Belleville City Council moves forward on plan to buy troubled cemetery for solar farm project
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – In a unanimous vote, the Belleville City Council said that the city can push forward to the next phase in a plan to buy an embattled cemetery in town and turn a large wooded area on it into a solar farm. But as one councilman said, nobody’s breaking out the chainsaws just […]
1/2: Prime Time with John Dickerson
John Dickerson reports on the death of a senior Hamas leader in Lebanon, the resignation of Harvard’s president, and how the brain processes misinformation.
Downtown St. Louis crash renews calls for added traffic enforcement
ST. LOUIS – A Kia Sorento and Dodge Charger collided at the intersection of North 10th and Olive streets on Monday afternoon. A surveillance camera captured images of the downtown crash. There were no immediate signs of serious injuries. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department indicated it’s too soon to […]
Missing Illinois man last seen in downtown St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – An elderly man from St. Clair County, Illinois, who was reported missing on New Year’s Day was recently spotted in downtown St. Louis. The Illinois State Police filed an endangered missing person advisory Monday evening on behalf of the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department. According to the advisory, James J. Faust, 84, […]
Chief: Rise in St. Charles County felonies due to better policing
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. – A few times a year, several police departments in St. Charles County come together to form a task force to crack down on crime. “It’s every police department out here,” St. Charles County Police Chief Kurt Fisz said. The St. Charles County Police Department has reported a 19% increase in […]
Missing person’s report filed after sudden closure of nursing home
ST. LOUIS – Nearly three weeks after the sudden closure of a St. Louis nursing home, a former resident remains missing. Advocates for the elderly in St. Louis confirm a missing person report has been filed with police but did not release that individual’s name. Reversed hinges have now been bolted over the entrance doors […]
Scorched building in Pine Lawn has ties to high-profile federal suspect
PINE LAWN, Mo. – Residents and leaders want action on a burned-out building that’s tied to a notorious criminal suspect. The scorched property sits on a main drag of Pine Lawn, on Kienlen at Dardanella. “It puts a dark shadow over stuff that needs to be better on a main street,” Yak Bellamy said. You […]
Republican candidates make final push ahead of Iowa caucuses
The first test of the 2024 presidential election is approaching with the Iowa caucuses less than two weeks away. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa explains what some of Donald Trump’s opponents are saying about him refusing another debate.
Ukraine faces Russian attacks as U.S. aid stalls in Congress
Ukraine says a Russian attack on two of its largest cities has left four people dead. George Beebe, director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute, joins CBS News to discuss the current state of the war.
How misinformation works on the brain, according to a psychologist
With the 2024 elections less than a year away, a recent survey found 53% of Americans say they see false or misleading information online every day. Lisa Fazio, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, joins CBS News to unpack why people fall for misinformation — and what it’s doing to our brains.
