Months of campaigning and TV ad wars will come to a close Tuesday, as Missouri voters head to the polls to pick their party’s nominee for Congress, the state legislature and nearly every statewide office. The Independent tried to answer some of the questions you may have about voting in Missouri’s primary. Polls across the […]
A bear sighting was reported in rural Columbia, Illinois, and the Monroe County Sheriff's Department advised people to stay calm and avoid approaching bears.
There’s been significant progress, but many popular consumer electronics brands are still building hardware that’s often impossible to repair despite a flood in new state “right to repair” laws around the country. That’s at least the conclusion of this new report by the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG). PIRG examined 21 different mainstream tech […]
It’s been nearly 10 years since Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer. His father Michael Brown Sr, stepmom Cal Brown, and their kids have been working everyday since then to heal. They launched the Michael Brown Sr. Chosen For Change Organization to turn their pain into purpose.
Missouri in the last year has significantly reduced its backlog of overdue nursing home inspections, recent federal data shows, though it still stands out for how low nursing staff is at many facilities. Around this time last year, a quarter of nursing homes hadn’t been inspected in at least two years. Now the number is […]
TOPEKA, Kan. — The magistrate who authorized last year’s police raid on the Marion County Record escaped discipline from a state panel by making claims that contradict statements in federal lawsuits about how the search warrants arrived in front of her and whether the police chief swore they were true before she signed them. Magistrate […]
A disturbance at the St. Louis Justice Center on Sunday morning caused the stoppage of all inmate processing, with several detainees gathering in the commons area and correctional officers using pepper spray to get them back in their cells.
ST. LOUIS - It will be a hot and muggy start to the week. Highs Monday and Tuesday will be in the mid- to upper 90s, with peak afternoon heat index values above 100. Out the door temps again Tuesday will have only cooled down into the upper 70s.A cold front will come through the [...]