ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Craig Jones, 22, of the 1200 block of Bliss Drive in St. Louis, was charged Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the fatal stabbing of his sister, Taylar Hill, 26, authorities said. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announced the charges on Sept. 24, 2025. Jones is being held without bond. According to a probable cause statement, the incident occurred on Sept. 23, 2025, at the Bliss Drive residence. Jones allegedly struck Hill multiple times with a blunt object before stabbing her repeatedly with a knife. Hill died from the injuries sustained. After the attack, Jones fled the scene but was later located and taken into custody without incident. He confessed to the killing and told police he had been planning to kill someone for about a week. The St. Louis County Police Department Bureau of Crimes Against Persons detectives are leading the investigation, which was initially
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Governor Mike Kehoe will sign House Bill 1, Missouri’s new congressional redistricting plan, on Sunday, September 28. The law will reshape the state’s political landscape. On August 29, Kehoe called lawmakers back to Jefferson City to approve updated congressional districts and make changes to the state’s initiative petition process. The legislature [...]
Each month we feature a member or members of our community that work to push Trailnet’s vision of Streets for All. For September, we’re featuring Last Stop Bike Shop! When …
Gray Design Group is proud to announce team growth with four leadership promotions and two new additions to our support studios. These advancements highlight our dedication to creating opportunities for our people, building strong client relationships and designing spaces that positively impact our communities. Elevating Leaders Across the Firm Laura Hefele Promoted to Accounting Lead […]
MoBOT Garden Host Best Of Missouri Market Oct. 3-5 The Missouri Botanical Garden will once again be hosting one of the area’s most beloved fall events next weekend, highlighting over 150 artisans, artists and local businesses at the Best of Missouri Market®. Best of Missouri Market® is a St. Louis fall tradition, offering visitors the […]
The regime that controls the nation and constantly shoves it towards the next constitutional crisis is at it again. And by “it,” I mean complaining that people aren’t nicer to it. Yes, the deliberately antagonistic Trump administration can dish it out, but it definitely can’t take it. That has resulted in this latest bit of […]
O’FALLON, Ill. — On Saturday, Oct. 11, HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital will host a free educational seminar to raise awareness of the benefits of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. The seminar will feature the latest advancements in Medtronic’s DBS therapy and is open to patients, caregivers and health care professionals. Like a cardiac pacemaker, but for the brain, DBS therapy with the Percept™ DBS system and BrainSense™ technology can help control debilitating tremors for a person living with Parkinson’s. It is an established, safe and effective therapy for movement disorders and epilepsy. Medtronic is the originator and world leader in DBS therapy. Leading the seminar are Dr. Raghav Govindarajan, HSHS Medical Group Neurology Specialty Clinic, and Dr. Sarah Travers, St. Louis Neurology. They will discuss the benefits of DBS therapy and how it enables clinicians to personalize and adapt
The Masonry Institute of St. Louis (MISL) will host a continuing education seminar on “K-12 School Design – Advantages of Concrete Masonry for Function and Aesthetics” on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM at The Masonry Centre, 1429 S. Big Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO. Architects Matt Thornton, AIA, and Kirk Dillon […]
Journey has announced their first show of 2026.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are set to play the 2026 Stagecoach festival, which will be held April 24-26 at the Empire Polo Club…
Ron Kitchens will come in as a fresh face to helm a still-young organization whose founding CEO, Jason Hall, departed to lead Columbus, Ohio's economic development group.
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WASHINGTON — The White House has sent guidance to departments and agencies, telling them that if a shutdown begins Wednesday, they’re expected to institute mass firings and layoffs. The two-page memo, shared with States Newsroom by a Trump administration official, says any programs that received funding in the “big, beautiful” law will “continue uninterrupted.” But the […]
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today secured an important victory in a multistate lawsuit he is co-leading against the Trump administration over its attempt to illegally coerce states into sweeping immigration enforcement by threatening to withhold billions in federal funding for emergency preparedness and preventing and addressing terrorist attacks, mass shootings, wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats and more. The District Court for the District of Rhode Island today granted a motion for summary judgement filed by Raoul and 20 attorneys general in their lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In its opinion , the court held that the agencies violated the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act by conditioning all federal funds from FEMA and DHS on states’ agreement to assist in enforcing federal immigration law. “Today’s opinion acknowledges that the Constitution
Half of American states do not have enough funds to pay their bills, according to a new analysis released Thursday. The nonprofit Truth in Accounting, which advocates for more transparency in public finance, released its Financial State of the States report. It concluded that 25 states were unable to cover all their financial obligations at […]
Earlier this year, some conservative states began to embrace child tax credits that put cash directly into the hands of families raising children. Long favored by liberals, child tax credits can help ease the financial burdens of parenthood and have been shown to slash childhood poverty rates. But despite initial optimism from sponsors and child […]
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators are considering changes to the way the state taxes sports gambling after receiving less than a 1% cut on more than $2.7 billion in bets in the past fiscal year. As the expiration dates for contracts between the state and sports wager operators draw nearer, Kansas is confronting an increasingly complex […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: New landscaping and a pristine streetscape wraps around the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s soon-to-open north side campus at Jefferson and Cass avenues. A tall concrete median that runs north on Jefferson is now erected to slow drag racers, and the grass on the northeastern corner is manicured and cut short. One block […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: Plans to build the north-to-south MetroLink Green Line are over. The $1.1 billion proposal would have run a street-level light-rail train connecting Jefferson Avenue, Chippewa Street and Fairground Park. The project would have been uncompetitive and out of reach for the city’s current funding stream, St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer […]
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