The lawyers for a bar owner charged with assault after police crashed into his business say prosecutors are refusing to give them body camera footage of the incident.
Joni Mitchell has announced yet another live performance. The 80-year-old Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will headline a special Joni Jam at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on October 19, marking…
Oh ffs: Transgender Floridians can no longer change the listed gender on their driver licenses. ...."Permitting an individual to alter his or her license to reflect an internal sense of gender role or identity, which is neither immutable nor objectively verifiable, undermines the purpose of an identification record and can frustrate the state’s ability to ...continue reading "Florida bans trans identities on driver licenses"
A city board approved demolition of a vacant building to allow a developer who plans $200 million in projects in Downtown West to move forward on one of the first projects planned – a six-story apartment complex and a parking garage.
COLLINSVILLE - A man from Collinsville faces criminal charges after allegedly trespassing in someone’s residence and resisting arrest, according to recently filed Madison County court documents. Daniel D. Wilson, 31, of Collinsville, was charged with criminal trespass to a residence and resisting a peace officer on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Court documents allege Wilson “knowingly and without authority remained within the residence of another … knowing to be present.” Wilson was additionally charged with resisting arrest after pulling away from and placing his arm around a Madison County Sheriff’s Deputy “in an attempt to prevent his lawful arrest,” according to recently filed Madison County court documents. According to a petition to deny Wilson’s pretrial release, he had previously “threatened or perpetrated physical abuse toward the victim in this matter.” “On information and belief, the defendant presents
The Missouri Department of Transportation closed the Bates Avenue exit ramp of I-55 last night, as well as a portion of Michigan Avenue, due to what they describe as a "pavement collapse." The sinkhole was in evidence while crews worked on site this morning and appeared to be more than a few feet deep. In a short press release, MoDOT said it was "evaluating the situation at the base of the ramp and will determine what actions need to be taken before the ramp can safely be reopened."
Atrios says this about Joe Biden's efforts to pass immigration legislation: If you concede the issues that the other side have made their own are important, you have conceded that the other side is, in fact, correct, and that what they say is important is, in fact, important. Immigration is especially fraught as there is ...continue reading "Can we ever satisfy conservatives?"
Missouri Republican Senate leaders on Tuesday won confirmation for all of Gov. Mike Parson’s pending appointees to state office as members of the Freedom Caucus backed down from a demand that the upper chamber approve initiative petition changes as the price for confirmation. For almost 16 hours, members of the caucus and their allies held […]
Hey, everyone makes mistakes. Ring certainly did. Amazon’s home surveillance acquisition realized there was no one in the residential space willing to slavishly cater to cops. Ring decided it would provide this supposed “public service.” It gave cops cheap/free cameras and urged them to hand them out to as many private citizens as possible. The […]
The Saint Louis University Billikens now sit dead last in the Atlantic 10. It's a spot where they have only finished a season once since joining the conference and relatively unfamiliar territory under head coach Travis Ford.
A bill that would allow students to enroll in neighboring school districts won initial approval in the Missouri House for the fourth year in a row Tuesday on an 83-69 vote. It is the first bill to be debated by the full House this legislative session. It must be approved one more time by the […]
You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babbel on desktop, too, and your progress is synchronized across […]
Immigration hawks say that Joe Biden has cut back on deportations. Biden partisans say he's been tougher on deportation than anyone in recent history. Who's right? Both! Here are the stats: In his first three years, Trump deported 408,000 migrants. Biden deported only 385,000. But—in FY23 Biden deported 236,000 migrants, the highest total ever and ...continue reading "Raw data: Deportations under Trump and Biden"
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush over spending on security. Punchbowl News broke the story this morning, citing "six sources familiar with the investigation."
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