BETHALTO - Winston Rulo, a 22-year-old nursing student and certified nursing assistant, remains hospitalized after a brutal assault at his apartment complex in Bethalto on July 19, 2025. Karen Alexander Mack described the severity of her son's injuries and has called for the attack to be prosecuted on a higher scale. She has had contact with Madison County officials about the issue. Mack said the assault left Rulo with multiple head and eye lacerations requiring extensive suturing, a crushed fingertip that necessitated nail removal, and fractures in his face repaired with titanium plates and screws. He also suffered bruises on his hands and feet. Rulo was transported to a St. Louis hospital for surgery after the incident. His current condition has improved from critical status out of the ICU, and his mother hopes he is at the end of his surgeries. "I held his uninjured hand as he lay there with a neck brace in place, with tears streaming down both our faces. I tried to comfort him
A new lawsuit accuses QuikTrip of selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated man in St. Peters, who then drank it in his car and caused a crash that injured two people.
Missouri Rep. Bob Onder announced Thursday his sponsorship of a new bill proposal to formally rename the John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts after President Donald Trump.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to slash its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by sending employees to five regional hubs, Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday. The department wants to reduce its workforce in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia from 4,600 to less than 2,000 and add workers to regional offices in […]
This latest facility on Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s campus will be 176,000 square feet and accommodate the School of Pharmacy and the School of Nursing. The project consists of a three-story health sciences building. It will offer space for offices, academic classrooms, synthetic chemistry, nursing wet lab, pharmacogenomics, biochemistry, vivarium, and microbiology. The design-build firm […]
As we near the halfway point from summer to fall, let’s take a look at some sunflower fields that are within a reasonable driving distance from St. Louis.
ALTON - John “Jack” Gilbert Helmkamp Jr., a longtime community leader and advocate for civic progress in the region, died at his home on Saturday, July 19, 2025. He was 78 years old. Helmkamp was born March 24, 1947, in Alton. He married Elizabeth “Beth” Whitney on January 23, 1971, in Anderson, Ind.. He is survived by his wife, their three sons — John Gilbert Helmkamp III of Edwardsville; Ryan Helmkamp of Newell, Iowa; and Darren Helmkamp of Kirkwood, Mo. — and their families. He is also survived by two sisters, Janice Farrell of Marco Island, Florida, and Jane Hadley of Charlotte, North Carolina. Helmkamp’s service was recognized with multiple honors, including the Riverbend Growth Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, induction into the East Alton-Wood River High School Hall of Fame, the Charles A. Bane Humanitarian Award of Excellence from United Way, and the “Service Above Self” Award from the Alton-Godfrey Rotary
Actor Paul Walter Hauser has a role in the upcoming Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, and it turns out he also has a surprising connection to the New Jersey…
From Bob Clark Beyond: At Clayco, when we talk about the art and science of building, we mean more than just construction — we mean using the power of people, teams, and ideas to invent better ways to build. Our work on the Kali Hotel at Hollywood Park is a perfect example of what’s possible […]
Here we go. Again. Nonstop. The Racist Fucks Regime is at it again, leveraging every piece of data involuntarily collected by the government as a weapon to deploy against brown people. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and […]
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“Deliver the message to the right mailbox,” is the message conveyed by the Advancing American Business & Contractors Association (AABCA), a black contractors association in regarding local reaction in the wake the St. Louis Development Corporation’s decision to temporarily pause new M/WBE certifications due to pressures from the federal government. “The Advancing American Business & […]
ALTON — The Alton Police Department arrested Andre L. Darden, a 45-year-old man from East Alton, in connection with a shooting that took place on July 5, 2025, in the 300 block of State Street in downtown Alton. The incident drew widespread local attention after video footage of the shooting circulated on social media. Darden was taken into custody earlier today and has been charged by Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine with aggravated battery with a firearm, felon in possession of a weapon, and reckless discharge of a firearm. He is currently being held pending a detention hearing as outlined in his arrest warrant. The Alton Police Department emphasized the significance of community cooperation in addressing violence. “This arrest highlights the importance of the community and police department standing together and calling out bad actors who choose disorder and violence in our community,” the department said. It also reiterated its commitment to justice,
Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents disproportionately rely on the public insurance program. But Medicaid cuts in the massive tax and spending bill signed into law earlier this month will worsen mental health disparities in those communities, experts say, as patients lose coverage […]
Missouri Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, accusing Planned Parenthood of misleading women about the safety of mifepristone in medication abortions.
From St. Louis Public Radio: The U.S. Department of Energy is canceling an almost $5 billion loan for a project that would bring wind energy through Missouri after pressure from state politicians. The Grain Belt Express is an almost 800-mile planned transmission line that would connect renewable energy generation in Kansas, through Missouri, to the […]
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