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92, of Granite City, IL died January 31, 2025. Memorial Mass: 12:00 noon Sat. Feb. 15, 2025 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Granite City. www.irwinchapel.com

March 29, 1947 - February 1, 2025

At the age of 73 on Saturday, February 1, 2025.

Last year, the Land Reutilization Authority launched a demolition program to remove 1,000 vacant structures by 2026.

St. Louis County needs to either move or bring its downtown Clayton building up to city code by 2028.

Aaron Sarles, of Imperial, was arrested during a traffic stop Saturday and brought to the Jefferson County jail on a warrant for drug possession charge.

The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Ben Brown, R-Washington, lays out a requirement for voters to provide a passport, birth certificate or other means of proving they are citizens when registering.

Blondie's was located at 1301 Washington Avenue. It was known for specialty coffee drinks in addition to a wide array of alcoholic beverage options and dessert menu.

The Jerry Kline Community Impact Award is for the library's work to meet the county's needs.

A bus driver reported the shooting, but the man was not on a school bus when he was shot.

St. Louis is still prosecuting someone who warned about, and tried to explore, poor conditions at the city jail. Why?

"There were boiler issues. There were roof issues. There were plumbing issues. There were air conditioning issues," said Pastor Jeff Moore, who has led Webster Groves congregation for 17 years.

Missouri is not among the states where a free, easy tax filing method is available, and some elected officials are fighting to keep it that way.

Anthony "TT" Jordan is charged with killing nine people and is implicated in the deaths of at least a half-dozen more. His trial is set to start Monday.

Here are some key retail and business openings and closings for the St. Louis area in January:

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Bauer, Ruth C, Nee Borgmann, 93 years.

Follow Grammy Awards updates focusing on the St. Louis nominees, including the red carpet, ceremony and more.

St. Louis police said they were called to a shooting at about 2:25 p.m. to the 4800 block of Leduc St.

Police said the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. at the QuikTrip at South Vandeventer and Chouteau avenues in the city's Midtown neighborhood.