Hush-a-Phone, Scissor Phones, One of the First Rotary Dial Phones – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 […]
Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Upon Further Reflection, a collection of oil and cold wax paintings by Mark […]
FULTON, Mo. - Kaleb Hinkle-Pruett from East Alton, Illinois, was named to the Fall 2023 Dean's List for exemplary academic performance at Westminster College. Hinkle-Pruett is a Junior at Westminster. The Dean's List recognizes Westminster students who have shown high academic performance during the past semester. To be included on the Dean's List, a student must achieve a 3.60 semester grade point average with at least 12 hours completed that semester. The list of 262 students includes 57 freshmen, 49 sophomores, 72 juniors, and 84 seniors. President and Chief Transformation Officer Donald P. Lofe, Jr., explained these students represent a long-standing tradition of academic excellence at Westminster. "On behalf of the entire Westminster College community, I would like to congratulate each one of the individuals who made the 2023 Fall Dean's List, which is not an easy accomplishment," Lofe said. "These students are now celebrated among those who have made an intellectual impact
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) and Chair of the CST Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation—met with Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to discuss this month’s horrific Alaska Airlines incident that resulted in a door plug flying off one of their 737 MAX 9 aircraft midflight. The meeting comes after Duckworth sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urging the agency to reject Boeing’s reckless petition requesting an exemption from safety certification standards to prematurely allow its 737 MAX 7 aircraft to enter commercial use before fixing a known safety flaw that could have catastrophic consequences on passenger safety. In their meeting, Duckworth pushed Boeing to prioritize fixing this flaw that is a single point of failure subject to human error instead of effectively putting profit over the safety
Mike Parson is outlining goals for this year while looking back on his six years in office. The Republican delivered his final State of the State address this week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Bost announced today that the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, the central repository for personnel records for the military and government civilian employees, has eliminated a backlog of record requests that left veterans waiting over a year-and-a-half for the documentation they needed to obtain benefits, medals, and other services. “America’s veterans served their nation proudly, and they shouldn’t get bogged down in bottlenecks and backlogs to get the benefits they deserve,” said Bost. “That’s why I led a coalition of over 100 House members in asking for answers on when these delays would be resolved. I couldn’t be happier to hear that the backlog has been cleared and our veterans can get back to receiving their records in a timely manner.” Following COVID, the backlog in veterans’ record requests swelled to 600,000. Bost originally appealed for answers on the delays in
EDWARDSVILLE - The Gori Law firm announced today its recipients of the 2024 Super Lawyers distinction. This year, seven attorneys were recognized, including Owner and Principal Partner Beth Gori-Gregory, Managing Partner Sara Salger, Partners Jason Steinmeyer, Chris Layloff, David Aubry, and Bob Marcus, and attorney Samira Bode. Super Lawyers published the annual list on January 25, 2024. Each year, Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas for their high level of peer recognition and professional advancements. Only five percent of attorneys in Illinois have the honor of being named Super Lawyers. Over the years, several attorneys from The Gori Law Firm have received Super Lawyer distinctions, and the list continues to grow as the years go on. Attorneys have also received consecutive recognition. Salger, in particular, has been named a Super Lawyer for eight years. “We’re extremely proud to see several of our attorneys awarded this
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met with NCAA President Charlie Baker to discuss proposals to modernize Division I (D-I) athletics in the age of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights for college athletes. These proposals, including provisions to allow schools to enter into NIL contracts directly with college athletes and the ability to offer direct financial compensation, would require additional accountability as any school entering a contract must abide by Title IX. “College sports is a big business that generates even bigger profits, yet little of this money makes its way to the athletes who made these record-breaking profits possible. Further, despite being used in a plethora of promotional campaigns by universities, college athletes are prohibited from being compensated for the use of their name, image, and likeness,” said Durbin. “As I discussed with NCAA President Charlie Baker
January is National Mentoring Month. A young St. Louis woman went from facing life in prison to getting a second chance at success with the help of a mentor who believes in her. FOX 2's Blair Ledet spoke to two women whose stories show the impact of both reaching out for help and reaching back to help.
EDWARDSVILLE - Reckless discharge of a firearm, unlawful possession of weapons by felons, burglary, and more charges have been filed in Madison County since December, according to Madison County court documents. Benjamin D. Gross, 25, of Alton, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 11, 2023. According to court documents, Gross was illegally carrying a black 9mm semi-automatic handgun after previously being convicted of burglary. Court documents state Gross “discharged a firearm in a reckless manner” in a residential area, “which endangered the bodily safety of an individual.” He was charged with a Class 4 felony for reckless discharge of a weapon and a Class 3 felony for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. He was released upon his signature of a Conditions of Pretrial Release Order. Ronald D. Adams, 40, of East St. Louis, was charged
Neither the FCC nor FTC has a particularly good track record of standing up to broadband and cable giants when it comes to their longstanding track record of anticompetitive behavior, price gouging, or nickel-and-diming their often captive customers with bogus, hidden fees. Though occasionally one of the two agencies does step in to try make […]
The Kansas City Royals want voters to promise four more decades of tax money to underwrite a new stadium. Parking attendants, beer vendors and the other people who tend to fans want more leverage on their wages. And the Royals say the team stands willing to bargain, offering to enter into a community benefits agreement […]
A Kansas City man was charged with terroristic threatening on Thursday after authorities say he threatened to shoot people inside the St. Charles Municipal Courthouse.
MoDOT says a $92.8M federal grant for the I-70 rebuild project includes money for additional commercial truck parking at rest stops, new fencing to keep deer off the highway.
The factional fights making the Missouri Senate a public spectacle are bad enough that Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin told reporters Thursday that she’d vote to expel the leader of the Freedom Caucus from the chamber.
Speaking to the assembled editors and publishers from the Missouri Press Association during their annual visit to the Capitol, O’Laughlin noted that expelling a senator takes 23 votes of the 34-member chamber.
“Two years ago, I said with 23 votes, you can throw somebody…
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