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The API Innovation Center said the grant from the state-funded Missouri Technology Corp. will further its work in reshoring pharmaceutical ingredients.

JERSEYVILLE - A Jerseyville man was charged with criminal damage to property after damaging someone’s vehicle in a Dollar Tree parking lot, according to the latest felony filing report from the Jersey County Circuit Clerk’s Office. Brett W. Benson, 38, of Jerseyville, was charged with one count of criminal damage to property after damaging a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer located at the Dollar General at 17930 US Highway 67 in Delhi on Feb. 24. The total amount of damage was “in excess of $500,” according to the report from Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Tellor. Benson was charged with a Class 4 felony. A warrant was issued for his arrest on Feb. 27 and his bail was set at $10,000. As a condition of his pre-trial release, he was ordered to have no contact with the owner of the vehicle he damaged. A bond of $380 was posted on March 2. Benson’s preliminary and arraignment hearings were set for March 6 at 9 a.m., but no plea has been entered as of this

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A man with pending cases in major metropolitan jurisdictions across the Midwest is in custody in rural Illinois on a gun charge.

Over the last few years, we’ve written a number of stories about a (somewhat silly) trademark dispute between Jack Daniels, makers of whiskey, and VIP Products, makers of doggy chew toys, including one for “Bad Spaniels” that is a pretty clear parody of Jack Daniels. When we had last mentioned the case it was in […]

The new interactive theater experience comes to Mx Movies & Bar on March 17.

The surviving family of Sandy Little, who was murdered more than 30 years ago at the age of 21, confronted the man who took her life and the lives of at least four other women in St. Charles court this morning. Last year, 73-year-old Gary Muehlberg confessed to murdering five women between 1990 and 1991.

Today on TAP: Middleman companies contract with insurers to find someone else to pay medical costs.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased in a pedestrian hit accident has been identified as Lavon Carthen, 45 years of age, of the 1700 block of Derhake Road in Florissant, Missouri, 63033. St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a pedestrian struck at the intersection of New Halls Ferry Road and Dunn Road that resulted in the death of a male. At 8:02 p.m. on March 1, 2023, St. Louis County Police officers from the North County precinct responded to a call for service at the intersection New Halls Ferry Road and Dunn Road for a person struck. Responding officers located a male who had been struck by a motor vehicle. The male was transported to an area hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased. Preliminary investigation has revealed the victim who was in a wheelchair was in the roadway when he was struck by a vehicle. Please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators

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ALTON – The Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club hosted the 37th Annual Chili Chowdown, Monday afternoon and evening at Main Street United Methodist Church in Upper Alton. Lunch was served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anyone who didn’t make it can join for dinner tonight (March 6) from 4:30-7 p.m. It is $10 for all-you-can-eat chili, a drink, and a dessert with proceeds being fundraised for the Rotary Club. Dinners may eat in or carry out. Antione Williams, President of the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club, said that the proceeds help fund things like scholarships such as the recurring Students of the Month campaign. “It’s a very good public attended event,” he said. Williams was appointed President of the Rotary Club back in June. Some of his goals were to finish some ongoing projects such as the soccer mini-pitch located near Alton Middle School and the brand-new pickleball courts in Glazebrook Park. Funds raised by fundraisers such as the Chili Chowdown help makes thing

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A St. Louis County man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a 19-year-old near Spanish Lake six months after the teen's older brother was also killed.

Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday, March 10.

A student at the high school told staff that someone wrote a graffiti threat on the wall of a stall in two boys' restrooms.

An Illinois State Trooper found a body this morning while on patrol in East St. Louis.

A 29-year-old Spanish Lake man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Monday for killing a man during an illicit gun and drug deal.

Additionally, 67% of those polled said city leaders’ top priority should be reducing crime.

Kim Gardner has the lowest staffing level since taking office, with far less total experience than six years ago. “It was unsustainable there,” one ex-employee says.

Players from the St. Louis Battlehawks and the D.C. Defenders were ejected in the waning moments of Sunday's game for their roles in a scuffle between the two squads.

We’ve known for a while that the Fifth Circuit is staunchly pro-cop. But, in recent months, it’s also shown itself to be no friend of the First Amendment. In September, it suddenly decided the First Amendment doesn’t have anything to do with online speech. It refused to block a Texas law targeting social media services […]