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The man demanded the victims hand over their property, so they gave him their phones. The victims were not injured in the incident.

The Woodson Terrace Police Department announced Monday morning that one of their officers passed away over the weekend.

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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One of the key questions about gender-affirming care among teenagers is: do they regret it later? A new study of both puberty blockers and hormone therapy shows that regret rates are extremely low a few years after the treatment has begun: The data analyzed survey responses from more than 200 people who are part of ...continue reading "New study tells us little about trans regret rates"

Shane L. Sargent, 55, died in a motorcycle crash Sunday night in Jefferson County.

Over 400 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Engineers walked off the job Monday. Strikers are asking for better pay.

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 Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory celebration. Denton Loudermill, the plaintiff in the case, had not shown that the Kansas federal court where […]

Workers in Troy and Highland, Illinois, were on strike Monday afternoon against the Eaton Corporation and their B-Line business, a massive city block complex. Union workers at the Pinckneyville, Illinois, plant joined them.

I’ve talked about Shawn Layden before. And in admiring terms, too. In the wake of the much of the industry consolidation we saw in the video game space last year, his comments about both what that would mean for creativity within gaming, the creation of entirely new titles, and even moreso what he said about […]

TGI Fridays is now managed by an outside consultant known for facilitating bankruptcies. Here’s the latest on the chain.

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."

ALTON - If you don't watch closely, our newest Remarkable Redbird could run right by. Junior Hank McClaine has been running for the Alton School District since the sixth grade. Hank has been a headliner for the Redbird cross-country and track team. He was the winner of the Alton Invitational Cross Country meet earlier this year, which had about 40 runners. Hank is the Art Farhner-Edward Jones Remarkable Redbird of the Month. Hank is a runner that likes to start fast and with about a half mile to go, he likes to have someone push him along for the rest of each race, which seems to be working, as Hank has placed in the top three in all starts through the Alton Invitational. During the spring track season, you can also expect to see Hank at or near the top of the runners in both the 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs. Hank will be looking to better his time in the 1600 meter (the mile) of 4.39. Hank has mentioned that he would like to continue running at the college level and gives a lot

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EDWARDSVILLE - Thelma Watershed Wair, one of the historical Little Rock Nine who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957 amidst an angry mob of white separationist and who later graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has died. She was 83. Wair’s sister, Grace Davis, confirmed to The Associated Press that Wair died Saturday at a hospital in Little Rock from complications of multiple sclerosis. Wair’s history-making story began in 1957 with the other eight students: Melba Pattillo Beals, Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts and Jefferson Thomas. The students integrated Little Rock Central High School three years after the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 declared in the Brown vs. Board of Education case, that segregated classrooms were unconstitutional. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus deployed the National Guard for three weeks to prevent the Little Rock Nine from enrolling in the

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There are some things in life that you just don’t understand until you experience them. That was my realization this weekend, on all fours under the hot sun, with a goat on my back chewing my ponytail. Yes, I’m talking about goat yoga! Turns out goat yoga is the greatest of all time — the G.O.A.T.! For those of you who are reading this and thinking it must be a typo, let me explain. Goat yoga has gained popularity in the last few years. It is literally what it sounds like: yoga with goats. You might be thinking, “How do they stop the goats from climbing on you?” And the answer is, they don’t! The goats climb all over. One might also wonder, “Don’t the goats kind of stink and use the bathroom all over the place?” And the answer is, yes, that also happens! It’s part of the magic. On Saturday, I conned my mother into joining me for a goat yoga session at the Alton Farmers Market. As we approached the goats, we were

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The community at Fort Leonard Wood is asking for the public's help in searching for a soldier that has been reported missing.