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Frederick Charles Giraud, 89, of St. Louis, MO, passed away peacefully on March 6, 2025 at Bethesda Dilworth. A celebration of life service will take place at a later time.

Leonardo “Len” Francis Impellizzeri III, 86, of St. Louis, MO passed away peacefully on Ash Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, in Louisville, KY surrounded by family.

Knight, Anita L., March 5, 2025, age 77. Services: Visitation Thursday, March 13, 2025, Baue St. Charles, 4:00 pm — 7:00 pm. Service Friday, March 14, 2025, Baue St. Charles, 11:00 am. Contact (636) 940-1000 or visit baue.com

Colton III, Wilson L. “Bill” - Fenton, MO

Taiesha Campbell, the mother, claimed her child was hurt in a drive-by shooting. Investigators, however, learned that she and another suspect, Rodrick Miller, had been cleaning a firearm inside Campbell’s home before leaving it on a couch.

None of this will undo this extremely unnecessary killing. But it will at least provide more case law that will hopefully deter cops from shooting first and retiring mid-investigation later. This is one of the most horrific killings by police officers that don’t involve Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Responding to a welfare check call, […]

Bill Eigel hasn’t been a Missouri senator for months, and he fell short in his two recent runs for governor and chair of the state GOP. Yet as the Missouri General Assembly speeds toward the midpoint of its most productive legislative session in years, Eigel remains a subject of fascination for the legislature he left behind. “We lovingly refer to that as the ‘ghost of Bill Eigel in Jefferson City,’” Eigel said with a laugh in a recent interview with The Independent. Part of it is Eigel’s…

A St. Louis woman has helped write a state bill that would force insurance companies to offer support for people impacted by gun violence just like her. 

Tearful residents in Lebanon, Illinois, are expressing outrage over a recent cleaning at College Hill Cemetery that they say went too far, resulting in the removal of gravesite tributes that had remained on some gravesites for years.

A proposal to have Missouri take over control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is one step closer to Gov. Mike Kehoe’s desk after the state Senate on Monday voted 27-5 in favor of an omnibus crime bill that includes that provision. The bill, which includes other items such as a requirement to report the immigration status of anyone who commits a Class A misdemeanor or higher, has to technically go back to the House, but people with knowledge of the bill's legislative process told…

A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference disabilities.

The site of a long-stalled apartment project in the Grove district could become a sports facility.

Editor's note: This clip surrounding Alzheimer's is from 2020 JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri’s State Capitol dome will glare purple tomorrow, March 11, in recognition of the state’s awareness of Alzheimer’s, Governor Kehoe announced today.  Set by the state’s legislature for the second Tuesday in March, Missouri Alzheimer’s Awareness Day, seeks to enlighten those surrounding [...]

Duncan Levin, a former federal and state prosecutor in New York City who’s represented foreign nations in U.S. courts, described Andrew Bailey’s comments as “press release talk.”