The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, provided 23+ million low-income households a $30 broadband discount every month. But the roughly 60 million Americans benefiting from the program are now facing much higher broadband bills because key Republicans — who routinely dole out billions of dollars on far dumber fare — refused to fund a $4-$7 billion […]
The former director of the East St. Louis Public Library is facing federal charges after prosecutors said she made more than $10,000 worth of personal transactions using library funds.
In an indictment filed Aug. 20, a federal grand jury returned five charges of wire fraud and two charges of theft from federally funded programs against Kenyada T. Harris.
According to the indictment, Harris had access to the library's bank account and a credit card as part of her role as director. In the indictment,…
Dennis Hancock said he tried to hire his step-daughter as his legislative assistant. She started last week, he said, but her new hire paperwork hadn't gone through.
Schools are taking extra precautions to keep their athletes safe from the record-tying 102 degree temperatures, following the Missouri State High School Activities Association's strict heat policy and limiting practice time and equipment to protect players from the dangerous heat.
After a dizzying flurry of movement during the summer transfer window, St. Louis enters the homestretch of the season with a remade roster, a newly-potent attack, and reason to believe that better days are ahead.
On July 23, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released an audit detailing how a former mayor of Excelsior Estates improperly paid himself more than $37,000 and funneled more than $200,000 to a business he owned. During the course of their work, auditors found that the records for the village of 209 people on the border of […]
For the nation’s chicken farmers, the last nine months have been breathtaking. Poultry producers have been gamed, we might as well say plucked, for decades by chicken companies. Ever since the 1948 Chicken of Tomorrow contest, Big Poultry has found ways to increase its profitability at the hands of many individual farmers. In July of […]
61 years ago this week—the Jefferson Bank protests paved the way for the region’s very own civil rights movement. St. Louis Public Radio’s Marissanne Lewis-Thompson reports the demonstrations are the center of the new play “We Shall Not Be Moved: The Jefferson Bank Protest.”
Marcellus Williams, convicted of killing a former Post-Dispatch reporter, is back in court trying to stop his execution set for next month, as prosecutors have filed to vacate his conviction based on DNA evidence that wasn't available when the murder happened.
ST. LOUIS - 102 for a high on Tuesday tied the record from 1881, one of the oldest records still standing for STL. As everyone wakes up Wednesday morning, we have scattered thunderstorms across the bi-state area. Occasional rain and storms throughout the day and the clouds that come with them will keep temperatures down [...]
While there will always be debate over who's the greatest guitarist of all time, Billboard has decided to instead look at their instruments.The publication has just come out with its list of…
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