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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.

Since the Hoffmann family announced its plans to transform Augusta, Missouri, into a national wine destination, a few projects have encountered some snags.

Midas Enterprises is fortifying the culture and mission of its family of companies with the promotion of Linda Eigelberger to chief commercial officer. Eigelberger will further leverage all Midas companies including Midas Hospitality, Midas Construction, Midas Capital and Midas Development as the firm targets substantial growth within its diversified real estate portfolio. Eigelberger has previously […]

St. Louis County Children's Service Fund (CSF) will award $150 million to 72 mental health programs across St. Louis County, including a program at Better Family Life Inc.

The St. Louis Regional Freightway welcomed 16 high school students, their school chaperones, and others on May 23 for a special FreightWeekSTL riverboat cruise on the Mississippi River that highlighted the Ag Coast of America. Several industry professionals talked to the students about the many career opportunities in construction, transportation and logistics, and gave insight […]

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority selected Centene’s Oklahoma Complete Health, Aetna Better Health of Oklahoma and Humana Healthy Horizons of Oklahoma for one-year contracts, with five one-year renewal options.

The airport said that under dynamic pricing, discounted or premium rates would not exceed 50% of the new parking rates.

EDWARDSVILLE - Area resident Rusty Wheat has been on a mission to clean up Madison County and because of his on-hand efforts and visits to Madison County Commission meetings and more, he is a difference maker. On Earth Day, he had several turn out for a cleanup effort, including multiple Madison County Board members. "We had Mayors, the County Chairman, Board members from the City of Roxana and Madison County, we had firemen, policemen, one high school student, local residents, some board members and city municipal workers all working together," he said of the Earth Day effort. "Roxana provided a trash truck, and a police presence to keep everyone safe. " Wheat continued and said when he was younger, there were a lot of commercials on TV about being responsible and picking up trash, but that doesn't happen as much anymore and he thinks it should. “I had trash trucks going by my home all the time and I asked if they would come out and clean out the road and they sent out a

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The deal partners a Black-owned studio with a Black-owned comics publisher to produce a series designed to celebrate African heritage.

The Clinton County Sheriff's Office said this shooting was not a random attack. The victim and suspect were acquaintances.