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GODFREY — Firefighters from the Godfrey Fire Protection District and several neighboring departments responded to a serious house fire on Seasons Drive in Godfrey on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. The fire was reported at about 4 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2025. Along with Godfrey Fire, crews from the Alton Fire Department, Brighton, Fosterburg and QEM were visible at the scene. A ladder truck was deployed to help combat the blaze. The home sustained significant damage as firefighters worked to contain the fire. The Village of Godfrey issued this statement: "For our residents' situational awareness: (Tuesday, 10/14/25, 4:50 p.m.) Pierce Lane is currently closed in both directions (at the Season's entrance) as GFPD and multiple mutual aid fire crews are currently working a structure fire in that area. Please avoid the area until crews can reopen the road." More details are expected as the situation develops.

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From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: In September, St. Charles Community College held a ribbon cutting for its new Regional Innovation Workforce Center, located at 2400 Interstate Drive in Wentzville. The center offers associate of applied science degrees and certificate of achievement programs in industrial trades. The center is designed to give students hands-on experience in 48,000 […]

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Bringing weapons to school is a violation of Parkway West High's Safe Schools Act. And this type of violation carries "the highest level of consequences."

From HR Daily Advisor: Across the country, many companies are establishing return-to-work mandates. Driven by existing lease agreements and lingering suspicion that remote workers aren’t as productive as they claim, most companies are ignoring a critical flaw in their RTO strategy: maybe it’s not that employees don’t want to be in the office—they just don’t […]

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A construction worker was critically injured early Monday morning (Oct. 13) at the busy intersection of Kingshighway and Lindell boulevards, adjacent to the Albion West End apartment tower project now rising on the northeast corner. According to a report from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the 36-year-old man was in the street around 6:15 […]

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The Republican Party is no longer a legitimate political organization. It has transformed into a corrupt, immoral, and criminal enterprise that serves the interests of one man’s power while systematically destroying the constitutional principles this nation was founded upon. What we’re witnessing isn’t political competition but organized crime wrapped in patriotic rhetoric. When the President […]

From St. Louis Magazine: A data center proposed for St. Louis’ Midtown neighborhood drew hostile questions from city residents last night, with broad concerns and skepticism about the purported benefits of a $600 million data center east of the Armory. Steadfast City, a consultant working on behalf of developers THO Investments and Simms Building Group, […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum Simplifying the maze of processes involved in working with St. Louis City government is a top priority for Mayor Cara Spencer’s administration. Spencer, Interim St. Louis Development Corp. Director Otis Williams, and city planner Miriam Keller underscored that message Monday (Oct. 13th) during a panel discussion. The event, […]

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Joshua Conley, 23, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the killing of 23-year-old Quentin Berry in the 2200 block Keokuk Street.

From The Missouri Times: Set on a 225-acre campus, the Laborers and Contractors Training Center is where Missouri’s next generation of builders learns their craft, and their calling. The facility is one of three facilities, which serves as the cornerstone of skills development for union laborers across Missouri and Kansas, training more than 14,000 members […]

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A death investigation is underway after an early morning house fire in south St. Louis. One man was found dead inside, and investigators say it's too soon to determine how he died.

A heated town hall meeting took place Monday night as Tri Star developers presented plans for a new data center at the Armory, sparking significant public debate.

Homicide Detectives are investigating a shooting in the North Riverfront neighborhood that left a woman dead on October 14, 2025.

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ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was remanded into custody Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, following an evidentiary hearing related to federal charges against him. Montgomery now stands accused of four counts of witness retaliation and one count of witness tampering. The charges stem from allegations that Montgomery ordered the detainment of Tammy Ross, a former St. Louis jail administrator, after being denied access to a rape victim he sought to interview. Montgomery has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Following his arrest, the judge placed Montgomery under house arrest. The hearing took place amid ongoing legal challenges against Montgomery, including a quo warranto action filed by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office seeking his removal from office. Last week, a judge ruled that Montgomery could remain in office under house arrest despite the federal indictments. However, on Tuesday, Montgomery’s bond was revoked, leading to his detention. Colonel

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From Construction Dive: Data center hubs and healthcare campuses pushed more projects into the pipeline last month, a sign that construction activity could hit a high point in early 2027, according to Dodge Construction Network. The Dodge Momentum Index, which tracks nonresidential projects entering the planning stages and leads actual construction spending by a full […]

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From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis developer whose principals just beat federal corruption charges is back in the active development business, as it pursues a more than $50 million St. Louis County development that would displace a go-kart firm. Lux Living, once the most prolific apartment developer in St. Louis, had appeared to […]

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ST. LOUIS — A city development authority said this week that it would not support a tax abatement for a proposed data center near the Armory in Midtown.

Fire crews battled an intense fire Tuesday afternoon at a two-story brick church in north St. Louis. One firefighter is recovering from minor injuries.

SLMPD says the suspects are considered armed and dangerous.

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 20, Owen Lipinski, fifth year Spanish teacher at St. Dominic, rappelled down 13 stories of Embassy Suites in St. Charles to help raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County. Lipinski and St. Dominic mathematics instructor Emily Jowers spent the last month pumping […]

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