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EAST ST. LOUIS — Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.) will host a Community Day focused on water infrastructure in the Metro East on Friday, Sept. 12, at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) East St. Louis Center. The event, scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. CT, aims to provide residents with updates on flood mitigation, stormwater management, and wastewater backup prevention. Budzinski will be joined by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Major General Jason Kelly, deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). State agencies and community organizations, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Illinois Department of Insurance, Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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From St. Louis Public Radio: Demolition equipment started appearing in St. Louis neighborhoods just days after a tornado ripped through parts of the city on May 16. Since then, houses and commercial properties determined to be beyond salvation have been coming down across the worst-hit neighborhoods, mostly in wards north of Delmar, the city’s historical […]

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Years before he debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals, Adam Wainwright had a bizarre experience and perhaps a life-saving twist of fate around the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

From ABC: When a professional football career was no longer on the horizon for 19-year-old Simon Tyler, he turned to construction work. “A lot of my mates were doing it … and the industry had that kind of camaraderie, team mateship, that I really enjoyed at the footy club,” explains Dr Tyler, now 37. While […]

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St. Louis police arrested a man Thursday suspected of a fatal drive-by shooting last month in the city's North Hampton neighborhood.

MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - A man was left injured Thursday morning after stealing an ambulance and crashing it in South Roxana. According to the Illinois State Police Department (ISP), the crash incident happened shortly after 9 a.m. on Illinois Route 111 near Kearby Lane. The man stole the ambulance while he was getting unloaded out [...]

SOUTH ROXANA - A stolen Gateway Med Star ambulance crashed Thursday morning, Sept. 11, 2025, on Route 111 near South Roxana after police deployed stop sticks to halt the vehicle, authorities said. The incident began around 9 a.m. Sept. 11, when a patient being unloaded at the emergency room at Gateway Regional Medical Center at 2010 Madison Avenue in Granite City reportedly stole the ambulance and fled the scene, according to Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor. “During the unloading process, the patient stole a Med Star ambulance and fled the emergency room,” Sheriff Connor said. “A call was made to Granite City police, and they put out the alert.” A deputy from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office intercepted the ambulance on Route 111 north of Poag Road, prompting a pursuit involving multiple agencies. A South Roxana officer deployed stop sticks in an attempt to stop the vehicle. The driver made an evasive maneuver, lost control, and rolled the ambulance

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Items from David Bowie’s archives will be on display at the new David Bowie Centre in London, and one of those pieces gives fans insight into the legendary singer’s musical tastes.According…

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A police investigation is underway after a student injured a teacher Thursday morning during an "incident" at Northview High School, prompting a brief lockdown.

I didn’t like Charlie Kirk. His morals and principles, as expressed through his rhetoric and actions, disgusted me. I’ve no reason to mourn his death—and no plans to celebrate it. Kirk was killed in what is most likely an act of politically inspired violence. He was shot during one of his usual speaking events; at […]

From West Newsmagazine: An agreement has been approved for the next phase of the Monarch-Chesterfield Levee Trail – an 11-mile trail that encompasses the majority of commercial, industrial and recreational land uses in Chesterfield Valley. The Monarch-Chesterfield Levee District will facilitate construction of phase 6 of the levee trail and restoration associated with the project. […]

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St. Louis County Executive Sam Page will likely face trial on his election-related indictment in southwest Missouri.

A new article by Dr. John S. Gaal, published in the International Journal of Vocational Education and Training (Summer 2025 edition), examines how peer support models can address the construction industry’s mental health crisis. With deaths from overdoses and suicides far outpacing on-the-job fatalities, Gaal highlights how unions and contractors are adopting innovative approaches to […]

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From Virginia Tech: A group of Virginia Tech researchers just got a boost toward bulldozing the construction industry’s biggest challenges. The Coalition for Smart Construction recently announced the recipients of its first seed grants. Created to build on the university’s transdisciplinary strengths and collaborative culture, the coalition helps faculty make connections with each other, industry, […]

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Four current or former St. Louis residents are among the 400 richest Americans.

A $1.5 billion proposed settlement due to be paid by AI company Anthropic could set a precedent for how other AI companies navigate the training of their models on copyrighted material. The proposed settlement is a result of a class action lawsuit, Bartz v. Anthropic, from last year, in which authors filed a complaint against Anthropic […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and Co-Chair of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, today delivered a speech on the Senate floor condemning Russia for violating NATO airspace with multiple Russian drone incursions into Poland. It was the first time in the history of NATO that alliance fighters had engaged enemy targets in allied airspace. During his remarks, Durbin also chastised the Pentagon’s reported decision to suspend the Baltic Security Initiative (BSI), a program to strengthen military cooperation with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that Durbin has been integral in establishing. Durbin introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2026 that would shore up support for BSI as the Trump Administration aims to suspend it. “The Baltic States are some of the most vibrant dedicated members of NATO, spending well above proposed funding

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ALTON - Experts from OSF HealthCare discussed important information about cholesterol and atrial fibrillation (AFib) during a recent interview on "Our Daily Show," coinciding with National Cholesterol Education Month and National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month. Meredith Walter, MSN, ANP-BC, and Margy Goetten, NP, RN, MSN, BSN, both healthcare providers specializing in cardiology at OSF HealthCare, joined the studio on September 8, 2025, to explain the relationship between cholesterol levels and AFib, a common irregular heart rhythm. Cholesterol, described as a waxy fat substance in the blood, plays a role in producing proteins and amino acids, Goetten said. However, Walter and Goetten emphasized the distinction between “good” and “bad” cholesterol, noting that low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is considered harmful because it can accumulate in arteries throughout the body, not just the heart. Guidelines recommend that individuals begin cholesterol

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief in support of Ellenor Zinski, a former employee of Liberty University. The brief, filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Zinski v. Liberty University, urges the court to affirm Zinski’s right to sue her former employer for sex-based discrimination after Liberty fired her upon learning of her identity as a transgender woman. “The First Amendment does not give employers, including Liberty University, a green light to discriminate,” Raoul said. “No one should lose their employment because of who they are or who they love, and I will continue to partner with attorneys general from across the country to protect the rights of the LGBTQ+ community.” Zinski was hired by Liberty University in February 2023 to work at its information technology help desk. In July 2023, after the end of her 90-day probationary period,

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