ST. LOUIS - Former St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has been named the inaugural fellow of a new WashU fellowship. Washington University's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE²) recently launched a new "Visiting Fellow" residency program, bringing civic leaders to campus to collaborate and host public events throughout a semester. Jones [...]
St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer signed an executive order Friday to resume a citywide program that allows new city construction contracts under the city's minority- and women-owned business goals.
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public's help with finding a woman missing since mid-August. Angela Robinson-Jimerson, 45, was reported missing last month and last seen in the 9600 block of Halls Ferry Drive. Robinson-Jimerson is described as 5 feet, 2 inches and around 165 pounds. SLMPD reports [...]
(The Center Square) - A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers wants to expand a program that allows noncitizens to fill physician vacancies in rural areas of the United States that are experiencing shortages.
Brad Jackson, plaintiff who has filed personal suits against Maplewood Mayor Barry Greenberg, Kate Bethel, owner of Maven Bath and Candle Co., formerly in Maplewood, and Isaac Chosich, an employee at Maven on Friday sent a PDF to 40 South News of a ‘memo’ sent from Jackson’s attorney, Joseph Ott to the US District Court […]
SPRINGFIELD – For the second time in recent weeks, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has uncovered that Illinois license plate camera data has been shared with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and has ordered that access be shut off. In its continued effort to expand the auditing process for automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems, Giannoulias’ office discovered that the Motorola Solutions technology was being utilized by the Village of Forest Park’s Police Department to give CBP access to its license plate camera data. Motorola has since worked with Forest Park to shut off and disable the data sharing capabilities with CBP and other federal agencies at the direction of the Secretary of State’s office. This comes off the heels of last week’s announcement where the audit conducted by Giannoulias’ office uncovered that Flock Safety, operator of the largest automated license plate reader system in the nation, had allowed CBP to acces
ALTON - You have the chance to customize a brick at the Lucy Haskell Playhouse. From now until Oct. 15, 2025, the Haskell Playhouse Association is selling bricks to be customized and installed around the perimeter of the playhouse. This annual brick sale aims to landscape the property and engage Riverbend residents in the playhouse’s history and upkeep. “You can do it in memory, in honor, just a special date or anniversary, a wedding, anything like that to make it special for someone or yourself or your family,” said Margaret Hopkins. “When I take my grandchildren to the park, they always like to look for their brick with their initials on it.” The forms for the bricks must be submitted by Oct. 15. Hopkins said they aim to install the bricks by Christmas. You can pick up the forms at an upcoming open house on Sept. 13, 2025, or you can contact the Haskell Playhouse Association for more information. The playhouse was built by Dr. William
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