Today in federal court in St. Louis a Florissant woman was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to repay more than $780,000 in ill-gotten COVID-relief funds. Dionneshae Forland, 51, pleaded guilty in July to charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and theft of government property. As part of the scheme, Forland fraudulently obtained a $150,000 loan for a company that was linked to her 31-year-old son, Dwayne Times.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - You may want to switch up the ways you get local news online. For years, many people used Facebook to access a mix of news and updates from friends. Now, the big blue app is changing its core product. This change is happening right now. The "newsfeed" is turning to artificial [...]
CARROLLTON - Several individuals have been arrested on charges of violent, child-related, and property crimes over the past few weeks in Greene County, according to the latest Jail Booking Report from the Greene County Sheriff’s Department. Tammy E. Wurtsbaugh, 40, of Hardin, was charged with child pornography in the form of photography. She was arrested by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department on Aug. 30 and has since been released on bond. Donald C. Kassing, 27, of Roodhouse, was charged with telephone harassment of a child. He was arrested last Monday, Oct. 3 by the Greenfield Police Department and has since been released on bond. Ronald E. Mielke, 40, of Roodhouse, was charged with criminal damage to property, resisting a peace officer, and disorderly conduct. He was arrested by the Roodhouse Police Department last Friday, Oct. 7, and has since been released on a combination of bond and days credit. Roy M. Mielke, 39, of Hillview, was arrested for aggravated
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Thomas A. Haine announced Wednesday that his office is seeking the forfeiture of 287 catalytic converters that investigators seized from the premises of a scrap-metal dealer in East Alton. Haine filed a forfeiture case that alleges proper records were not kept when the catalytic converters were purchased. The forfeiture case alleges that an undercover investigator from the Illinois Secretary of State, acting on information from Wood River Police, sold three catalytic converters to an employee of the business, Summit Processors, on Sept. 26. The employee of the business failed to require proof of ownership for the parts, failed to photograph the sellers, and paid cash for the parts, according to an affidavit from the investigator. A check is required when the purchase exceeds $100. Haine’s office then assisted the Secretary of State Police investigator in obtaining a warrant to search the premises, resulting in the discovery
In the bellwether region of Southern California, home prices just keep on dropping: In September, the typical home price for the six-county region dropped 0.6% from August to $817,316, marking the fourth consecutive month that prices declined from the prior month. ....Other measures of home prices, including data from mortgage services firm Black Knight and ...continue reading "Housing prices continue to fall in Southern California"
The downtown historic district is getting its first mixed-use development, an approximately $20 million project with multiple levels of residential, office, retail and restaurant space.
Alamo Drafthouse will open its 10 screens on the west side of City Foundry, the Midtown entertainment district at Forest Park Parkway and Vandeventer Avenue.
From St. Louis Business Journal: The St. Louis area, with more than 60 breweries, will soon be adding another. Construction on Shoehorn Brewery, located at 225 E. Main St. in Belleville, is nearly complete, with plans to open soon. The brewery needs some finishing touches and is just awaiting clearance from the state to begin serving, […]
Schlafly Beer's Full Moon Festival will return this winter fully equipped with live music, pig roasting and lots of beer from the St. Louis-based brewery. The event will take over Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood) from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 9, Schlafly announced on Tuesday. It will feature with a variety of activities from local restaurants, musicians and beer.
Whether student debtors will get the loan relief promised by President Joe Biden is now in the hands of a Missouri federal judge. For nearly two hours Wednesday, attorneys for the six states challenging the plan to forgive almost $500 billion in student debt argued with Department of Justice lawyers over which laws should govern […]
Workers at a big St. Louis hotel want to be represented by a union and their effort has emerged as an issue in the hotly-contested race for St. Louis aldermanic president.
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