Every few weeks for the last fifteen years there’s been a massive scandal involving some company, telecom, data broker, or app maker over-collecting your detailed personal location data, failing to secure it, then selling access to that information to any nitwit with a nickel. And despite the added risks this creates in the post-Roe era, […]
ALTON - “Homecare & Hospice Month” is recognized each November, and Jamie Perkhiser and Christie Kamp with OSF St. Anthony’s in Alton recently capped off the month of awareness by dispelling common hospice myths, sharing their perspectives, and more. Perkhiser works as a Hospice Coordinator, while Kamp is an RN, BSN, CRRN, and manager of Home Health Care and Hospice for OSF. Both recently appeared on Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to close out this year’s Homecare & Hospice Month with some facts and insights. “Some of the biggest myths that we see related to hospice is obviously there’s a fear associated with making that decision, but really with hospice, our focus is on comfort of the patient - what can we do?” Kamp said. “The patient and the family have decided that the treatment options aren’t working anymore and that they want to go down this path to comfort care, so that’s really what we’re providing
Illinois is routinely on lists of the most corrupt states in the country. How does that ongoing legacy of corruption affect the government and erode voters' trust?
Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]
The Veterans Community Project in St. Louis is among several tiny home villages in the nation. It's also the city's newest entry in the battle against homelessness.
An investigation is still unfolding Monday morning after police in O'Fallon, Missouri, shot and killed a suspect. It all started with shots being fired just outside O'Fallon City Hall.
MetroLink will start a new operating plan starting Monday. It comes after a pilot program launched this October that evaluated the benefits of single-car MetroLink service.
Mayor Tishaura Jones will join other Missouri officials, law enforcement, business owners, and violence reduction experts to develop a regional crime strategy Monday.
St. Louis has gone movie mad in recent weeks. After years without any major productions based here, actors including William H. Macy and John Corbett have been in the Gateway City for a production based on On Fire, the inspirational bestseller by John O’Leary.
I ascended the flame-illuminated stairs to Russell Jackson’s limestone Portland Place mansion, where Place & Time Private Dining Experiences & Events was hosting one of their monthly dinner parties last month. Standing at a desk at the home's palatial entrance was Caitlin Franz, who welcomed guests and handed each one an envelope containing their seating assignment.
The first day was a breeze. Sean Shannon and Danny Foster walked into several marijuana dispensaries around Missouri with their matching “Union For Cannabis Workers” shirts and talked to employees about the possibility of unionizing. “The first day, there were 57 stops amongst the teams,” said Shannon, lead organizer with UFCW Local 655, which actually […]
Hundreds of election workers in Washington state’s second-largest county were busy opening mail-in ballots earlier this month when one of them came across a plain white envelope. As she cut it open, white powder leaked out. She carefully took off her gloves, put them down, backed away and called her supervisor. Workers evacuated the building […]
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