Aggregator

Students held a protest on campus as a majority of the faculty cast that "no confidence" vote. Both say it's time for someone at the university to act.

The former Illinois State Police trooper who caused a high-speed, distracted-driving crash that killed two teen sisters has asked to delay his hearing for the reinstatement of his driver’s license.

The flag will fly from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Building owner owes city almost $60,000 for board up and other costs as homeless population and vandals continue to ransack the structure

With the way the Cardinals’ season has gone, maybe it was a wayward swallow making its way back to Capistrano. Or just a lost loon.

A Missouri woman yesterday filed a lawsuit against Six Flags, saying she suffered serious injuries to her back and neck when an overgrown vine "in the shape of a noose" caught her around the neck as she rode the Log Flume in Eureka. The Log Flume, as anyone who has been to Six Flags knows, is a water attraction in which amusement park-goers sit in a vessel that looks like a hollowed-out log and then ride along a flume of water.

A rotten smell has spread across a University City neighborhood.

A walkway reemerging from the depths of the Mississippi River signals the opportunity to see a great tourist destination for some, but it sets off alarm bells for water experts. Tower Rock is accessible by foot once again, after last year's low water levels revealed a rock walkway for the first time in years. That walkway has reemerged again this year, a whole month earlier than last year. The river usually sees its lowest point between November and January each year, so levels hitting critically…

Just like Americans are paying more for gas and eggs at the grocery store, Missouri schools are also feeling the effects of inflation.

WEST ALTON - The first-ever Family Fun Fest in West Alton is coming up this Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Alton City Park. The event will offer free entry and lots of family-friendly fun, including a petting zoo, food, games, a market, pumpkins and more. West Alton Mayor Bill Richter and his wife Crystal went into more detail about the festival and market on a recent episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . Crystal said this is the first year the Family Fun Fest is being held in West Alton, but not the first year for the market. Bill added that the event originally centered around the Great Flood of 1993, but has been “revamped” this year for a new purpose. “Since the ‘93 flood, we try to every 10 years have a little get-together, and then in the 2000’s, we started getting flooded at the time of the thing, so we stopped doing it for a while,” Bill said. “This time, we’re revamping it and making it mor

Continue Reading

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) instructed the City of St. Charles to cease operations for City Well 4 after the well previously tested positive for vinyl chloride.

Pressure for the Big Three automakers to reach new labor agreements intensified Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans led by Ohio’s Jim Jordan on Wednesday grilled U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland about how the Justice Department has handled its investigation and prosecution of Hunter Biden on felony gun charges. The questions about the president’s son came after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week asked several committees, including the […]

The post U.S. attorney general defends Hunter Biden investigation under questioning by House GOP appeared first on Missouri Independent.

It's part of the bank's larger initiative to reach a minimum wage of $25 per hour by 2025.

The river is already hitting close to critically low levels, even though it usually hits its lowest point between November and January.

She’s an award-winning journalist, writer, reporter, host, columnist, and author. She has also served as the vibrant emcee of many St. Louis American Foundation events and has been honored herself.