JERSEYVILLE – Jersey Community High School (JCHS) is inviting community members to hear from an FBI Special Agent next week on the growing threat of online dangers targeting students. Special Agent Jake Griffin with the FBI Springfield Office will make two presentations in the JCHS auditorium focusing on “Nihilistic Violent Extremism” (NVE) and its impact both locally and nationally. The first presentation, open to JCHS teachers and administrators, will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. The second presentation, open to parents/guardians and community members, will follow on the same day from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. According to a description of the presentation, NVE groups focus recruitment efforts on children and teenagers through online platforms, using certain recruitment methods to introduce them to their ideology with a focus on radicalizing and eventually mobilizing them to violence. “The presentation will provide an overview
The City of St. Louis Water Division has issued RFPs for a variety of services: Mechanical Systems Service Contract The City operates two water treatment plants, an administrative building, a pipeyard facility, two reservoir facilities and a number of remote valve sites which may require service. There is no available equipment list due to the […]
ALTON - OSF St. Anthony’s has received the highest national honor for nursing excellence, placing them within the top 8% of hospitals in the U.S. The hospital was awarded Magnet Designation with Distinction. St. Anthony’s went above the benchmark for nursing excellence in 14 categories, putting them into the “with Distinction” category, which is even more exclusive. “We went well above, and we’re really raising the bar,” explained Charlotte R. Liley, DNP, CNL, Director of Professional Practice and Nursing Operations. “We couldn't do this without all of the nursing staff being on board and being involved in the care of their patients and everything we have to do.” Liley credits the hospital’s “professional practice model” and “transformational leadership” as two reasons why they achieved this status. She emphasized that none of this would be possible without the hard work of the nurses on
From St. Louis Business Journal: When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis on May 16, DeAmon White hopped in his car and rushed home. As he navigated downed trees and power lines, turning his 10-minute commute into a three-hour slog, he worried whether his family, neighbors, and home made it through unscathed. When he turned […]
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tom Petty’s album Wildflowers, the late singer’s estate has teamed with Because Sound Matters to release the album as a limited-edition two-LP One-Step vinyl.The first…
An eight-year-old boy was involved in a traffic collision with a school bus on Frank Scott Parkway near Winchester Place Apartments in Fairview Heights on Sept. 3 at around 4:00 p.m.
These funds will be used to provide dumpsters for nonprofits and community groups; consulting services; recovery officer staffing; and repairs to make hundreds of affordable, public, and nonprofit vacancies immediately available for tornado victims in need of shelter.
From West Newsmagazine: Community members gathered recently at the Chesterfield YMCA to celebrate a $9.2 million renovation that reimagines the nearly 60-year-old facility for a growing and changing community. The project is part of the Gateway Region YMCA’s five-year capital campaign. “The city of Chesterfield continues to experience exciting and explosive growth and development, especially […]
When federal judges with decades of experience start publicly mocking the Supreme Court’s lack of clarity, you know the system is broken. This week brought us two remarkable examples of lower court judges who are clearly fed up with trying to parse the Supreme Court’s “vibes-based jurisprudence” from its unexplained shadow docket rulings. First, we […]
The auditor's office is reviewing credit card expenses and payroll payouts by the city's former assistant city manager and finance director, and a former accountant.
A federal grand jury indicted two St. Charles County men for allegedly harboring undocumented migrant workers. The indictments were tied to a series of raids that shut down a popular St. Peters restaurant.
From West Newsmagazine: Doris Frazier, 94, has been fighting to see the Westland Acres community developed for decades. After years of denials, another developer has come forward to try to make that happen. Sterling Engineering, on behalf of Provision Land Development LLC, submitted a request to rezone a 56.31-acre tract of land north of Strecker […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The developer behind the revamp of Jefferson Arms is eyeing the acquisition of another downtown property. An affiliate of Alterra Worldwide has the Syndicate Trust building, at 10th and Olive streets, under contract to buy, the company confirmed this week. The deal is expected to close by the end of the […]
District 4 Detectives need your help identifying the suspects connected to a carjacking. The carjacking occurred on August 11, 2025, just after 4.am. in the 3600 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The individuals walked up to the victim and demanded his property. The suspects arrived in a red Jeep Patriot that was […]
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