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St. Dominic in O’Fallon will launch a building trades program next school year, making it one of very few private schools in the region to offer trades curriculum on campus.

A diverse array of exciting events awaits in the Riverbend area, catering to all interests—from engaging children’s programs and lively music nights to community gatherings and educational workshops. Explore the full lineup of activities and find something that piques your interest by visiting https://www.riverbender.com/events/ . If you want to make sure even more of the region is aware of your event email cj@riverbender.com and explore our range of Event Promotion Services! Featured Galentine’s Day Party at EXO Lounge invites you to celebrate friendship and love at EXO Lounge! Gather your best ladies and enjoy an evening filled with fun, laughter, and indulgence. Highlights include themed cocktails crafted to perfection, lavish treats to satisfy your sweet tooth, and vibrant beats to keep the party lively. There’s no better love than the bond between friends, making this event the perfect excuse to toast to the ladies in your life. Don’t miss

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“This has been a passion his whole life and we saw an opportunity when the lanes became available to step in,” Nelly’s business manager Mike Chaffin said.

EDWARDSVILLE – New details have emerged in the recent Madison County case of an Edwardsville man accused of possessing and disseminating child pornography. James T. Berry, 24, of Edwardsville, was charged on Jan. 23, 2025 with seven counts of child pornography, including three Class X felonies and four Class 2 felonies. A petition filed in Madison County court to keep Berry detained brings further insights into the investigation that lead to his arrest. “In September and October 2024, the Edwardsville Police Department received cybertips from the Internet Crimes Against Children data system,” the petition states. “The tip was generated via a report to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) from the mobile messaging website Kik. “The cybertip reported multiple files containing child sexual abuse material had been uploaded by a user identified through multiple sources to be the defendant. On Jan. 22, 2025, the defendant was interviewe

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Side Project Brewing opened its new pizza concept after closing Pizza Champ in December.

A man, 53, was arrested and charged with kidnapping, robbery and armed criminal action after confronting a woman and a man with knives and a sledgehammer in an attempted robbery.

HOYLETON – IMPACT Strategies recently completed the last phase of new construction with the Administration Building to serve the Hoyleton Youth and Family Services (HYFS) New Campus, a momentous project for the organization and all the stakeholders that they serve. The new campus replacing the original one built over 100 year ago provides a new therapeutic living environment for vulnerable youth in the foster care system. As the design builder on the project, IMPACT Strategies collaborated with Hurford Architects and TWM Engineering during the planning and design phases. The new residential campus in Hoyleton, IL allows youth who are both developmentally and intellectually delayed to heal and grow in a trauma-informed therapeutic environment.’ The campus includes 6 six-bedroom family style cottages, an administrative building with therapy rooms, visitation rooms, large training center and two conference rooms, maintenance building and expansion/renovation of the existing

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to make it easier for parents to safely embark on air travel with breast milk and breastfeeding supplies successfully passed through the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST). The Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening (BABES) Enhancement Act , which Duckworth reintroduced last week alongside co-leads U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), would require the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to clarify and regularly update guidance on handling breast milk, baby formula and other related nutrition products, including ice packs, in consultation with leading maternal health groups. This swift committee passage comes after the bipartisan legislation passed the Senate by unanimous consent late last year in the 118th Congress. “After hearing far too many stories about traveling moms being

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Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s biotech firm is preparing three applications needing approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

GODFREY – English Professor Jen Fuhler and Student Success Specialist and Speech Adjunct Mary Busler have been chosen by their peers as Lewis and Clark Community College’s nominees for the Illinois Community College Trustees Association’s (ICCTA) Outstanding Full-Time and Adjunct Faculty Member awards. The nominations, which were announced during January’s in-service week leading up to the spring semester, recognize the instructors’ high achievements. Jen Fuhler, ICCTA Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Nominee Fuhler, who is an English professor, was surprised when her name was called. “I am humbled by this recognition from my colleagues,” Fuhler said. “I appreciate the freedom I have to research and explore new pathways, including competency-based education.” Fuhler, who teaches First-Year English, Non-Western Cultures and Multicultural American Literature, was hired as a full-time faculty member in 2006. A

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Mom's Deli, a longtime staple in south St. Louis, will leave its current location later this month. The owners hope to find a new spot to continue serving the St. Louis community.

