ST. LOUIS - The City Of St. Louis Water Division has issued a precautionary boil water advisory for portions of its service area due to low water pressure caused by a 20” water main break earlier this afternoon. The Water Division has not detected any contamination to the water supply but asks customers in the affected area to boil their tap water when utilizing drinking and cooking. The precautionary boil water advisory will remain in effect until water quality samples confirm the water is safe for consumption. The duration of the precautionary boil order advisory can be 24 - 48 hours. The affected neighborhoods under the precautionary boil water advisory are as follows: Area 1 • Bevo Mill • Boulevard Heights • Carondelet • Dutchtown • Holly Hills • Mount Pleasant Area 2 • Lindenwood Park Boil Advisory Boundary Area 1 • Mississippi River west on Robert to Morganford • North on Morganford to Delor • Eas
GILLESPIE - Jimmy D. Byrd Jr., 44, of Gillespie, has been formally indicted by a grand jury in Madison County on 12 felony counts including child pornography and sexual assault of a child. All 12 of the charges against him are Class X felonies, half of which carry a sentence of up to 60 years in prison. His bail was set at $750,000. Court records state Byrd committed these acts in June of 2022 and was indicted by the jury on June 8, 2023. Court records state the victim was “under thirteen (13) years of age when the act was committed,” but their exact date of birth indicates they were 6 years old at the time of these offenses. The full list of charges against Byrd includes six counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child (each enhanced Class X felonies carrying 6-60 year sentences) and six counts of Child Pornography (Each Class X felonies). On June 1, 2022, Byrd was charged with one count of Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child. Byrd was additionally charged
EDWARDSVILLE - A new Edwardsville ice cream spot has arrived just in time for summer. Clementine’s Naughty and Nice Creamery celebrated its opening on Friday, June 9, with fresh flavors and a packed house. The Creamery, located at 6185 Bennett Drive in Edwardsville, is the newest addition to the Bennett Drive area, which will be welcoming many new restaurants and businesses in the coming months. This is the first Clementine’s Creamery to open in Illinois. The creamery has seven locations in the Greater St. Louis Area, where it has already built a reputation for boozy treats and unique flavors. Retail Director JulieClaire Lane explained that Edwardsville was chosen in part because it’s a college town. She said the city’s sense of community also influenced Clementine’s decision. “If you go into each one of our shops, even though you’ll see a lot of the same things…we look like the communities we’re in,” Lane
Edward Nixon, 27, of Jennings, and Cortez Caves, 26, of Black Jack, were found guilty of killing two men in a drive-by shooting in front of the New York Market liquor store in December 2019.
On May 24, the Gentle Barn — a national non-profit animal sanctuary with locations in St. Louis, Nashville and Los Angeles — won best Animal Video at the 15th Annual Shorty Awards for its “Farm Animals React to Their Names” series. The Shorty Awards is an international competition that honors excellence in social media content as well as the organizations and brands that produce it.
ALTON - The City Of Alton today announced that private contractors will have East Broadway closed to thru traffic from East Third Street to Henry Street for water and sewer line work. The City of Alton said the road closure will begin at 7 a.m. Monday, June 12, and is expected to continue through the week, reopening Friday evening, June 16. "Please be patient and use caution," advised the city officials. "Do not attempt to move or drive around traffic control. Violators may be cited and prosecuted."
The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is urging anyone who purchased oysters from the Fruit Stand & Seafood in Manchester to throw them away, saying that a man died after consuming oysters from the business earlier this week. The 54-year-old man died on Thursday at St. Claire Hospital in Fenton from an infection of Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that thrives in warm, coastal waters and is carried by oysters, according to a statement from the county health department. "There is no evidence that the business did anything to contaminate the oysters, which likely were already contaminated when the establishment received them," the department said.
WOOD RIVER - Firefighters were busy Thursday night trying to contain a spread-out brush fire that Wood River Fire Chief Wade Stahlhut said extended from W. 7th Street in Hartford to the Wood River Dome. Stahlhut said the fire appeared to be caused by a spark from a rail train that went through that vicinity. Stahlhut also pointed out that with the dry conditions, this is a very dangerous time when brush and tree remnants catch fire. The fire chief said rail traffic was held up for more than two hours while firefighters worked to contain the spots of fire. He also said Wood River, Hartford, South Roxana, Roxana and Rosewood Heights firefighters battled the blazes. He added that the fire call came in at 6:15 p.m. Thursday. Chief Stahlhut commended the fire agencies who participated in battling the fires. "The fire spread quickly," Stahlhut said. "It is very dry right now. All the firefighters did a wonderful job Thursday night."
The Queen musical We Will Rock You reopened at the London Coliseum this week, and the gala performance featured a special appearance by none other than Queen guitarist Brian May. The rocker rose up to the stage…
NSO Group is on the ropes after years of self-inflicted damage metastasized into months of negative news coverage. Since worldwide exposure of its customers’ abuse of its malware, as well as exposing the sort of people NSO chose to deal with, the company has discussed getting out of the offensive spyware business — a move […]
Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury, making him the first former president to face federal criminal charges. The 37-count indictment in the Southern District of Florida, handed up by a grand jury there, was unsealed Friday. According to the indictment, Trump schemed with an aide to keep possession of top secret […]
It really wouldn't be St. Louis without some kind of water issue. Since it hasn't flooded from deluges of rain in the last few days, of course a water main would break. A whole 20 inch break, in fact, according to a city notification.
A month after a serious water main break shut down all traffic on Interstate 64, there's been another break causing serious headaches in the city — this time near Lansdowne Avenue and Chippewa Street in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood. "In one split second, it went all the way to LeGrand's and up to the doors of the firehouse [across the street]," said one woman who lives in an apartment right in front of the break who asked the RFT not to print her name. She says the break occurred around 11:30 a.m. and water continued gushing for about two hours.
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine on Friday announced that a murder case involving the 2010 death of a man whose body was discovered in Alton has been transferred to St. Clair County for prosecution. “I thank St. Clair County State’s Attorney Jim Gomric and the other authorities in St. Clair County for their prompt action and cooperation in this case,” Haine said. Odilon Villagran-Gudino, 55, formerly of Washington Park, was charged in Madison County with robbing and fatally stabbing an acquaintance, 52-year-old Jose “Pee-wee” Randolfo Pagoada, and concealing the death. The Madison County charges were filed in 2018 under seal because Villagran-Gudino was not yet in custody. The charges remained under seal until May 19, 2023, after Villagran-Gudino was returned to Madison County from Mexico, where he had been taken into custody. The investigation continued after Villagran-Gudino’s return to Madison County, resulting
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