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Brasunas in 2008 started the Information Technology Entrepreneur Network, which provided mentoring, training and other services to hundreds of early-stage technology firms here.

EAST ST. LOUIS - Recently, members of the Looking Glass Prairie Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, spent a fun and rewarding day at The Eagle’s Nest of St. Clair County in East St Louis. The facility provides transitional housing, trauma-informed care, and wrap-around services and support for homeless veterans in and around the Bi-State area. The Looking Glass Prairie Chapter's mission is to empower homeless veterans to achieve self-sufficiency. The Looking Glass Chapter donated some much-needed new kitchen equipment, games and puzzles, handmade blankets, and furniture for the day room. Before that, however, it was time for chow! The DAR members provided and served the veterans a full meal, including home-baked treats. With full stomachs, the veterans and Daughters played bingo and visited, sharing stories and fellowship. Chapter regent Kimberly Dalrymple said, “Each veteran also received a special goody bag. The best thing about the whole

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It’s a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t choice appearing on the California ballot this Election Day: choose gerrymandering, or have gerrymandering chosen for you. It’s an ugly decision to be forced to make. But, for the moment, at least, one that needs to be made. At issue is Proposition 50, which would change the law affecting how California […]

WEST FRANKFORT – The teachers who are members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Local 817, have officially filed an Intent to Strike with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB). The action comes after teachers voted yesterday (October 15) to authorize their union's bargaining team to call a strike, if necessary. The Intent to Strike vote was overwhelming; 97% of members voted, with 100 percent voting "YES." West Frankfort teachers may now legally go on strike as soon as October 26. “We love our students and this community, and we don't want learning or sports schedules to be disrupted," said Tim Aldridge, teacher and president of Local 817. "The overwhelming results of this vote make it crystal clear that our teachers are prepared to strike if the school board gives us no other choice. Teachers' patience is running out. The union has been bargaining with Superintendent Donkin and Frankfort CUSD #168 school board members for more than five months,

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ALTON — The Alton Fire Department responded to a structure fire on the 400 block of Main Street on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, around lunchtime, encountering heavy smoke and flames upon arrival. “The fire started in the first-floor bedroom and went into walls and moved into the second floor then to the attic,” Alton Fire Chief Jesses Jemison said. A box alarm was requested, and assistance from the East Alton Fire Department was called to the scene. The cause of the fire remains unknown. No injuries were reported.

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Alexander Steen, Al Arbour and Barret Jackman will officially join the St. Louis Blues' Hall of Fame next year.

Bella’s, known for its boozy shakes at 1021 Washington Avenue, will soon re-open as a coffee and pastry bar.

EDWARDSVILLE - On Sunday, October 12, Tandra Taylor, PhD, assistant professor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of History and SIUE's Interim Director of the Institute for Community Justice and Racial Equity (ICJRE) at the Southwestern Illinois Justice and Workforce Development Center on SIUE’s Belleville campus was recognized with the 2025 Educational Leadership award from the East St. Louis NAACP Branch 3013. The award ceremony, the Branch’s 71st Freedom Fund Banquet, took place at the Marriot St. Louis Grand in Downtown St. Louis. Emcees Maurice Drummond and Morgan Harris, both anchor/reporters on First Alert 4 television news introduced the evening with the theme “The fierce urgency of NOW.” Branch President Robin Carey-Boyd spoke of the principles behind the NAACP’s East St. Louis membership, founded 101 years ago. “The mission has always been clear: To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic

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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed a federal lawsuit looking to block a newly approved referendum that could overturn the state’s congressional redistricting plan, saying that the effort is being driven by out-of-state “dark money” groups.  This lawsuit comes just a day after the petition was approved for circulation.

Bruce Springsteen may make it look easy to sing “Born in the U.S.A.” in concert, but Jeremy Allen White learned that it’s anything but.The Bear star, who plays Springsteen in…

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The department’s Second Seater initiative launches Friday at 6 p.m. The social media program will show people what happens when officers are on patrol and respond to calls.

CLAYTON — A Nigerian resident is suing a Creve Coeur woman, accusing her of defrauding him of the $147,000 he sent to her to purchase a luxury car that he never received.

Longtime St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina said Thursday that he is "ready" to return to professional baseball as a coach or manager, though he stopped short of confirming whether he has a job in the works for next year.

Plans for the project, “Trailside Farms,” include 383 single-family homes and 87 townhomes spread across 200 acres of farmland south of Highway N in St. Charles County.

Rep. Steve Butz, D-St. Louis, holds a significant fundraising lead in the race to replace state Sen. Karla May next year