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Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft decertified a ballot measure that would legalize abortion, a move aimed at blocking it from appearing on the November ballot, according to a brief filed Monday with the state Supreme Court. Last month, Ashcroft announced the reproductive-rights proposal would appear on the ballot as Amendment 3. But a Cole County judge on Friday ruled the amendment violated state law and shouldn’t have been certified.  That ruling is now before the Missouri Supreme…

ST. LOUIS - Sam Goodwin’s roots are in St. Louis. “I’ll just answer the question before everyone asks; I went to DeSmet High School,” he said. He branched out after college, moving to Singapore to work for a tech startup. While he was there, he was bitten by the travel bug. “I had flexibility in [...]

Missouri's state auditor has denied a request to look into the state's charter schools. 

In a St. Louis courtroom Monday, a prosecutor stated that 31-year-old Mary Anne Curtis had a newborn in March 2022 who reportedly died from methadone exposure.

Lucas Kunce, the Democratic nominee for Senate, made a campaign stop at a sheet metal workers union hall in south St. Louis Monday. 

The World Bird Sanctuary has seen an uptick in the number of birds caught in soccer nets around St. Louis.

Manned security will manually operate the new gates until a fare collection system is installed and integrated with the gating system.

ALTON - Improvements to a building on Henry Street are one step closer to getting a funding boost from the City of Alton following unanimous approval from the Committee of the Whole on Monday . According to a redevelopment agreement between the City of Alton and Honke Properties LLC, the city has agreed to reimburse the developer for up to $18,636 of the project cost upon its completion. These funds would be generated through Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and would cover about 25% of the project’s estimated total of $74,545. As previously reported on Riverbender.com , the improvements consist of “interior accessibility improvements, including elevator modernization and hydraulic jack replacement.” These upgrades will be made to a brick building on the corner of Henry and East 3rd Street, which is currently home to multiple businesses, including Honke Properties. A resolution authorizing city officials to execute the redevelopment agreement was unanimously

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James Earl Jones died Monday at 93. His baseball speech in "Field of Dreams" resonates even today for Cardinals fans in St. Louis and baseball fans across the country.

FARMERSVILLE - When folks see Natalie Wellborn’s jewelry or portraits, they move in for a closer look, then realize that all of the intricate negative spaces in her works are not drawn, they are cut out! Natalie is a paper-cutting artist. Paper cutting is an old art form that dates back to the fourth century, and it is not commonly seen in today’s art scene. Natalie discovered the art of paper cutting in 2008. She started as a hobby and got good at it. Friends told her that she should do something with the new skill she honed. She toyed with the idea, but she was busy with so many other things, including trying to stay in a corporate job that wasn’t a good fit for her. Natalie then learned that she had ADD, and that she was on the spectrum for autism as well. This explained, in part, why she found corporate demands so arduous. She left her job and started an exhaustive job search that forced her to re-evaluate her life. Husband, Zachary, told her she should step

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MADISON COUNTY - On Saturday, September 14, the Madison County Historical Society Family History Walk will take place in the Leclaire National Historic District in Edwardsville. This is a free event offered by the Madison County Historical Society to build interest in the community around us. Participants will meet at the Nickel Plate Station at 10 a.m., then follow a trail that leads them to various locations where actors portraying former Leclaire residents will greet them. Visitors will, of course, meet Leclaire founder, N.O. Nelson, as well as his daughter, Julia Lawnin, bathtub maker Fred Merkle, school teacher Mildred Shaw, housewife Emma Sehnert, cabinetmaker Charles Vollentine, and junk dealer Frank Mack. All will tell stories of their lives in Leclaire a century ago. In past years, the Annual Family History Walk focused on downtown Edwardsville. This is the first time the event has been held in Leclaire. Allow approximately two hours to complete the walk. The 2024 Living

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Just days after LL Flooring announced plans to close all of its stores and go out of business, the company said it had secured an 11th-hour deal to sell more than 200 stores to the chain's founder.