of Olive Street in Collinsville, Ill.

WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders huddled with President Donald Trump on Tuesday in search of a clear path forward to make sweeping changes to the country’s border security, energy policy and tax code, though they remained stuck on a question they’ve been mulling for weeks. Republicans secured unified control of government by promising voters they’d […]

"You could just tell by the way she conducted herself that she loved being here, that this is what she was meant to do," Assistant Fire Chief Dan LaFata said.

St. Louis's mayor, aldermen, and Greater St. Louis Inc., which promotes economic growth in the St. Louis region, praised a compromise to spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars from the 2021 $790 million legal settlement with Rams owner Enos Stan Kroenke and the NFL.

"We are deeply saddened by the death of Madalyn Robinson, an 11th-grade student at Herculaneum High School," the post said.

The compromise provides a plan to spend all of that money, which will remain in interest-bearing accounts until it is expended.

A California-based agtech firm with a big St. Louis-area production facility is expanding its retail distribution.

Huh: Sec. 7. Terminating the Green New Deal. (a) All agencies shall immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), including but not limited to funds for electric vehicle charging stations made available through the National ...continue reading "Trump is kinda sorta trying to unilaterally kill IRA and the infrastructure act"

On January 18, 2025 around 8:30 PM, District 4 officers received a call to the Element Hotel in the 3700 block of Forest Park Ave. Hotel staff reported that a child was found unresponsive in their indoor pool.

The post UPDATE: 7-Year-Old Dies After Being Found Unresponsive in Midtown Hotel Pool appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

A Gold Star family from Wentzville was in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

I know that Mark Zuckerberg no longer likes fact-checking, but it’s not going to stop me from continuing to fact-check him. I’m going to rate his claimed plans of moving trust & safety and content moderation teams away from California to Texas as not just an obnoxiously stupid political suck-up, but also something that increasingly […]