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The deadly crash has shined a spotlight on a problem for truckers across the nation.

Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is not a complete stranger to Techdirt’s pages, and not for good reasons. The company, in the past, has shown itself to be perfectly willing to abuse trademark law to stop anything it doesn’t like, such as a man reselling its goods across borders where the company has no stores (perfectly […]

Early Monday morning, car thieves struck Bancroft Avenue, damaging at least seven cars, and leaving some residents pinching their pockets.

EDWARDSVILLE - Longtime Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) professor Allison Funk was named a Guggenheim Fellow last year, one of only five poets to receive that prestigious recognition in 2022. One year later and another fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council under her belt, Funk is reflecting on her career as a professor and poet as she gathers her poems into a new collection that connects grief, womanhood and nature. A self-described “old feminist,” Funk noted that this book feels especially poignant at this point in her career, which started at a time when very few women were published. “We look for models,” Funk said. “Obviously, all women are not alike, but there is some commonality in terms of our life experiences. That was especially important to me when I was young, to have my own sort of authorized in some way…We have to write out of our own bodies and our own experiences, to a large degree.” Funk studied

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WestRock Co. will close one of its St. Louis facilities, laying off 54 workers, in September, according to a notice filed with the state Friday.

Round after round of strong storms has been the pattern the last few weeks, and will continue over the next few days. One Maryland Heights street has lost three different mature trees in three different storms.

Samuel Davis, a 26-year-old officer with the Northwoods Police Department, was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping and armed criminal action.

It was a massive run over the last four nights at the venue that many of you still call Riverport with a Tears For Fears comeback, a tempest-shortened Post Malone show, a Snoop Dogg/Wiz Khalifa double bill that came with a surprise Nelly cameo and Saturday night’s sold-out Eric Church concert. It was a different look for Church and not just in the fact that he swapped his trademark aviator shades for sunglasses that looked more like post-cataract wear.

The Clayton-based distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products is expanding its presence in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., area with the purchase of an East Coast electrical supply business.

Missouri environmental regulators warned the federal government in 2021 that radioactive contamination of groundwater from a uranium processing site near St. Louis wasn’t improving despite cleanup efforts, according to documents reviewed by The Independent and MuckRock. Officials with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy in May […]

The post Missouri warned feds in 2021 radioactive contamination of groundwater wasn’t improving appeared first on Missouri Independent.

CHICAGO – If you purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket at a 7-Eleven store in Elgin, you may want to check it right away. That’s because you could be holding a winning ticket worth $900,000. The winning ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven store, located at 811 E. Chicago St. in Elgin, IL. The lucky winner hit all five numbers in the Lucky Day Lotto midday draw on Sunday, July 16 to win the jackpot. The $900,000 grand prize was won with the winning numbers: 11-13-14-23-26. This is also a win for the retailer that sold the winning ticket, as the retailer will receive a bonus of 1% of the prize amount. In total, nearly 24,000 other prizes, ranging from $1 to $200, were won in this Lucky Day Lotto drawing. Anyone could be next - with two massive jackpots up for grabs tonight. The Powerball jackpot has swelled to a staggering $900 million for tonight’s drawing - making it the third largest Powerball jackpot and seventh largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. And the

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ALTON - Alton Little Theater released a reminder of the upcoming Monty Python's Spamalot that begins July 21 and runs to July 30 at the Showplace. The July 21, 22, 26 and 26 shows are at 7:30 p.m. evenings. The July 23 and 30 shows are matinees at 2 p.m. Kevin Frakes is the director of "Spamalot" at ALT. Tickets are $25. Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur's quest to find the Holy Grail. Inspired by the classic comedy film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical also diverts a bit from more traditional versions of this legend. Lee Cox, of Alton Little Theater said she wants everyone to have a summer blast of fun at Spamalot. "We have 22 of our best performers to give it their all - so you can enjoy laughing again," she said. "Everyone sings and dances and creates a summer spectacular of grand theater." Cox closed: "So don't delay - Call 618-462-3205 today or go online: altonlittletheater.org. ...We promise you will have so much fun. Let ALT transport

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Hipskind & McAninch, LLC, will file a lawsuit against Greyhound Lines, Inc. on behalf of at least two victims in the crash.

John Fogerty made a special appearance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado, on Friday, July 14, to join the String Cheese Incident for a set that they called the first-ever "John Fogerty Incident.”…

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In St. Louis, where classic rock is king, legacy acts regularly fill our amphitheaters, arenas and stadiums, although those shows tend to come from the kinds of devil-horned KSHE-approved guitar-slinging acts that dominated ’70s and ’80s arena rawk. Lately, though, the nostalgic stock has been rising for a different classic-rock phylum: the synthy new-wavey Second British Invasion bands of the MTV era.

A personal injury law firm with offices in St. Louis and Metro East has been hired to represent some of the victims of the Greyhound bus crash that killed three people and injured more than a dozen others. Hipskind & McAninch LLC will file a lawsuit against Greyhound Lines Inc. on behalf of at least two victims in the crash, according to a statement from the law firm. "This is an incredibly traumatic event," said Brady McAninch, a partner in the firm. "We need to make sure that these people get…

Prosecutors said Christopher Gruebbel used fake social media accounts to pose as a young girl named "Hannah" and bait people into sending him images of themselves.

The goal of Clayton Restaurant Week is to get people out to a local restaurant they may not have tried before or back to an old favorite for an affordable price.

St. Louis-based life sciences startup Un&Up has been awarded $3 million in federal funds to advance its efforts to develop technology to treat strokes.