EAST ST. LOUIS – The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that the bridge carrying 26th Street over the Norfolk Southern railroad, between Illinois 15 and Bond Avenue in East St. Louis, reopened Friday, Aug. 23. The project, which consists of repairing the bridge approaches and structural steel, began earlier this summer. In April, the 26th Street bridge approach was fully closed to repair damage after the bridge was hit. During the closure, IDOT also completed pavement patching within the closure area. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changing conditions and all detour signs prior to the work zone, 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 X, formerly known as Twitter, at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.
GRANITE CITY – On June 29, 2024, officers from the Granite City Police Department responded to a call at Gateway Regional Medical Center regarding an unconscious and non-breathing infant. The infant, who had been transported from a residence in the 2100 block of Bryan Avenue, was pronounced deceased by hospital staff upon arrival. The Madison County Coroner’s Office, the Southern Illinois Child Death Investigation Task Force, and the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Unit were subsequently involved to assist with the investigation. According to Major Gary Brooks of the Granite City Police Department, the investigation identified two persons of interest whose actions were determined to have led to the infant’s death. On August 22, 2024, the Madison County State’s Attorney’s office issued charges against Sarrah M. Cheung and Patrick L. Godfrey. Both individuals face one count of Involuntary Manslaughter and one count of Endangering the Life or Health of
Police in St. Louis City are investigating two carjackings that occurred within a mile and a half of each other on Sunday, with the suspects armed and driving away in the victims' cars.
Popular flight tracking app FlightAware says that they accidentally leaked the personal data of its 10,000 aircraft operators and 12 million users. According to an announcement by the company sent to users, “a configuration error” resulted in the company exposing user usernames, passwords, email addresses, names, billing addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, aircraft ownership records, […]
Marijuana companies face a hard deadline to meet Missouri’s new plain packaging requirements on Sept. 1 — more than a year after the rule was initially put in place.
For decades, there’s been a global movement urging “plain packaging” on tobacco products — or packaging with limited colors and frills — after numerous studies found it makes cigarettes less appealing to young people.
Missouri is now a testing ground to see if plain packaging has the same impact for recreational marijuana.
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Among a suite of major operational changes announced earlier this year, Southwest said it would begin flying redeye flights in 2025. Now we know more details about those plans, as well as other adjustments to the airline's early 2025 schedule.
Elad Gross, the Democratic candidate for Missouri Attorney General, is the latest guest on Politically Speaking. Gross, who ran for Attorney General back in 2020, spoke to St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg about why he decided to run again and how he believes the office can serve Missourians.
Marijuana companies face a hard deadline to meet Missouri’s new plain packaging requirements on Sept. 1 — more than a year after the rule was initially put in place. For decades, there’s been a global movement urging “plain packaging” on tobacco products — or packaging with limited colors and frills — after numerous studies found […]
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a tractor trailer on eastbound Interstate-70 in St. Charles County, Missouri, leading to the closure of four right lanes for an extended period of time.
The political drama of this election cycle has had scenes and dialogue that were downright ridiculous or refreshingly unbelievable, but don’t be cajoled or fouled. What we are witnessing is not entertainment. This is history unfolding before our very eyes, and we have the most central and critical role to play. We are familiar with […]
ST. LOUIS - Remember how comfortable it was last week? It will be the opposite of that this week. We were 97 for a high on Sunday and we will be close to 100 for highs Monday and Tuesday. A Heat Advisory has been issued as peak afternoon heat indies will be between 105 and [...]
The police killing of Michael Brown Junior and the Ferguson uprising that followed inspired music, visual art, and poetry, including this untitled poem from Ferguson inspired word artist Pacia Elaine Anderson.
Friday was the first of six free seminars open to the public at PALM Health. Others will be on various topics surrounding women's health, running until Nov. 15.
Legendary rock band the Grateful Dead will be the subject of a new Stanford Continuing Studies course this fall.Did It Matter? Does It Now? The Music and Culture of the Grateful Dead…
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