FTC warns residents about 'free grant' scam
If you get a call from an unknown number, from someone claiming to work for the government, who tells you you've won a federal grant - just hang up.
View ArticleCafeteria worker says she lost job over free meals to student
For the last two months, Dianne Brame says she knowingly broke a rule at her job in the Hudson Elementary School cafeteria and let a student eat hot lunches without paying for them.
View ArticleConvention Center reports extra security for gun show
This weekend will mark the fifth gun show at the St. Charles Convention Center in 2012. It's the first since the Newtown shooting that killed 20 school children and six adults and set off new calls for...
View ArticleSt. Louis volunteers towed while feeding homeless
A handful of people who volunteered to serve Christmas dinner to the homeless at the New Life Evangelistic Center in downtown St. Louis said they were socked with large tow bills.
View ArticlePowell Square building to come down
A vacant and windowless concrete building along the riverfront in downtown St. Louis is coming down.
View ArticlePolice: Women stole hundreds of dollars worth of baby formula
St. Charles Police arrested two St. Louis women, accused of stealing 40 cans of baby formula from a St. Charles Walmart last week.
View ArticlePolice: Man exploited elderly woman with dementia
A St. Peters man is behind bars, accused of scamming an elderly woman out of thousands of dollars. Jeremy McClellan, 38, is charged with financial exploitation of the elderly or disabled.
View ArticleOfficers' fundraising efforts reach troops in Afghanistan
Law enforcement officers from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Overland Police Department are raising money to benefit the Special Olympics and reach out to troops in Afghanistan.
View ArticleSome taxpayers struggling to file returns because of fraud
The IRS says the agency is beefing up efforts to combat fraud due to identify theft.
View ArticleDowntown group asks city to shut down homeless shelter
A group of property owners in downtown St. Louis are taking a new step to ask the city to shut down a homeless shelter with a history of complaints.
View ArticleIllinois could eliminate flat income tax rate
Some lawmakers are proposing big changes to the way your income is taxed in Illinois. Currently, filers in Illinois pay a flat tax rate across all income levels.
View ArticleBehind the Mike: Remembering Dr. John
I’m a 2008 graduate of Quincy University (formerly Quincy College). It’s a small school about two and a half hours north of St. Louis in Quincy, IL. While some of you are familiar with it, I feel...
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