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Late last summer, I proposed that the city implement a city-wide bike network using recently awarded Rams Settlement Funds. Eventually, this idea was included among 20 other finalists, rising up as one of the more popular possibilities for use of the windfall, among hundreds of citizen proposals initially submitted. In anticipation of the informal public […]

The post St. Louis Residents Call for Better Bike Infrastructure appeared first on NextSTL.

Body camera footage showing Asheville Blade journalist Matilda Bliss's press pass. Bliss and colleague Veronica Coit were convicted of trespassing for recording police evicting unhoused people from a public park.

In a recent decision, the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for individuals to sue if they can prove they were retaliated against for exercising First Amendment rights. For Asheville journalists Veronica Coit and Matilda Bliss — who were arrested and convicted for covering a police sweep of a homeless encampment at a public park — the court’s ruling bolsters their appeal of their conviction, as well as any lawsuit they may eventually file.

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Advocacy Intern Jimena Pinzon and Advocacy Director Seth Stern wrote for the Asheville Citizen Times about why this decision should give Bliss and Coit hope.

Last week’s decision is a win for press freedom nationwide because it empowers reporters who are needlessly arrested and prosecuted to seek justice in court. Officials in Asheville should take note and start thinking about cutting settlement checks and, more importantly, reforming their anti-speech practices going forward.

You can read the full op-ed here.

A state representative now running for the Missouri Senate, Nickson-Clark is engaged to money-laundering suspect tied to drug ring by federal authorities.

Elliott Davis, an award-winning journalist, has used his social media presence to shine a spotlight on the crisis of homelessness in St. Louis, helping hundreds of people find homes and changing lives.

Have we considered giving Supreme Court justices their own blogs in which they can vent their ill-informed brain farts, rather than leaving them to use official Supreme Court order lists as a form of a blog? Justice Clarence Thomas has been the absolute worst on this front, using various denials of certiorari on other topics […]

Bonnie Raitt is playing a special show this fall to benefit a good cause.The singer announced she’ll headline an intimate concert at the Sunset Cultural Center in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, on…

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A doctor and his two employees at a clinic in the Central West End were indicted for illegally prescribing controlled substances, defrauding health care insurers, and distributing controlled substances without proper supervision.

Onder and Kurt Schaefer, both former Missouri state senators, lead seven-person primary field looking to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer.

Former state Sen. Bob Onder, one of the leading Republican candidates in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District, on Monday landed the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in the seven-way contest for the Republican nomination. Trump, via statement on the Truth Social platform, said Onder “is an incredible America First Patriot” and a “highly respected physician […]

The post Donald Trump endorses Bob Onder over GOP rivals in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District primary appeared first on Missouri Independent.

A longtime Bayer executive who had been based in St. Louis with the company's Crop Science business has been hired by a manufacturer as its next COO.

The building's owner took on a new joint venture partner as part of the refinancing deal.

Two boys, one 15 and the other 16 years old, escaped the Saint Louis Juvenile Detention Center, officials told 5 On Your Side.

Patrick "Pops" Garrett parlayed a love for bourbon into two successful businesses — a blog, Bourbon and Banter, and a tasting company, Drink Curious, which runs 200 tasting events a year.

Our state is creating a hostile environment for anyone who is different, forcing us to choose between the place we call home and our basic rights and dignity, writes Logan Casey.

The Fenton-based provider of events management and incentive programs has expanded with an acquisition.

I was out in the desert Friday night and took this picture of the Trifid Nebula, one of the best nebulas in the night sky. However, it's only really visible in the summer, so it was now or never (until next year, anyway). My initial integration of the images was disappointing. The problem was that ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The Boone County Fire Protection District said Monday that Matthew Tobben and another firefighter had just rescued two people from flooded Bear Creek in Columbia when the boat overturned.