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Alton Changes Residency Requirements For Non-Union City Employees

4 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON – Alton has officially expanded the area non-union city employees and applicants can reside in. City Council members voted 5-2 to approve a resolution passed earlier this week by the Committee of the Whole to amend a section of the Alton City Code regarding residency requirements for non-union city employees. At both meetings, Alderman Chris Bohn and Alderwoman Patty Ford cast the two votes against the item. Currently, non-union city employees are required to reside within th

Audit: School district missed red flags that cost taxpayers

4 months 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A new audit reveals how the Francis Howell School District hired a superintendent and paid him to leave, without him having worked one day. FOX 2 News has previously reported on the taxpayer payout but is now digging into why it was allowed to happen. An independent investigation into the [...]
Chris Hayes

Man killed in Hyde Park shooting

4 months 3 weeks ago
Homicide detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a fatal shooting that happened late Monday morning in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Kevin S. Held

Former Circus Flora official sentenced for embezzlement

4 months 3 weeks ago
The former president of the Circus Flora board of directors appeared in federal court Wednesday to be sentenced for embezzling more than $120,000 from the circus in a series of scams between December 2022 and September 2023.
Kevin S. Held

Y2K, Baby!

4 months 3 weeks ago

Dust off your flip phones and cue the dial-up tone. Hidden Gem is turning back the clock with its newest immersive pop-up experience, Y2K, Baby!, a high-gloss, low-rise, fully nostalgic […]

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Myranda Levins

Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation to Open JJK FAN Innovation Center in East St. Louis

4 months 3 weeks ago
EAST ST. LOUIS - The Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation will host the official open house and grand opening of the JJK FAN Innovation Center on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in East St. Louis, Illinois, opening a new facility aimed at educating and supporting youth and families through agriculture, nutrition, and STEM-based learning. The event will begin with an opening ceremony and ribbon cutting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., followed by an open house from 10 a.m. to noon at the JJK FAN Innovation Center,

California’s AB 412 Still Demands AI Developers Do The Impossible

4 months 3 weeks ago
California lawmakers are again considering A.B. 412, a bill that would require AI developers to identify and disclose copyrighted works used to train generative AI systems. The problem this year is the same as last year: it’s practically impossible to comply with this law. The bill demands information that often does not exist, and cannot realistically be obtained.  EFF […]
Joe Mullin