A federal judge sentenced former Aldermanic President Lewis Reed and ex-aldermen John Collins-Muhammad and Jeffrey Boyd to prison Tuesday for accepting bribes from a local businessman in exchange for tax breaks.
Lewis Reed, former president of the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen, has been sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for his role in a bribery scheme.
This week, Construction Forum Photographer/Videographer and Drone Eagle, LLC owner Louis Kelly’s drone camera updates us on progress for a combined apartment complex and 70,000-square-foot Target store that will sit along Grand Boulevard between Gratiot and Papin Streets, near the Saint Louis University campus. The new Target will anchor a $60 million mixed-use development dubbed […]
ALTON – Michael Ringering’s full-time job is the administrator of several specialty physicians’ offices on the Alton Memorial Hospital campus, but he keeps himself quite busy away from the office, too. Writing is his other game, and Ringering recently released his third novel, Where Butterflies Go to Die , as well as his fifth short story, The Boy Who Ate Dirt . Ringering is the administrator over three BJC Medical Group of Illinois offices - Neurology and Sleep Medicine, Alton Surgery, and Diabetes and Endocrine Care in Medical Office Building B, Suite 230, 4 Memorial Drive in Alton. A 1984 graduate of East Alton-Wood River High School, he earned a Business Administration degree from Murray State University in Kentucky in 1989. He’s been involved in health care since 2005, but his interest in writing goes back to third grade at Eastwood Elementary School in East Alton. “I had to do a book report ( Broomtail by Miriam Mason), and it’s when
The sentencing capped a remarkable fall in particular for Lewis Reed, the ex-aldermanic president, who had wielded significant power for more than two decades.
ALTON - Kristin Tincher (holding plaque) of Twin Rivers MRI, who is Alton Memorial Hospital’s December Employee of the Month. Kristin received the honor on Dec. 6 from AMH President Dave Braasch and her co-workers, Renee Roady and Lori Moore. According to the nomination by Renee and Lori, “Kristin is always willing to come in early, work late, and work through her lunch. She always has a positive attitude, puts the patients first, and gets the job done. "Kristin is very knowledgeable and is our go-to person with any questions. We love working with her!”
Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical
Whether you’re starting a new holiday tradition or continuing a favorite one, the 37th Annual Winter Wonderland in Tilles Park is worth a stop. More than a million gleaming
CHICAGO – Governor Pritzker today signed HB1095, a series of amendments and clarifications to the landmark SAFE-T Act, originally passed in 2021. The bill addresses misinformation related to the Act, including clarifying the detention net, expanding processes for transitioning to cashless bail on January 1 st , and specifying definitions of willful flight and dangerousness, among other changes. “I’m pleased that the General Assembly has passed clarifications that uphold the principle we fought to protect: to bring an end to a system where wealthy violent offenders can buy their way out of jail, while less fortunate nonviolent offenders wait in jail for trial,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Advocates and lawmakers came together and put in hours of work to strengthen and clarify this law, uphold our commitment to equity, and keep people safe.” The bill clarifies multiple aspects of the SAFE-T Act, which ends the cash bail system in Illinois effective
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Apartment developer Lux Living is trying again with a plan to transform the Central West End’s historic Engineers’ Club Building into apartments after a St. Louis board rejected its proposal last year. On Monday, the St. Louis Preservation Board will review Lux Living’s plan to build a six-story apartment building around […]
All of us up here on the Leelanau Peninsula in northern Michigan look forward to Thursday, when we can get our local newspaper and read “The Blotter,” a selection of interesting and sometimes perplexing 911 calls of the last week.
Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis-based reporter for Pro-Publica, discusses his new investigation into St. Louis’ unusual use of “neighborhood orders of protection.” Over the last two decades, the city’s government, police and municipal court have used the the practice to effectively banish people — often those with mental health issues or who may be homeless — from entire neighborhoods or large swaths of the city. According to experts in law enforcement, it’s an extreme use of the law, Kohler found.
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