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The school will be open through Friday but some parents are saying their kids won't be back until the school is cleaned up.

The St. Louis-based health system has struck a new joint venture agreement for operations management of its new $37 million rehab hospital, now slated to open in December.

An O’Fallon, Missouri-based provider of event and venue management software has hired a tech marketing veteran to fill a newly created marketing role.

ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School was instructed by Alton Police to execute a lockdown that started at 11:07 a.m. and ended at noon on Friday. Marquette Principal Tim Harmon said the Alton Police Department let them know about a search for suspects in close proximity and they immediately went down into lockdown mode. He said he greatly appreciated the quick response by Alton Police, thinking about the safety of those at Marquette. “There was no immediate danger, but we really appreciate the contact and I thought the faculty, staff, and students all did a great job of following our policies in regard to a lockdown,” he said. “Everyone handled it very well.”

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Honestly, the only thing one can say about the whole Elon Musk buying Twitter situation is that you should expect the unexpected to happen. Nothing about this deal has been normal, even though some moves (like Musk coming up with laughably ridiculous pretextual excuses to try to get out of the deal) were telegraphed way […]

ALTON - Alton Police received an LPR hit at about 10:46 a.m. on Friday, October 21, 2022, indicating a stolen vehicle had just traveled southbound on U.S. 67, from Godfrey Road, towards the city limits of Alton. The vehicle was described as a blue Hyundai passenger vehicle and was reported stolen from St. Louis, Missouri. Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said several Alton Police Officers began responding to the general area. "A short time later, an Alton Police Department Detective observed the stolen vehicle on East 20th St., near Alby Street," Chief Pulido said. "This vehicle was driven by a subject who was wearing a ski mask. This vehicle accelerated at a higher rate of speed, at which time the detective briefly lost sight of the vehicle. "Moments later, the detective located the stolen vehicle again, but it was now being followed by a black Hyundai passenger vehicle. Upon observing the Alton Police Department Detective, both vehicles began fleeing southbound on Alby Street. "Whil

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Surveillance of workers is on the rise, and it turns out this even applies to retired people. After all, you may be retired from ordinary, unimportant human work, but you're never retired from crucial cat maintenance duties. The feline community likes to keep a close eye on its underlings to make sure they understand this, ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 21 October 2022"

Today on TAP: Not if we ignore the pack-rat punditry and take a closer look.

Queen has debuted a newly created music video for "Face It Alone," the recently released archival track featuring the late Freddie Mercury that was recorded during the sessions for the…

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Illinois' governor, J.B. Pritzker, said his administration "will continue to hold health insurance companies accountable when they fall short of their obligations to consumers."

The St. Louis Army Corps of Engineers will start taking samples to test for dangerous chemicals at Jana Elementary School.

The chess player who says he was accused of cheating at a St. Louis tournament has filed a defamation suit against his opponent and a pair of companies, seeking at least $100 million.

After an employee was fired on Friday morning, Ladue Starbucks employees have gone on strike, forcing the store to close. Bradley Rohlf, a shift supervisor, says he was fired for his role as a union organizer and for wearing union-related T-shirts. “They're just trying to dig up any kind of details they can to find a reason that they can justify firing me,” he says.

Kaylia Adams is charged in the death of her 17-month-old son.

You have undoubtedly heard about the mysteriously leaked recording of Hispanic Los Angeles city council members mocking their Black colleagues and trying to figure out how to redistrict LA in a way that benefits themselves. This has consumed LA for the past couple of weeks, and last night town halls were held around the city ...continue reading "LA’s racist recording scandal doesn’t seem to faze ordinary residents"

St. Louis-based federal appeals court says plaintiffs cannot rely on “generalized grievances” to challenge the metric absent a specific action taken by a federal agency.

An investigation is underway after a driver fatally struck a man Friday morning in a hit-and-run collision in north St. Louis.