CHICAGO – Attorney General Raoul today announced criminal charges against a St. Clair County man over the alleged possession, purchase and sale of purported stolen retail merchandise including tools, electronics and lawn equipment in the estimated amount of $243,000.00. The charges are the result of a multi-jurisdictional investigation facilitated by Raoul’s Organized Retail Crime Task Force. Raoul’s office charged Garrett R. Bass, 22, of Cahokia Heights, Illinois, with Class 2 felony organized retail crime, punishable by up to 7 years in prison, two counts of Class 1 felony theft, each punishable by up to 15 years in prions, three counts of Class 2 felony theft, each punishable by up to 7 years in prison, and Class 1 felony money laundering, punishable by up to 15 years in prison. “The effects of organized retail crime are not limited to any one region of Illinois, particularly when the sales of stolen merchandise often fund additional criminal activity.
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ALTON - Several descendants of historic Alton architect Lucas Pfieffenberger will travel from all over the country to Alton for a family reunion and a private, custom tour of 20 homes throughout the city that were designed by him. The tour will be led by Alton Odyssey Tours on March 18, and Managing Partner Caleb Lewis said there are plans to bring some elements of it to the public during their future Alton Architecture Tours. “We’re visiting 22 locations throughout downtown Alton … it is a private, custom tour; we actually custom-wrote this script with communication with the family,” Lewis said. “The script is going to highlight Pfieffenberger’s architecture, but we’re going to put these ideas into a broader portfolio for when we build out an Alton-focused Architecture Tour, which will include other architects that were significant to the City of Alton.” Pfeiffenberger practiced architecture from 1857 until his passing in 1918, an
Diamond Sports Group, parent company of Bally Sports Midwest, had its first bankruptcy hearing on Thursday, two days after voluntarily filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to eliminate almost all of its $8.6 billion of debt.
Chrissie Hynde is the latest female artist to call out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Following Courtney Love’s tweet and op-ed in The Guardian blasting the lack of female representation in the Hall of Fame, Hynde shared…
Edward Jones is inching toward reaching its goals for diversity representation by the end of 2025, though it's performing better at headquarters than among financial advisers.
EDWARDSVILLE – The first steps in the creation of a shared-use path along Illinois Route 159 south of downtown got underway Friday, March 17. When it’s finished this summer, the 10-foot-wide off-road path will connect Magnolia Street to Madison County Transit’s Goshen Trail. The City has brought on Stutz Excavating, which has begun clearing the area where the 2,700-foot path will be constructed. Efforts will be made to preserve and later replace trees and plantings between the path and Route 159, also known as Plum Street in that area. While some sections of the completed path will run close to the street, other portions will meander up to 30 feet west of the road to ensure a natural growth buffer. The shared use path is expected to open by the end of July. The City was awarded $150,000 from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, $240,000 from the Metro East Park and Recreation District, and $100,000 from the Agency for Community Transit, which in total, will
A judge is giving the Missouri attorney general's office more time to add more allegations of wrongdoing by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to its petition to remove her from office.
Judge John Torbitzky is giving Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's office until March 21 to amend its quo warranto petition. The judge is also giving Gardner 10 days to respond to the new allegations.
Torbitzky also said he will not rule on any other pending motions or requests until Gardner enters her…
Texwrap Packaging Systems, which designs and manufactures shrink wrapping and bundling machinery, said it is investing $2.25 million to expand its plant in Washington, Missouri.
Clayton-based online learning firm Nerdy Inc. (NYSE: NRDY) has made several new appointments to its leadership team, moves that come as longtime executive Heidi Robinson has departed its C-suite.
Food technology firm Benson Hill Inc. (NYSE: BHIL) plans to enact several cost-cutting measures to narrow its losses as it seeks to achieve profitability by 2025.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- A former correctional officer at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Ill., was sentenced Thursday for beating an inmate to death in 2018. According to a United States Attorney’s Office press release, 31-year-old Alex Banta was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release [...]
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