We, as a nation, spend hundreds of billions every year to ensure law enforcement agencies are staffed well enough to provide, at best, semi-competent service. We spend billions every year on lawsuit settlements generated by officers who can’t even manage to provide semi-competent service without violating constitutional rights. You get what you pay for, they […]
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Bost will be opposed by Darren Bailey, who received an assist from the Democratic Governors Association when he ran in the 2022 gubernatorial GOP primary.
Billing itself as a sports bar with live music, Billy’s on Broadway has opened at 701 South Broadway, where Beale on Broadway operated for 18 years, closing in early 2019.
By Kevin C. Johnson | Post-Dispatch pop music critic
Attention Laser Tag lovers. Grab your friends and an unlimited laser tag pass on Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to close for $19.99 per person plus tax. Based on walk in availability.
JERSEYVILLE - The Jersey County Fair is officially returning for 2023 from Saturday, July 8 to Sunday, July 16 at the American Legion Fairgrounds in Jerseyville. This year’s fair will kick off with the Jersey County Fair Kick Off Party & BBQ Cook-Off Contest on Saturday, July 8, starting at 6 p.m. Admission to the kickoff party is free, and the event will feature bounce houses, face painting, and a live band. The cost to sample barbeque at the Cook-Off Contest is $10. The Jersey County Fair will also feature Tinsley Amusement rides and a jam-packed lineup of grandstand events, including several livestock shows, the Jersey County Fair Queen Pageant, Talent Show, IPRA/MRCA Rodeo, Tractor Pulls, Demolition Derby, and much more. See the full event lineup with dates and more details at jerseycountyfair.com . The Jersey County Fair Parade is also returning on Tuesday, July 11 at 6 p.m. and will travel on State Street through Jerseyville. Tom Moore with the Jersey County
The order blocks the Biden administration pending further arguments in his court in a lawsuit filed by Republican attorneys general in Missouri and Louisiana.
By Kevin McGill, Matt O’Brien and Ali Swenson Associated Press
A new $106 million high-rise apartment tower is planned in Clayton on prime real estate owned by the St. Louis County Port Authority — a project that replaces a prior plan announced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
EDWARDSVILLE - Soil and worms are main components of composting, but there’s no need to get your hands dirty with Good Dirt Composting Collective’s initiative to bring New Earth Farm composting services to Edwardsville. New Earth Farm is a St. Louis-based company that makes it easy for residents and businesses to compost. The group supplies buckets to customers, who fill them with food waste throughout the week. New Earth Farm then collects the food waste and adds it to their composting bins. “We’re just trying to totally keep it simple so that folks can participate in doing something good and something green,” owner John Cline said. “People just love being able to do something tangible to help the environment.” Cline and his wife, Stacey, want to expand New Earth Farm services to the Metro East area. They’ve been working with Good Dirt Composting Collective, a composting advocacy and education group in Edwardsville that often provide
The $1,000 reward is open to anyone who helps recruit a new hire to the Ferguson Police Department who completes police academy training and a yearlong probationary period.
A St. Charles teen has been transferred from the county's Juvenile/Family Court to the 11th Circuit Court to face trial for a February 2023 fatal shooting.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners. Museum officials said in a statement Wednesday that they have completed transferring 37 wooden statues known as vigango to the National Museums of Kenya so they can be returned to [...]
Journey co-founder and original rhythm guitarist George Tickner has passed away, according to a Facebook post by his former bandmate Neal Schon. Schon shared a series of posts about Tickner’s death at the age of 76,…