ST. LOUIS - It was announced today that recipients of a $790 million settlement with Rams owner Stan Kroenke as a result of the Rams leaving St. Louis have come to an agreement on how to split the money. The National Football League announced the large settlement in November 2021 for a lawsuit involving the Rams and St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority. Kroenke himself is forced to pay $571 million for taking the franchise to St. Louis. All 32 NFL teams also must pay $7.5 million to make up the $219 million difference. Information released from St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones' office says the city will receive $250 million and St. Louis County $169 million and the Regional Sports Authority gets $70 million. The City of St. Louis is able to obtain $30 million more contingent on the City Board of Aldermen using it for convention center expansion. After attorney fees, there was $519 million left from the initial $790 million to
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on Nov. 22, 2022. More than 2,000 new transportation projects began in Missouri and Illinois in the first year after a major federal infrastructure funding bill, according to an industry group study. Work began on 872 transportation projects in Missouri and 1,220 in Illinois in the first year after the passage […]
To save the children, we must destroy everything. That’s the reality of the EARN IT Act. I mean, you can get some sort of sense of what you’re in store for just by reading the actual words behind the extremely labored acronym: Eliminating Abuse and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act. Whew. It’s a mouthful. […]
This Thanksgiving, we are thankful for dance parties of all varieties — especially naked ones. Why hang out with your racist uncle all Thanksgiving weekend when you can escape your family and let your freak flag fly?
ALTON - The Alton Committee of the Whole held a very brief meeting on Monday night, during which they approved a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System agreement, a resolution related to the 2022 Tax Levy, and awarded a bid for 1819 Woodland Avenue. Alderwoman Elizabeth Allen was the sole member absent from the meeting. A resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement for participation in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (known as the “MABAS Master Agreement 2022”) also passed unanimously. This agreement essentially allows local units of government to collaborate and provide mutual aid in cases of emergencies and natural disasters. The resolution also provides for “communications procedures, training, and other necessary functions” to help protect life and property during emergencies. The full text of the MABAS Master Agreement can be read at mabas-il.org . A resolution regarding the 2022 Tax Levy was also approved. According to Alderman Nate Keener,
BENTON – On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, Ashley McKinney, 39, of Belleville, Illinois, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison for Identity Theft, Conspiracy to Commit Bank and Wire Fraud, and Money Laundering. According to court documents, for almost a year, Ashley McKinney defrauded elderly women in southern Illinois with the help of her co-conspirator, Erica Rose. They were true partners in crime. Rose abused her employment as an in-home caretaker and stole the identities of her elderly clients. Then she passed the stolen information along to McKinney to attempt to drain their bank accounts through counterfeit checks and fraudulent purchases. As an example, McKinney tried to buy a used Tesla online after stealing the identity and savings of an 86-year-old woman from Belleville, Illinois. When the deal fell through because the Tesla had mechanical problems, McKinney bought herself a Mercedes Benz instead. After she took possession of the vehicle, the victim’s bank
Joe Luckey describes cooking pizza in a wood-fired oven as akin to driving a stick-shift transmission. There's a lot of touch and go, feeling the dough out to get a read on how it's behaving on a particular day; assessing the fire to make sure it's hot enough and big enough to get the leopard spotting you want without burning the bottom of the crust; and feeling your way around the oven, which seems organic and alive.
For the past six years, St. Louisans have been enjoying STL Barkeep libations through its mobile bar at pop-ups, farmers markets and special events around town. Soon, imbibers will have a permanent go-to for their favorite cocktails when the brand opens its first brick and mortar, the Vandy (1301 South Vandeventer). The forthcoming bar will open on the southeastern edge of the Grove this December.
EDWARDSVILLE - A water issue that resulted in some flooding in City Hall, 118 Hillsboro Avenue, forced the closure of the building on Wednesday, November 23. City Hall employees are available to conduct business and assist the public via phone, at 618-692-7500 between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. City Hall was already scheduled to be closed on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 24, and on Friday, November 25. Edwardsville officials said it is expected that City Hall will be open its normal hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. as of Monday, November 28, for in-person and phone assistance. However, because the flooding affected the City Council chambers and a first-floor conference room, all committee meetings scheduled for the week of November 28 have been moved to the R.P. Lumber Center, 6289 Tiger Drive in Edwardsville. The meetings will take place in Community Room No. 1. Meeting times, locations, and agendas are provided on the City website, at www.cityofedwardsville.com/calendar. No
In the 1930s, a 23-year-old Black man was admitted to City Hospital #2 in St. Louis and, according to his death certificate, died of pneumonia shortly after.
Mötley Crüe has announced a new box set collecting each of the band's first five albums. Dubbed Crücial Crüe: The Studio Albums 1981-1989, the package will arrive on February 17,…
Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of Michael Hutchence’s death, and the INXS frontman’s ex-girlfriend, supermodel Helena Christensen, paid tribute to him in a post on social media. “Hey Michael, was just on the phone with…
The 2022 Photography Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Exhibition features photographic masterworks from the esteemed photographers who comprise the 2022 class of Hall of Fame Inductees and Awardees.
Two healthcare providers, Southern Illinois Health Foundation and Touchette Reginal Hospital, teamed up to break ground on a new urgent care facility Tuesday.
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