In the GOP primary race to represent southern Illinois in Congress, incumbent Mike Bost is being challenged by Darren Bailey. The two Republicans have tried to differentiate themselves — despite having similar policy positions. How are they different and what are their priorities for the 12th congressional district?
The secretly filmed video of a young woman who works at a Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic ends with an image of crosshairs and a call to “Be Brave. Do Something.” Project Veritas is a far-right organization that surreptitiously films employees of organizations that it opposes, deceptively edits the videos, and then uses them to direct […]
A pediatrician in St. Louis has allegedly been exchanging prescription drugs for sex and cash with patients for a decade — an illicit practice federal prosecutors say he continued even after one of the women he supplied narcotics to overdosed and died. Prosecutors wrote in a complaint filed in federal court yesterday that Craig Spiegel has doled out "over 73,000 controlled substance pills" to at least 25 individuals, though the complaint states the number of people he's illicitly provided pills to is probably higher. There was "no legitimate medical purpose" for the doctor to give these people drugs, which authorities say he distributed in a "tit-for-tat" nature, giving them to female patients in exchange for sexual favors and to other patients in exchange for money.
There hasn’t been a large increase in accidents involving St. Louis police — or at least that’s what police told the Board of Aldermen yesterday. The police department always averages 100 to 150 crashes a year, there’s just more photos of them now. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has earned derision for a series of one-car crashes in recent months, including most prominently one where a police SUV plowed into a gay bar (and then arrested the bar’s owner), but also other accidents where police failed to acknowledge their actions or crashed in seemingly spectacular ways.
CLERMONT, Fla. — It was just after sunset, and the evening traffic was buzzing on Highway 50 as 24-year-old Elijah Kinlaw popped into his local Walgreens in Clermont, Florida, to pick up some smokes. He had just finished a long day working at a local roofing company, and he was still wearing his neon green […]
Pink Floyd fans in the Detroit area will be able to experience their music in a whole new way next month.The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will be holding a special event,…
Judas Priest just released Invincible Shield, their first new album since 2018’s Firepower, and bassist Ian Hill says they worked hard to change things up on the new record.“It's a step forward…
Be it from a distant country or from the St. Louis riverfront, my parents would somehow perfectly apply a handful of words to impart a fundamental principle.