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'The Great Emancipator': Abraham Lincoln's legacy remembered on his birthday
St. Louis County jury convicts man of sodomizing young girl
Michael G. Smith, 62, was convicted Friday of three counts of statutory sodomy, prosecutors said.
Man gets 22 years in St. Louis shooting
Sanchez Swink, 22, of St. Louis, was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison in the death of Elliott Massey in 2019.
St. Louis leaders hope to 'reverse historic wrongs' through Rams funds
It remains to be seen how St. Louis city officials invest their share of the Rams relocation settlement long-term, but a new resolution approved Friday offers some insight on possible factors in the process.
Video Included: Extraordinary Black History Exhibit Unveiled at Alton City Hall
ALTON - A detailed Black History Exhibit has been established at Alton City Hall. The new exhibit was unveiled this week and led by Sheila Goins, wife of Alton Mayor David Goins. Sheila said she was “super excited” to display the Black History Exhibit at City Hall. February is Black History Month throughout the country. “What we have here is just a snapshot display of the wealth of black history in Alton, Illinois,” she said. “We have it categorized from community, music, education, freedom and equality in schools, and more. We want people to come and see all this exciting material.” Sheila said the exhibit is a collective effort between her and three prominent women in the community - Charlotte Johnson, Minnie Johnson, and Eva Perkins. “Charlotte, Minnie Johnson, and Eva Perkins were instrumental in providing the information,” Goins said. “Eva was a strong contributor to Alton’s area musician's success.” Johnson
Man gets 26 years in St. Louis fatal shooting
A federal judge on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 26 years in prison for his involvement in a triple shooting that left two people dead.
Attorneys general from 23 GOP-led states back suit seeking to block abortion pill
WASHINGTON — Attorneys general representing nearly two dozen Republican states are backing a lawsuit that would remove the abortion pill from throughout the United States after more than two decades, eliminating the option even in states where abortion access remains legal. The state of Missouri filed its own brief in the case Friday while Mississippi […]
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Missouri Comic Con is This Saturday, February 11
High-rise apartment tower would replace bank branch and office buildings in downtown Clayton
The proposal would add to significant new construction in downtown Clayton, which has also seen office vacancy fall.
Thanks To Evergreening And Legal Threats, AbbVie Has Earned $114 Billion Since 2016 From A Drug Whose Key Patent Expired Back Then
Techdirt has been writing about evergreening — making small changes to a drug, often about to come off patent, in order to gain a new patent that extends its manufacturer’s control over it — for ten years now. The evergreening approach betrays the implicit bargain that lies at the heart of patents — that a […]
Help find this St. Louis man missing since October
ST. LOUIS -- Police are asking the public for help finding a 28-year-old man who has been missing since last year. Mark Corwin's mother reported him missing on January 21, 2023. He was last seen near Saint Louis University Hospital on October, 9, 2022. Police were able to determine that he last withdrew money from [...]
There’s a Spongebob-Themed Dance Party Tonight in St. Louis
Promoters have finally figured out that people just want to dance and have a little fun before we all die, and they’ve started booking events with this in mind. Case in point: tonight at Red Flag (3040 Locust Street, redflagstl.com) they’re having a "Bikini Bottom Rave." Yep, it’s a SpongeBob SquarePants-themed dance party, and you can go even if you don’t live in a pineapple under the sea.
First Bank's finance classes in north St. Louis are 'preparing a community for capital'
Creve Coeur-based First Bank, working with content from the nonprofit group Prosperity Connection, is offering free finance classes at the branch it opened last October in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “Regardless of your age, it’s so essential to get a grip on your spending habits,” said one class attendee.
Kate Hudson opens up about relationship with The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson
Kate Hudson and The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson were married from 2000 to 2007 and share a son together, 21-year-old Ryder. In a new interview, Hudson talks about what prompted her to jump into marriage…
St. Louis aldermen OK Rams settlement outreach, money for safer streets
The board also debated providing lawyers for people facing eviction, but declined override the mayor's veto of a change to firefighter pensions.
Man sentenced to prison for dozens of St. Louis area catalytic converter thefts
ST. LOUIS -- An East St. Louis man will be spending the next nine months in prison and paying his victims over $46,000 for a series of thefts. Matthew Jennings, 31, was sentenced for stealing 39 catalytic converters from vehicles across the St. Louis area. The Department of Justice says that Jennings worked with D’Ante [...]
Developer eyes conversion of Fox Park building to apartments, with another project underway
A St. Louis-based developer has a pair of factory-to-apartment conversion projects underway in a city of St. Louis neighborhood, topping $40 million in development costs.
Post Holdings buys pet food brands from Smucker
9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits and more are coming under the Post Holdings umbrella.
Authorities find relative in missing Picher girl case; awaiting DNA results
MIAMI, Okla. – An older sister of Cheryl Taylor, a Picher girl missing for 45 years, is providing Texas authorities with a DNA sample in hopes it is a match to the unidentified body of a woman found in 1981. The sister, who asked not to be immediately identified, lives in a community north of [...]