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On Tuesday, a coalition of civil society groups sent a letter to interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward R. Martin, Jr. and congressional leaders, demanding that Martin clarify public statements suggesting he would use his public office to threaten critics of Elon Musk and the new Department of Government Efficiency, and also to reaffirm his duty to uphold the First Amendment during any DOGE-related investigations.

On Sunday, a Wired report listed the names of six DOGE staffers who may be rooting through sensitive government systems and data. The following day, Musk responded to a user on the social media platform X, who also listed the staffers’ names, by saying, “You have committed a crime.” The user was suspended from the platform, which is owned by Musk. That same day, Martin tweeted a letter asking Musk to “utilize” him and his staff to protect DOGE and promising to pursue legal action against anyone who impedes the agency’s work.

“There‘s nothing more central to the First Amendment than the press and public‘s right to criticize those carrying out controversial government work, harshly and by name,” said Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). “A sitting U.S. attorney threatening to prosecute this constitutionally protected conduct is highly alarming — even un-American. So are his threats against those who may protest DOGE. If Martin does not understand why such threats are so problematic, he should not be serving in such an important position in our government. He should clarify that he did not intend to threaten to prosecute people who named DOGE employees and that, going forward, he will not assert dubious legal positions to curry favor with Musk or President Trump.”

“It would be deeply alarming for Martin to turn the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia into a DOGE defense squad,” said Emily Peterson-Cassin, corporate power director at Demand Progress Education Fund. “A public servant should not abdicate their First Amendment duties and use their office to target and intimidate journalists and peaceful protesters at the behest of the world’s richest man. Martin has already shown willingness to retaliate against public servants by firing January 6th prosecutors, so we need straight answers. Does Ed Martin follow the Constitution or Elon Musk?”

The groups’ letter reminds Martin that it is not a crime to identify or criticize individuals openly conducting government work. The letter also demands that Martin specifically identify the kinds of “targeting” of DOGE staff he was referring to in his letter to Musk, commit to not go after journalists and others who legally identify and discuss government workers by name, and also acknowledge that criticisms of DOGE and peaceful protests of the agency are protected by the First Amendment.

The letter was spearheaded by Demand Progress Education Fund and FPF, and has been signed by more than thirty groups.

You can read the letter here or below. Please contact FPF or Demand Progress if you'd like further comment.

A bill changing the terms of the Missouri minimum wage law approved by voters four months ago will leave all the promised benefits in place but may delay their implementation, the chairman of a House committee looking at the law said Wednesday. State Rep. David Casteel, a High Ridge Republican, told members of the House […]

SCHNUCKS, DIERBERGS MARKETS AND MISSOURI’S LARGEST UNION REPRESENTING GROCERY WORKERS  WORKINK ON NEW CONTRACT The largest private sector local union in St. Louis and their largest employers, Schnucks Markets Inc. and Dierbergs Markets, began bargaining new contracts that will cover approximately 7,000 employees in Missouri United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 represents the majority […]

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ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MO. — Cameron Cross, an 18-year-old resident of East St. Louis, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the homicide of 17-year-old Jaimarcus P. McDaniel. The charges were announced by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office on February 4, 2025, following an investigation into the incident that occurred in Jennings, Mo., on January 6. According to the probable cause statement, a St. Louis County patrol officer discovered McDaniel lying face down in the snow in an open field during the early morning hours. Following the discovery, a suspicious death investigation was initiated, leading to the identification of McDaniel as the deceased. The investigation revealed that Cross and three juvenile accomplices — identified only as K.F., M.L., and C.B. — picked up McDaniel from his home in Illinois and drove him to Jennings, MO. Once there, the three juvenile males exited the vehicle with McDaniel

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A St. Louis man accused of stabbing another man to death last summer is making his first appearance before a judge Wednesday afternoon.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench will release his second solo album, The Melancholy Season, on March 7 and has shared the first preview of the record with the…

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