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Frigid temperatures return this week, with winter storm lurking this weekend

7 months 4 weeks ago
A new year means a new weather pattern for the bi-state region—two systems, in fact, both of which emerge later in the week. Clouds return in the early morning hours Thursday with temperatures in the upper 20s, as a weak clipper system is expected to slide through that evening. As temperatures will be subfreezing, we [...]
Haley Fitzpatrick

Islamic State-inspired driver expressed desire to kill before deadly New Orleans rampage, Biden says

7 months 4 weeks ago
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people as he steered around a police blockade and slammed into revelers before being shot dead by police. The FBI said it was [...]
ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, KEVIN McGILL and JACK BROOK, Associated Press

Unique Program Connects Landlords With Homeless People

7 months 4 weeks ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A few years back, Sabrina Jones Williams and her husband, Victor, decided to take their children on what they called a “yes” vacation. Yes, we can go to Disneyland. Yes, we can stay in an all-inclusive hotel. Yes, we can buy “fast passes” so we don’t stand in lines all day. […]
Dede Hance

Scott Plocher Elected SIBA President

7 months 4 weeks ago
Effective January 1, 2025, Scott Plocher, Plocher Construction Company, Inc., will become President of the Southern Illinois Builders Association. Other officers for 2025 are: First Vice President – Richard Boyer, Boyer Fire Protection, St. Louis, Missouri; Second Vice President – Matt Fricke, Warning Lites of Southern Illinois, E. St. Louis, Illinois; and Secretary/Treasurer – Dave […]
Dede Hance

Southern Illinois Builders Association Awards Scholarships

7 months 4 weeks ago
The Southern Illinois Builders Association began offering scholarships in 2012 and since then has awarded 149 scholarships totaling approximately $300,400. On Monday, December 23, 2024, members of the SIBA Education Committee: Gregg Korte, Chairman, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc.; Rachelle Lengermann, Plocher Construction Company; Lyle Simonton, Subsurface Constructors, Inc.; and Scott Korte, Pyramid Electrical Contractors […]
Dede Hance

Legal Lens: Why victims' names are omitted in crash reports

8 months ago
The Missouri State Highway Patrol recently stopped releasing the names of crash victims. In our Legal Lens, Brown & Crouppen attorney Andrea McNairy explains why the change was made and where those names are considered a matter of public record.
Jeff Bernthal