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TROY – The Troy/Maryville/St. Jacob/Marine Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the dates for the 2025 Fall City/Village Wide Garage Sales. This community tradition gives residents the opportunity to declutter, shop, and connect with neighbors while supporting local communities. The sales will be held across the four communities on the following dates: Village of St. Jacob – September 4–6 | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Village of Maryville – September 5–6 | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Village of Marine – September 18–20 | Times set individually by sellers City of Troy – September 19–20 | 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM Residents are encouraged to register their addresses online to be included in the official garage sale listings and interactive map. To register your address: https://garagesale.troycoc.com/garagesalesignup.php To view the interactive map of sales: https://garagesale.troycoc.com/search.php “This event is always

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Self-driving vehicle technology continues to advance, prompting a wave of liability and safety regulations from state lawmakers. This year, lawmakers in Arizona, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada and the District of Columbia enacted legislation to regulate driverless vehicles, according to a database from the National Conference of State Legislatures. While much of the legislation aims to update […]

NEW YORK — After a year in the U.S. Navy, Loceny Kamara said he was discharged in 2023, because while on base he had developed mental health issues, including severe anxiety and nightmares, and had fallen into alcoholism. Kamara, 23, went to rehab and managed to get sober for some time while living with family […]

The ad encouraged people to join the Proud Boys, a self-described group of "Western chauvinists," and prompted dozens to complain at a Clinton County board meeting Monday night.

EAST ST. LOUIS,/CAHOKIA HEIGHTS — More than 1,500 customers experienced a power outage Friday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2025, in the East St. Louis/Cahokia Heights area. The outage began at 12:20 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, and was caused by the equipment failure just outside the substation, according to Brian Bretsch, of Ameren Illinois, who provided details on the incident. Bretsch said utility crews responded promptly. "Crews found the issue, worked to make the area surrounding the pole safe, and made the repairs," he said. "Power was fully restored to all customers by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025," he said.

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Holland Construction Services has announced the successful completion of The Marshall St. Louis, a transformative student housing community developed by Aptitude Development between the Washington University and Saint Louis University (SLU) campuses in St. Louis’ Midtown Redevelopment District. The Marshall redefines student living with 177 fully furnished units, offering 508 beds and an amenity-rich environment […]

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Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey kicked off The Who’s The Song Is Over North America Farewell Tour Saturday, and it sounds like Pete is a bit ambivalent about being on the road."It can be…

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Homicide Detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man that happened on August 17, 2025 in the Lasalle neighborhood.

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ALTON - A local friend group hopes to revitalize the Ursuline Convent and create a community center in Alton. Located at 845 Danforth Street in Alton, the Ursuline Convent closed in 2014. Donnie Reynolds and his friends have founded Cultural, Agronomic, and Technological Community (CATco), an organization that plans to buy the building and revamp it into a community center where people can spend time without paying money. “It honestly started as a friend group who just saw this place sitting, going to waste,” said Reynolds, who serves as CATco’s executive director. “We see this as a very multi-use space. We are hoping that we can provide a free third space for people to come and hang out, explore their hobbies, their passions, get to know each other without alcohol, without the expectation of being forced to spend money.” Reynolds explained that the plan started when his friends of over 20 years were playing the roleplaying game Dungeons an

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From Reuters: Sweden’s landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home on Tuesday (Aug. 19th), inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine. Workers have already jacked up the 600-ton, 113-year-old church from its foundations […]

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BELLEVILLE — The Belleville City Council approved key leadership changes within the Belleville Fire Department during a meeting held Monday night, Aug. 18, 2025. Belleville Mayor Jenny Gain Meyer appointed Curt Lougeay as the new Fire Chief and Jesse Garnica as Deputy Chief, with both positions taking effect at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 21, 2025. The Belleville Board of Fire and Police Commission and City Council also announced several promotions within the department, effective the same date and time: Battalion Chief Joseph Ellison was promoted to Assistant Chief; Captain Jeffery Fabrizio to Battalion Chief; Engineer Travis Henry to Captain; and Firefighter Brian Schield to Engineer. In addition to these appointments and promotions, the city recognized Stephanie Mills for her 25 years of service with the Belleville Fire Department. Mills has served as Fire Chief for the past two years and is retiring. City officials expressed their gratitude for her leadership and dedication.

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Since it’s easier to jump people who aren’t criminals than to actually track down criminals, ICE — especially in certain parts of the country — is sending its masked officers to hang around courtrooms and arrest people who are just trying to follow the rules to gain permanent residence in the United States. This tactic […]

Today on TAP: New Orleans? Memphis? Baton Rouge? Jackson, Mississippi? Why aren’t their states’ Guards on patrol there?

San Francisco-based Scale AI, which employs 250 people here, will open its new lab at The Post Building in October.

From Government Technology News: The developer of a controversial 440-acre data center has withdrawn plans for the project. CRG, the development arm of construction giant Clayco, on Monday afternoon notified the city that it was pulling the project off Tuesday’s council meeting agenda. The city marked CRG’s request as “withdrawn.” The move comes after weeks […]

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State authorities arrested an 18-year-old from St. Francois County as part of an ongoing investigation into online child pornography.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum carries the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular feature. The […]

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