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As the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office continues its investigation of a decomposed body found in the area, those who live right next door say they're set to own the property in just a few days.

On Monday Ron DeSantis released a campaign video that included images of Donald Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Anthony Fauci: Three of the images in this collage are real. The three that show Trump hugging Fauci are AI fakes. DeSantis's excuse? He refuses to comment. However: A person with the DeSantis campaign told CNN that ...continue reading "DeSantis attacks Trump with fake AI images"

History is being made as Lionel Messi is set to join the MLS. St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com beat writer Tom Timmermann and producer Carter Chapley discuss how the move will impact not only MLS but also the local squad.

ALTON - The Alton Boys & Girls Club celebrated the end of their playground renovation project today, but the party didn’t stop there. The club also said goodbye to longtime Board Member Cas Sheppard as he prepares to retire. Sheppard has served on the Boys & Girls Club board for 12 years, including two terms as president. “It’s going to be a huge loss for us, but we just really appreciate Cas and what he’s brought to our organization. So this is our way of showing him that we appreciate him and we thank him,” Al Womack, the Alton Boys & Girls Club executive director, said. Womack and Sheppard have worked alongside each other for years. The Boys & Girls Club is a national organization that offers after-school and summer programs to kids and teens. The Alton chapter works with approximately 600 kids every year. Sheppard said he was inspired to join the Boys & Girls Club after he saw the work of Womack and others. “I just remember how it was

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MoDOT has posted an RFP for On The Job (OTJ) Training Supportive Services. The On The Job Training Supportive Services program is a federally funded program to provide pre-apprentice level training to women and minorities for entry-level positions in the heavy highway construction industry. Since 1998, vendors contracted with MoDOT have trained more than 2,000 […]

Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges related to the classified documents he withheld from investigators after taking them to his home in Mar-a-Lago when he left office: The Justice Department took the legally and politically momentous step of lodging federal criminal charges against former President Donald J. Trump, multiple people familiar with the ...continue reading "Trump indicted in classified documents case"

Lights will be added and repaired along 15 roads between Jefferson and Franklin counties.

ALTON - The Alton Boys & Girls Club celebrated their playground renovation with a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The playground, located at 2512 Amelia Street in Alton, has updated equipment and a safer fall surface. “This is for not just the Boys & Girls Club,” Al Womack, executive director of the Alton Boys and Girls Club, said. “This is for the community.” The Boys & Girls Club organized the renovation. Several local businesses sponsored the project. Donors, school board members and local politicians were in attendance, as well as kids who were eager to test out the new equipment. Many attendants noted the benefits of another community park and the work that the Boys and Girls Club does for Alton. The playground is located on the Boys & Girls Club building property, but it will remain open for all community members. “These kinds of community events are really the heartbeat of everything in our districts,” Erica Harriss, state senator in

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Former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed the motion with St. Louis Circuit Court in May to vacate Christopher Dunn's conviction in a 1990 homicide.

For technical reasons, the normal rent inflation measure from the BLS lags actual rent by 6-12 months. BLS has been investigating how to fix this, but in the meantime they've come up with an alternative measure that looks only at the rent paid by new renters. This index is released quarterly and leads the normal ...continue reading "Rent inflation is down to zero"

Area lung specialists advise limiting outdoor activity during peak times.

Iron County Sheriff Jeff Burkett, two deputies and a citizen were charged in March with crimes related to an alleged kidnapping plot.

Two officers suffered minor injuries, and four other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the incident.

The Lake St. Louis police chief said he believes there may be more victims not only in the St. Louis region, but also throughout Missouri and in other states.

"It’s been a lackluster, underwhelming, frankly problematic response."

The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if he's convicted.

Ten days after being sworn in as the city's new top prosecutor, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore is withdrawing his predecessor's motion to vacate a decades-old murder conviction.