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Original Beatles drummer Pete Best is retiring.The news was announced on social media by Pete’s brother Roag Best.“Well what an absolutely wonderful ride we’ve had. However, everything comes to pass,”…

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Levels of distressed real estate debt are rising in the St. Louis region, according to an analysis from a real estate data analytics firm.

GRANITE CITY – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that rehabilitation of a crossing by Norfolk Southern railroad on Missouri Avenue between Konzen Court and West Pontoon Road in Madison County will require a full closure beginning, weather permitting, Monday, April 14. A posted detour will be in place to safely guide motorists around the closure, which is expected to conclude Friday, April 18. Motorists can expect delays and should allow extra time for trips through this area. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to detour signs in work zones, obey the posted speed limits, refrain from using mobile devices and be alert for workers and equipment. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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TROY – A teacher for the Triad School District has been charged with grooming a 14-year-old student and more, according to newly released court documents. Michael L. Smargiassi, 59, of Highland, was charged on April 4, 2025 with Official Misconduct (a Class 3 felony), two counts of Grooming (both Class 3 felonies) and Battery (a Class A misdemeanor). From Aug. 21 to Oct. 7, 2024, in his capacity as a public school teacher, Smargiassi allegedly attempted to “seduce, solicit, lure, or entice a child … to engage in any unlawful sexual contact” on multiple occasions, according to charging documents. A petition to deny his pretrial release states the victim was one of his students. “Two students reported to school officials with the Triad School District that was having inappropriate communication with his student on October 7, 2024,” the petition states. “School officials discovered hundreds of pages of emails between the defendant and starting

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A woman who was in the process of being moved to a jail cell allegedly assaulted multiple correctional officers at the St. Ann Police Department.

A publicly held global insurance company has added to its St. Louis-area footprint with the acquisition of a local brokerage.

In its 30th season, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival returns to its new home at the B&B Theatres in Creve Coeur for two weeks of cinema excellence from March […]

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Over the years Elton John has publicly said numerous nasty things about Madonna. But the two have finally made up — and may even collaborate in the future.To recap: In 2012 Elton told an…

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President Trump's DEI orders have companies and organizations that depend on government contracts facing an uncertain future. It's no small matter in St. Louis, where the contracts are big business.

ALTON - The Alton Community Unit School District #11 Board of Education has approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Alton Education Association. Board of Education President David Lauschke explained that teachers will be working under a new contract following the agreement between the Board of Education and the AEA. The new contract will go into effect on July 1, 2025, and expire on June 30, 2028. “We have certainty for the next three years in terms of salary schedules and verbiage in the contract,” Lauschke said. “That gives them a great deal of certainty, knowing what they’re going to be making and what the contract itself says.” In a statement, the Alton School District said the agreement was reached “through a streamlined, collaborative process.” After six negotiation sessions, a “tentative agreement” was reached on March 27. The AEA members voted for the contract on April 2, and the Board of Educatio

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The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis arrested a suspect in last week’s fatal shooting of a Velda City man.

The United States Cellular Corp. announced Monday its plans to cut 4,100 positions, including some in Missouri and Illinois.

A fusion of authoritarianism and corporatism is destroying what’s left of U.S. federal consumer protection. Whether by dodgy Supreme Court ruling, executive order, or captured regulators, the U.S. right, often in lockstep with consolidated corporate power, are making massive, historic, and potentially irreversible inroads in destroying federal corporate oversight, labor protections, public safety provisions, environmental […]

This story was updated at 4:34 p.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration’s request Monday to block a lower court’s order to bring back to the United States a Maryland man who was erroneously deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. The order from Chief Justice John Roberts that […]

This story was updated at 4:34 p.m. Eastern. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration’s request Monday to block a lower court’s order to bring back to the United States a Maryland man who was erroneously deported to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. The order from Chief Justice John Roberts that […]

Ballpark Village’s Budweiser Brew House will reopen this month after $4 million in renovations that have brought new concepts to the venue.