ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Botanical Garden announced on Monday their first female president in the garden's history. International botanist and conservationist, Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann, was announced as the garden's eighth president and will take on her new role Jan. 2, 2025. Garden President Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson has served as the garden's president [...]
Editor’s Note: Luke Schuette, founder and CEO of structural bamboo manufacturer ReNüTeq, will be on the Forum’s Future of Construction discussion panel set for 7:30-9:30 AM Sept. 26th at Gateway South Advanced Building Collaboration District (GSABCD). The panel will be preceded by networking and followed by an exhibition of componentized/modularized construction technology and tours of […]
Karina Whitfield, who is now 18 but was 17 at the time of her arrest was booked yesterday for charges of first degree murder and armed criminal action.
The Winnebago County Coroner has identified remains found inside a car submerged in the Pecatonica River as Clarence Owens and Everett Hawley, two businessmen who have been missing since 1976.
EDWARDSVILLE - Patrick Henesey, a senior goalkeeper for the Alton boys soccer team, has shown great progress in helping the Redbirds in their resurgence, taking a 6-1 win over University City, Mo., on Sept. 7, right after a loss at Edwardsville 1-0 on Sept. 5. Henesey has allowed only eight goals in net for Alton in the first six matches as the Redbirds are off to a tremendous start, one of the best starts for the Redbirds in many season. In an interview that followed the game against Edwardsville, Henesey felt Alton had played well, but also though his team could have done better. "It was a good game," Henesey said. "We just need to work on a few things. We should have scored and put it away, but we played well. It was a tough finish." The Redbirds did have some good opportunities in the match, particularly towards the end, when everyone pushed forward to get the equalizer. The goal, however, never came as the Tigers took the three points. "Yeah, it was a good game," Henesey
St. Louis craft brewery Urban Chestnut has debts of at least $7.4 million, according to its bankruptcy filing. The business has said it will continue to operate.
(The Center Square) – The Missouri Supreme Court reversed a circuit court ruling and ordered Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to put Amendment 3, an abortion rights initiative, on the November ballot.
Earlier this year, we wrote about how Judge Kevin Newsom, on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, had explored how ChatGPT might actually be useful for a particularly narrow use in a court. Specifically, in judging whether or not the “ordinary meaning” of a phrase matched with what a party in the court argued was […]
Dave Grohl has revealed that he's had a baby with someone other than his wife.In an Instagram post, the Foo Fighters frontman writes, "I've recently become the father of a…
Judas Priest is set to reissue their debut album, Rocka Rolla, in celebration of its 50th anniversary. A new remixed and remastered version of the album will be released digitally on Friday,…
MADISON COUNTY - Football season is upon us, and not just for our local high schools and colleges. This season, Madison County Judge Sarah Smith was selected to serve as a Deep Wing Official in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. She is also officiating at the high school level, freshman on up to Varsity Friday Night Lights games throughout Southern Illinois. “I have three sons who all play football and a husband who coaches at the middle school. Football just runs in our blood, and since I plan on retiring from the military next year, I figured it was the perfect time to get into the officiating profession,” said Smith. The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC), which is comprised of eight full-time member schools from Minnesota and Wisconsin, began in 1972 as the Twin Rivers Conference and was renamed to its current title in 1983. In 2008-09 academic year, the UMAC became a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The UMAC includes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion-rights measure will be on the state’s November ballot. The ruling on Tuesday ensures voters will have a chance to weigh in on whether to restore abortion rights to the state. A group of Republican state lawmakers and other abortion opponents had…