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A Waterloo, Illinois, woman appeared in federal court on Thursday to be sentenced for embezzling funds from the school district where she worked.

Wednesday night around 6:42 p.m., Alton police say someone shot at a school bus in the 1200 block of Central Ave. right in front of police surveillance cameras.

Prosecutors have already named six alleged victims and suspect there could be more.

It’s a case that received national attention after a youth football coach was shot by a parent near the practice field.

A hotel downtown is expected to be put up for sale again after a buyer’s attempt to purchase the property, currently in receivership, fell through.

Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, is working to keep his legacy alive.   

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green faces two opponents in Tuesday's election. While they attack her on grants and absenteeism, the longtime official cites the city's improved credit rating.

Moment Factory’s immersive night walk, Light Cycles, will make its North American debut in St. Louis on Nov. 21. The riveting experience takes visitors on a 45-minute journey through a […]

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Applications are being accepted for the position of St. Louis Poet Laureate. Poets of all genres and styles will be considered.

NOAA has the unfortunate status of being the government's lead scientific agency for climate change—which no longer exists under the Trump administration. Today it's paying the price: I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, ...continue reading "NOAA is being dismantled"

As Donald Trump continues to push for federal workforce cuts during his second presidential term, uncertainty looms over the future of federal employees involved with the Gateway Arch.

A final visit to Mom's Deli brought nostalgia and an important reminder that a city isn't always defined by what it's lost.

On Feb. 18, 1925, Raymond Silkwood received an invitation to visit the home of his (supposed) friend William Clark to get a haircut. Silkwood’s hair was getting a little too long and ragged, so he accepted. Silkwood, a junk wagon driver, lived in a shanty boat on the Hartford riverbank, and Clark lived in a tent next door. Silkwood sat down in a chair in the tent expecting a standard scissor haircut when the “volunteer barber” suddenly reached for a hand axe. He struck Silkwood on the back of the head, rendering him unconscious, and stole 60 cents out of his pockets. Clark’s mother and stepfather were away from home at the time of the haircut but found the injured Silkwood there later. The Wood River police were notified and asked the Alton police to be on the lookout for Clark. The police found Clark in a shanty boat along the willows on the Alton riverfront, arrested him, and took him to the Alton jail. They later transferred him to Wood River police

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Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Scally with Prairie Cardiovascular in O’Fallon, Illinois, explained Mitral Valve Disease, a condition that affects the mitral valve, which controls blood flow between the heart’s left atrium and left ventricle. When this valve doesn’t function properly, it can lead to serious heart complications.

Prosecutors filed new charges on Thursday against a Ballwin man accused of raping women he met through dating websites.