ILLINOIS – U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) issued the following statement after voting last evening, Sept. 27, to cut security assistance to Ukraine in the Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Appropriations bill: "At a time when we're fighting to restore fiscal sanity here at home, we can't continue sending hundreds of millions of dollars to Ukraine with little accountability for how the money's spent. The needs of the American people must come first. For that reason, I voted to cut security assistance to Ukraine in the Defense Appropriations bill. “I believe in fiercely defending America's national security interests at home and abroad. We must stand firm against our adversaries' aggression; but we must do so smartly, demanding transparency for every penny of taxpayer money. If, as the world’s leading superpower, we have to make future investments to protect our national security overseas, there must be accountability and a clear plan for how that money
Missouri families who need diapers can visit one website to connect to their local diaper bank. One in two families cannot afford enough diapers to keep their infant or child clean, dry, and healthy.
A law requiring cities to cover costs of damages when individual officers are found liable in police misconduct cases should be thrown out because it illegally imposes new duties and expenses on local governments, lawyers for St. Louis argued to the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday.
In defense of the law, Assistant Attorney General Jason Lewis told the judges that the challenge denied by a Cole County judge was fatally flawed because one plaintiff is a city employee and St. Louis hadn’t identified…
ALTON - The annual Vintage Voices tours, held in the Alton Cemetery, are returning on the following dates: Oct. 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2023. Tours will leave the cemetery gate every 15-20 minutes between noon and 2:30 p.m. The non-walking performance will be held on Oct. 15, 2023, at Lovejoy Event Center. Vintage Voices is produced by a volunteer committee and volunteer actors who bring the history of Alton to life. The tours are an important cultural event in our community. Alton Cemetery is located at 5th and Vine Streets, Alton IL 62002. This year the tours will have nine stops with actors portraying: Anna Jenkins and Ron Abraham will portray Elizabeth "Mother" Clarkson and William Netzhammer who will discuss their opposing views on Prohibition. Diana Kay will portray Lottie Coleman with Annalynn Abbott and Reigh Thompson portraying Lottie's nieces Eleanor and Lottie Jaeger. Lottie Coleman ran a successful boarding house, the Myrtle Hotel. Clarence Graves Sr. and Lillian Knight Graves
Here's our final dome of the week, the dome of Sacré Coeur in Paris. Luckily tomorrow is catblogging day, because this is the last dome I have in my queue.
Some $1.5 million in electric-vehicle charging station incentives remain available to businesses and public facilities, Ameren Missouri said this week.
As Steve Lindsey on Oct. 1 succeeds Suzanne Sitherwood as president and CEO of Spire, he said large-scale M&A of other utilities is not on the short-term horizon as the St. Louis-based corporation focuses on organic growth.
ST. LOUIS -- A 25-year-old woman is accused of sending photos of and sexually abusing a child. Raven Pointer, 25, faces charges including child molestation and promoting child pornography. The probable cause statement says that Homeland Security was notified that Pointer was sending explicit videos of a child in March. Pointer admitted to being the [...]
Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) said Wednesday it has invested in a Los Angeles-based manufacturing technology startup through its venture capital arm.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: SSM Health is building a new pediatric hospital to eventually replace Cardinal Glennon, the hospital system announced on Thursday. The new building, which will be just north of St. Louis University Hospital at Chouteau Avenue and South Grand Boulevard, will house more than 200 beds, said the hospital’s president, Dr. Hossain […]
I suppose no one cares, but last night Doug Burgum said this: China controls 85 percent of the Rare Earth minerals. They’re called Rare Earth, because they’re measured in parts per million. Nah. They're measured in grams or kilograms, just like everything else. They're only called "rare" earths because they were rare 200 years ago ...continue reading "Rare earths aren’t rare"
From KSDK: By next spring, some Metro Link riders will have to pay to pass through integrated fair collection gates and fencing to board trains and cameras will capture their every move. The first $6.4 million contract of a $52 million plan to make platforms more secure has been awarded, and construction on four stations […]
Gypsy Blanchard, whose story inspired an eight-episode miniseries on Hulu, has been granted early parole after she was found guilty in the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard.
What is it with real life stories matching satirical online TV shows lately? We just had a story match one from The Office, and now we’ve got one (that’s much dumber) that is copied from a Futurama episode about how dating robots will lead to the downfall of civilization: Recently, the Hill published a truly […]
A pioneering residential electrical warranty program by the IBEW/NECA Electrical Connection is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a total of 22,936 new homes registered in the program. The +5 New Homeowners Electrical Protection Plan provides a quality installation guarantee on new homes wired by Electrical Connection contractors employing members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical […]
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Bloomington Police Department arrested five men for their alleged involvement in a multi-state auto theft ring last Friday. According to Bloomington Public Information Officer Bryce Janssen, the five Texas men were all charged in McLean County Circuit Court with seven counts of possession of a stolen motor vehicle worth more [...]
Tim Ezel takes on the new roller coaster "Rookie Racer" at Six Flags. It's a perfect combination, offering the appearance of a big, intense coaster while maintaining a kid-friendly appeal that young riders are sure to enjoy.
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