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The trend continues. One of the things we’ve noticed more frequently as of late has been larger companies attempting to use trademark law as some kind of cudgel against employee unions. This has taken several forms, from Wal-Mart attempting to shut down a union website for accurately calling itself a union of Wal-Mart employees, Medieval […]

Investigators allege the group trafficked large amounts of narcotics into the St. Louis area.

After we told you last week about a massive hole left in the middle of a St. Louis street, we’ve found another one up the street and around the corner from the first.

Some hailed it as a way to even the playing field. Others decried it as opening the doors to the jails.

Daryl Clemmons, 43, is accused of shooting his son's football coach four times because he was upset that his son wasn't in the starting lineup.

DoorDash driver Travaye Gaines, 23, is charged with first-degree burglary, attempted rape and first-degree sexual misconduct.

A St. Louis man was convicted Thursday for fatally shooting a man while the two were riding in the same car on Interstate 70.

“We are thankful to the Tedricks for generously sharing their talents and treasures,” Mahony said.

The surviving dogs were taken to the Humane Society Of Missouri's St. Louis headquarters for veterinary treatment.

GODFREY - On Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, you can find great items and support a great cause at a “pop-up garage sale” to benefit the nonprofit Pride, Incorporated. Karen Wilson, a board member for Pride, Inc., will host the garage sale from 9 a.m. to noon at her State Farm branch at 225 Tolle Lane in Godfrey. Wilson explained that all proceeds from the sale will support the Pride, Inc. nonprofit and their beautification projects throughout the Riverbend area. “Our junk is your treasure,” Wilson joked. “It’s just a way to recycle things that we’re personally not using anymore but that somebody else could find use for, and then it goes towards beautification projects in the area. We can always use those — helping fight litter and pull weeds and brighten a few spots in the community.” Pride, Inc. regularly organizes city-wide cleanups, restoration projects and landscaping updates in Alton and Godfrey. They rely solely on

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The labor industry says there aren't enough trade workers to go around, and this concern comes as the large Interstate 70 project gets underway.

COLLINSVILLE - “My story is not a pleasant story. It’s not a pretty story. But it’s an American story.” So began Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr.’s keynote speech at the Illinois Higher Education Equity Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Parker spoke to Southern Illinois University students and faculty about his experience growing up in the Jim Crow-era South and how he has learned to live after witnessing the abduction of Emmett Till, his best friend and cousin. Parker is the last living eyewitness to the kidnapping before Till was tortured and lynched in 1955. Wheeler’s keynote address kicked off the two-day symposium, which aims to facilitate conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion in all schools in the Southern Illinois University system. The SIUE Gospel Choir performed before Parker took the stage to share his story and speak about his book, “A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin an

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