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EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Gun Club unveiled some details today about its annual event called Schutzenfest. Stephen Gilbertson, a spokesperson for the event, said, "Every year at Edwardsville Gun Club, there is this large event called Schutzenfest. It is a local kids' fishing derby. Kids from the gun club and the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon area come to the lake on the gun club property. "The winners take home prizes like trophies and gift cards." I just want to see if you or one of your reporters is available on this date: October 14, 2023 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The address is: 4104 Staunton Road Edwardsville The Timeline: 11:00-12:00: Check-In 12:00-12:05 National Anthem 12:05-3:00: Derby 3:00-4:00 Counting Up Scores **DIRECTORS ONLY** 4:00: Awards Website for the fishing derby is: sites.google.com/egcfishingderby/home

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A big St. Louis-based elevator inspection company has expanded its reach with the acquisition of a Maryland-based elevator inspection business.

Prosecuting Attorney Michael Wood filed charges Tuesday against David J. Case, 35, of Troy. Wood said Case's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

We are just over six months away from one of the fastest-growing celebrations in St. Louis, 314 Day.

GODFREY – The Nature Institute is now offering birthday parties to families in the Riverbend area. TNI is a favorite location for many families! Now, with the addition of staff-led birthday parties, you can even come out here to celebrate in nature. With a variety of themes to choose from, our nature-based birthday parties are sure to be a hit for your outdoorsy child. Your party will take place completely outdoors with an experienced educator to assist you. Each party consists of 1 hour of staff led activities, 1 hour of self-led time (cake, gifts, playground, etc.), lodge seating for up to 30 people, and a birthday gift from TNI for the birthday child.Themes will adjust with the seasons, with winter parties taking place in our indoor classroom. Customize your birthday party by adding on a cozy campfire or s’mores experience.Birthday parties are offered mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. You will need to check our booking calendar to find dates that are available. www.thenatureinstitute.org/book-a-birthday-party/

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The council unanimously passed the bill on Monday night.

Trooper Jayme Bufford of the Illinois State Police said the victims were shot at about 11:50 p.m. Sunday in the 400 block of North Sixth Street.

“Washington University physicians will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition,” the university said.

In the past few years, St. Louis has finally begun reckoning with its destruction of the Black neighborhood that once filled what's now Midtown — thanks in large part to local author Vivian Gibson's luminous memoir, The Last Children of Mill Creek. An art installation near Citypark even marks the once-thriving community, razed in the name of "urban renewal." Saint Louis University apparently didn't get the memo.

It was a big deal for Rachel Worcel when she was hired by the Simon Law Firm in St. Louis last month. Worcel, 48, has been a paralegal since 1999, but joining the civil litigation firm felt like a significant step up.

Marijuana dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults. The state suspects that they were infused with a questionable THC concentrate, or distillate, purchased from a Robertsville-based licensed marijuana manufacturer called Delta Extraction. Delta Extraction is fighting to get the Aug. 14 recall overturned — and one of the company’s main arguments is that the products were tested by state-licensed labs and don’t pose a health risk…

With scorching temperatures, are we losing our ability to have fun in the sun?

Content by Carmody MacDonald. Attorney Brad Zimmerman specializes in success planning so that selling a business creates the most value for the owner.

More than 125 people attended a town hall meeting on the issue Monday in St. Charles.

Between 1970 and 2015, there was a fivefold increase in the number of people jailed before trials, according to the 2022 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report.

St. Charles County is the second county in Missouri to enact a similar property tax freeze for seniors after a bill signed into law in May by Gov. Mike Parson gave counties the power to pass such a freeze.

We’ve noted several times now how automakers have started taking basic car functions and trying to make them subscription services in a bid to please Wall Street. Mercedes, for example, has started hiding better engine performance behind subscription paywalls. BMW last year decided it was going to make heated seats an $18 per month subscription […]