WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. - First responders were called to check on a man shocked by a live electric line while on top of a utility pole a around 8 a.m. The incident occurred at Kingshighway on Hill Avenue. He was not an electrical worker. Bommarito Automotive Group Sky Fox helicopter captured footage of the rescue. [...]
Authorities say skeletal remains found at a house in Springfield have been identified as those of a woman who vanished in 2008. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says a post-mortem examination identified the remains as those of Michelle Renee “Shelly” Bianco of Springfield.
Allman Brothers Band founding member Dickey Betts has died at the age of 80, according to a post on his official Instagram page.“It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts…
Sting, Deep Purple and Lenny Kravitz are among the artists booked to play the 2024 Montreux Jazz Festival, happening in Montreux, Switzerland, from July 5 – 20.Deep Purple will headline the…
An Illinois man who allegedly made threats against a St. Louis judge is now out of jail on bond after almost six weeks in the city jail. After a hearing this morning, Erick Buntyn was allowed out of the City Justice Center so long as he posts $1,000 and submits to GPS monitoring. His defense attorney says that option should have been made available much sooner.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to herbs sold at Trader Joe's stores.
From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III on Wednesday said it’s “premature” to say the team will seek public money for renovations to Busch Stadium, a response to a media report that said such a development was likely. DeWitt said in an interview with the Business Journal that Busch Stadium […]
From NPR: Rakeb Tesfaye, a 5-year-old student at the Julia Goldstein Early Childhood Education Center in University City, said she enjoys playing outside because she gets to make friends. “And I get to go like this, and like this,” Tesfaye shared as she imagined herself swinging on monkey bars at a playground. She and her […]
What do Fentanyl and TikTok have in common? Well, the real answer is absolutely nothing. Nothing at all. But, if you want to push a nonsense moral panic, apparently, you compare the two. While it’s unclear exactly where Congress currently stands on the push to ban TikTok in the US (or, at the very least, […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: What began as a routine trip to school last month nearly turned into a disaster. Kayla Neuenswander watched as her son, a kindergartener at Wren Hollow Elementary, froze on his bike in the middle of a street as a car barreled towards him. “I screamed bloody murder,” Neuenswander said. The car […]
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