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The new engineering school will begin enrolling students in the fall of 2025, thanks to an $8M grant from the James S. McDonnell Foundation.

A teenager indicted for second-degree murder after a reported fatal DWI crash is free from jail tonight—on the day of his scheduled arraignment.

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Fire Department is responding to a first-alarm fire inside a vacant building in north St. Louis Wednesday evening. According to officials, at least 30 firefighters are working to put flames out in the three-story building in the 4000 block of Dryden Ave. in the Penrose neighborhood. While the building [...]

ALTON - Over $11,000 has been added to the grand total of more than $1 million allocated so far towards improving a section of Milton Road in Alton. Alton City Council members on Wednesday gave their unanimous approval to an agreement with Sheppard, Morgan and Schwaab, Inc. (SMS) under which the city will provide the firm an additional $11,308 to acquire two land parcels of right-of-way. As previously reported on Riverbender.com , these parcels were discovered after the project was designed, and the original agreement between SMS and the city had no provisions for right-of-way acquisition. The updated agreement will cover the cost of all work associated with the acquisitions, including record research, title work, appraisals and more. Phase 1 of the Milton Road Improvement Project will consist of “pavement patching, pavement milling, hot-mix asphalt resurfacing, sidewalk curb, ramps” and other improvements made along a 0.32-mile section of Milton Road from

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Matt Yglesias writes today about the widely reported revolt against experts: “Experts” is not an incredibly precise term, and “elites” is even vaguer. When Sean Trende says (and Nate Silver agrees) that “it hasn’t exactly been the best century for the expert class,” I both know what they mean and also struggle to pin down ...continue reading "The revolt against experts has been very calculated and very Republican"

Jarrett W. Cousins, 40, of Arkansas, was charged with assault and armed criminal action after a shootout Sunday with police in Crystal City. The homicide probe is continuing.

Joseph S. Wilkins, 56, manipulated mail to identify gift cards inside and stole 10 to 12 gift cards from customers' mail between December 2023 and April 2024.

The city has opened an investigation into Farst Construction’s ties to Banjo Popoola.

A Collinsville woman died over the weekend after being struck by vehicle.

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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These deals are expected to close in the next few weeks.

Police said the man, 21, of North County, died at a hospital and the woman had injuries that are not life-threatening. The unborn child wasn't harmed, police said.

City leaders are ready to spend $277 million of Rams settlement money after receiving community feedback for more than a year.

COLLINSVILLE — A 73-year-old woman from Collinsville died Sunday evening, Dec. 8, 2024, after being struck by a vehicle while walking on Troy Road, according to Madison County Coroner Nicholas P. Novacich. Patricia A. Green was hit in the 400 block of Troy Road around 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 8, 2024. The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene and called 911. Green was subsequently transported to the emergency department at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, where she was pronounced dead at 7:36 p.m. by the attending physician. Preliminary findings indicate that Green died from blunt head and chest trauma, with a final cause of death pending the results of routine toxicology tests. The incident is currently under investigation by the Illinois State Police Troop 8 and the Madison County Coroner’s Office. Funeral arrangements for Green are being handled by Austin Layne Mortuary in St. Louis, Mo. Further details about the arrangements are pending.

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Missouri is heading toward its first fiscal year with declining revenue in more than a decade — and the first in living memory during a growing economy — according to the latest estimate of state tax revenue. General revenue for the fiscal year that ends June 30 will total $13.35 billion, a decrease of about […]