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Committee to review proposed bill on water rate increases in St. Louis City

3 hours 20 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis Board of Aldermen bill that would significantly raise water rates for city residents is set to go before a critical committee Wednesday. Board Bill 25 will be presented to the Public Infrastructure and Utilities Committee before returning to the full Board of Aldermen for final votes. The bill has [...]
Nick Gladney

Illinois Attorney General warns of scams amid summer travel

3 hours 43 minutes ago
The Illinois Attorney General is warning travelers to beware of scams targeting people planning summer getaways, such as fake vacation rentals and deals that look too good to be true, and to check reviews, news articles and the Better Business Bureau before booking.
Nick Gladney

St. Louis Police Board to meet Wednesday after judge denied police funding

3 hours 59 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners is set to meet Tuesday to consider a controversial raise proposal for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The meeting comes after a judge ruled against the police board in a critical funding dispute with City Hall over how much general revenue should be used [...]
Nick Gladney

Comfortable summer weather rolls on, scattered weekend storms

4 hours 42 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS - Lower humidity and tons of sunshine, sounds like amazing June weather to me. We saw that on Tuesday and we’ll see it again on Wednesday, tons of sunshine, a comfortably cool morning, and highs in the low 80s. It will be warmer, but still dry, on Thursday. Top temperatures will be in [...]
Angela Hutti

East St. Louis solar project could cut utility bills by 40%

11 hours 28 minutes ago
Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform a former industrial landfill into a source of free and discounted energy for the city.
Taylor Harris

Illinois girl healthy 10 years after liver transplant

11 hours 33 minutes ago
10 year old Braylee Frankford of Carlinville, Illinois returned to St Louis Children's Hospital last week for an important checkup. She received a liver transplant as a baby. This exam will check to see how her liver is functioning 10 years later.
Mandy Murphey

Millstadt gardener fights weed citation

15 hours 37 minutes ago
A Millstadt gardener is challenging a village citation that labeled her half-acre garden as high grass or weeds, arguing the plants are intentionally cultivated and protected under Illinois law.
Chad Mira

FAA restricts drone flights in St. Louis for FIFA World Cup

16 hours 26 minutes ago
The Federal Aviation Administration has implemented temporary flight restrictions for drones in St. Louis from May 29 to July 21, impacting remote pilots around sites related to upcoming FIFA World Cup events. St. Louis is one of 12 cities affected by these stricter drone rules.
Patrick Clark

Rep. Bell visits constituent in Louisiana ICE detention center

17 hours 3 minutes ago
Missouri Representative Wesley Bell traveled to the Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana, a facility being used as a U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) detention center, to visit Boanerges Flores-Bravo, a St. Louis resident who was detained by ICE on May 18 during a scheduled immigration meeting.
Natalie Schaefer

Illinois Senate panel advances bill on transgender, abortion prescription tracking

17 hours 6 minutes ago
Senate Bill 4834 would remove testosterone from the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program, a database created to track potentially addictive controlled substances, and would prohibit state officials from adding estrogen, abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol, and puberty‑blocking or hormone‑suppressing drugs to the system.
Jim Hagerty