From West News Magazine: Gateway Studios is creating an expansion of its complex to include amenities on the north side of North Outer 40 Road. As such, Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc, has submitted a request for a zoning change from the Planned Industrial District to Planned Commercial District for the 77.8-acre parcel. The […]
From Heritage Daily: Cahokia was the largest urban settlement to develop from the Mississippian culture, a mound-building pre-Columbian civilisation that developed in the Midwestern, Eastern, and South-eastern United States. The area was first inhabited as early as the Late Archaic period around 1200 BC, but the original builders are believed to have settled in the region […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A developer plans a revamp of a St. Louis County extended-stay hotel into apartments, citing declining demand in that hotel category. Churchwick Partners of Woodmere, New York, in June purchased the Sonesta Suites ES extended-stay hotel at 1855 Craigshire Drive in Maryland Heights for $4.17 million, according to St. Louis County […]
From RiverBender.com: State Senator Christopher Belt will serve as chair of the Senate Appropriations-Public Safety and Infrastructure Committee in the 103rd General Assembly. “In my new role I want to ensure taxpayer dollars are being used wisely during budget negotiations,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “As the southernmost Democrat, it’s important that downstate Illinois is not forgotten. I […]
A former clerk admitted yesterday in federal court in St. Louis that she stole almost a half-million dollars from the small, cash-strapped north county municipality where she was employed. Maureen Woodson, 68, pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud. From February 2016 to April 2022, Woodson and then-assistant city clerk Donna Thompson wrote more than 600 checks to themselves without the knowledge of other city officials, whose signatures they regularly forged on the checks.
One person has died and several others are hurt, including three firefighters, after a large blaze Tuesday morning at home in Cahokia Heights, Illinois.
Student educators lead interactive tours of the permanent collection designed to prompt discussion and reflection on the power of place in relationship to works by such artists as Jaune Quick-to-See
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine on Monday announced that his office has filed charges of predatory criminal sexual assault against a defendant who, if convicted, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Prosecutors charged Brok A. Weigand, 33, of South Roxana with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, one count of attempted predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and one count of criminal sexual assault. The counts of predatory criminal sexual assault are the most serious of the charges – class X felonies. Those counts carry a mandatory sentence of life in prison because they involve two separate victims. The charges allege that Weigand committed acts of sexual contact with three relatives, all of whom were younger than 13, between January 2014 and December 2022. “Any crimes committed against children are inexcusable. These types of offenses against children
Dispensaries around Missouri sold more than $8 million worth of recreational marijuana in the first weekend since the state legalized it for adult use, the state's health department said.
According to the state's cannabis regulation page, recreational marijuana sales totaled $8,500,900 from Friday to Sunday. Another $4,189,065 in medical marijuana was also sold in the state over the weekend.
When Illinois legalized recreational marijuana in 2020, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional…
About a month ago, we wrote an article pulling together a variety of sources, including an NBC News investigation, that suggested that Elon Musk’s Twitter was doing a terrible job dealing with child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on the platform. This was contrary to the claims of a few very vocal Elon supporters, including one […]
Automakers whose vehicles have been targeted by thieves inspired by social media challenges confirm to KSDK that they are testing software upgrades that could stop their cars from being stolen and intend to provide them to drivers at no cost.
Both automakers are the focus of a class-action lawsuit claiming the vehicles were defective because certain models built before 2020 did not have an immobilizing device that would prevent the car from starting if keys were not near the vehicle.
In separate…
A former city clerk for the North County municipality Flordell Hills on Monday admitted stealing $487,673 from the city.
Maureen Woodson, 68, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of wire fraud.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis said Woodson and another former assistant city clerk, Donna Thompson, from February 2016 to April 2022 wrote about 614 checks to themselves without authority or knowledge of the mayor, treasurer or board of aldermen.
Woodson and Thompson cashed…
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