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Matt Yglesias says today that although serious crime is down, "a lot of lower-level disorder that spiked alongside shootings in 2020 never went back to normal." Unlike in some areas where I think the Biden administration made clear policy errors, I don’t know that they did anything wrong about this national epidemic of low-level disorder. ...continue reading "Here’s a shallow dive into public disorder"

As the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department continues to search for the gunman responsible for critically injuring a high school hockey player over the weekend, the hockey community and beyond are coming together to show their support for 16-year-old Colin Brown.

ALTON - Improvement projects at two Alton parks are moving forward following approval from the Alton Committee of the Whole on Monday . The following amounts have been set aside for upgrades to Rock Springs Park and Gordon Moore Park: $23,885.10 to purchase picnic tables and a picnic pavilion at Rock Springs Park $13,492.76 for a shade structure for the new pickleball courts and to purchase picnic tables for Gordon Moore Park Committee members unanimously approved two intergovernmental agreements between the City of Alton and Alton Township related to the park projects. According to the Rock Springs Park agreement, Alton Township will provide the $23,885.10 in funding for the picnic tables and a pavilion. If the City of Alton fails to complete the project “in a timely manner,” the city will be required to return those funds to the township, though the agreement sets no specific deadline. The agreement for Gordon Moore Park appears nearly identical, with

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The Board of Elections will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29, in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

Roads will be increasingly crowded the next two days as we approach the busiest travel days of the year. AAA says nearly 80 million Americans are expected to travel over 50 miles between Tuesday, Nov. 26, and Monday, Dec. 2.

Families of Francis Howell High School students are looking for answers to decades of illnesses and cancer diagnoses. Alumni are asking if the proximity of the high school to a former bomb plant could still impact the health of students today.

The Saint Louis Zoo had a big addition that showed up over the weekend.

Boris Epshteyn is in big trouble: A top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump asked potential administration nominees to give him monthly consulting fees in exchange for advocating for them to Trump, a written review by Trump’s legal team concluded.... It found that among those whom Epshteyn had unsuccessfully solicited for payment was Scott Bessent, Trump’s ...continue reading "Top Trump advisor tried to shake down cabinet hopefuls"

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Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical worlds […]

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