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CANCELED: St. Louis County Police issues Endangered Silver Advisory

1 year ago
UPDATE: St. Louis County Police have canceled the Endangered Silver Advisory. The man was located safe. JENNINGS, Mo. - The St. Louis County Police Department has issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for an 88-year-old man. He left his residence at 5:30 a.m. Monday. He also had not taken his medication. He has dementia and other [...]
Megan Mueller

Alton Building Getting TIF Boost As Godfrey Business Moves In

1 year ago
ALTON - A redevelopment agreement is moving forward as a Godfrey business relocates to a former Credit Union building in Alton. Alton Committee of the Whole members on Monday approved a redevelopment agreement with LDMG Ventures LLC for improvements to a building at 3401 E. Broadway in Alton. The scope of the project consists of “exterior building improvements including TPO roof replacement” at a total cost of $84,281.55. The city would agree to provide $21,070 in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) towards the project. The former site of 1st MidAmerica Credit Union, the building was also previously slated to become the next Alton Dispensary location before a City Council vote effectively shut down their reopening plans . While Planning & Development Director Greg Caffey didn’t share the exact name of the business moving in, he described it as a print signage company relocating from Godfrey to Alton. “The subject property was recently acquired

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Judge dismisses case against Missouri senators over Chiefs parade shooting posts

1 year ago
A federal judge on Monday dismissed defamation lawsuits against three Missouri state senators who made social media posts incorrectly identifying a Kansas man as an undocumented immigrant and the shooter at the Kansas City Chiefsโ€™ Super Bowl victory celebration. Denton Loudermill, the plaintiff in the case, had not shown that the Kansas federal court where […]
Rudi Keller

Shoplifting is up. Or maybe itโ€™s down. Or maybe neither.

1 year ago
Megan McArdle picks at a scab of mine today: It’s hard to pick just one favorite form of internet insanity, but, if I had to, it would definitely be shoplifting denialism. Over the last few years, shoplifting has clearly become a bigger problem. We’ve seen videos of brazen shoplifters casually walking off with goods while ...continue reading "Shoplifting is up. Or maybe it’s down. Or maybe neither."
Kevin Drum