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"I have never thought that my privacy would be invaded when I'm in a bathroom stall," St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Price Smith said.

The project is the second in several months involving St. Louis County-controlled land in Wellston, signs of progress on redevelopment that officials said decades ago they wanted to facilitate.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic proposal Thursday to sue the Trump administration over allegations that it did not fully release the Epstein files, as mandated under a law unanimously approved by senators and signed by the president nearly three months ago. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asked for unanimous consent on a resolution […]

The Beach Boys’ Al Jardine has announced a very special show in Los Angeles to coincide with the upcoming release of the new Beach Boys box set, We Gotta Groove: The…

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Shannon O'Brien, 28, was an apparent innocent victim, "simply doing her job when her life was tragically taken," police said.

Scott Joplin, known as the "King of Ragtime", composed more than 40 musical pieces, including "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer", and is recognized for his mastery of the piano and his role in integrating the genre into American music.

The St. Louis Shakespeare Festival presents a funny, inebriated, interactive, adults-only take on Shakespeare’s shrew that’s sure to entertain.

ALTON – The Alton Educational Foundation recently released their second grant opportunity this school year for the teachers and staff of the Alton School District. The Foundation provides grant funding to increase innovative programs and projects which directly benefit students, classrooms and schools. The new spring grant cycle, with applications due March 13, will once again seek new ideas and proposed projects from teachers and staff. Over the past 25 years, the Foundation has funde

From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: The Warrenton Board of Aldermen approved plans for a 337-acre data center at its Jan. 20 meeting. Crusoe AI Chief Real Estate Agent Matt Fields presented plans to build two 805,000-square-foot data center buildings and a 40,000-square-foot administrative building, as well as a 621,250-square-foot switch yard and 603,200-square-foot electrical substation north […]

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum A major residential redevelopment project in the Lulu Heights neighborhood of Wellston will bring 178 new single-family homes to the community through a partnership involving the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the County of St. Louis (LCRA), the City of Wellston, the St. Louis County Port Authority, […]

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A Belleville, Illinois, man is accused of photographing more than a dozen women in a library bathroom on Washington University campus.

From West Newsmagazine: Plans are still underway for the grand staircase proposed for Downtown Chesterfield. The Staenberg Group (TSG) submitted a request to amend the redevelopment agreement for the area known as RPA-1, relating to the redevelopment of the former Chesterfield Mall. Demolition of the mall site, excluding the Dillard’s and former Macy’s buildings, is […]

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If you’ve been paying attention to surveillance and civil liberties issues over the past fifteen years, you’ve likely learned to recognize a particular pattern. Senator Ron Wyden will occasionally send a public letter that essentially says “hey, I can’t tell you what’s happening because it’s classified, but something really bad is going on and you […]

A Central West End apartment building near Forest Park has been condemned after extensive damage caused by a fire during the late-January snowstorm in St. Louis.

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: It starts with a truck painting the yellow divider lines down the middle of the road and the instructors marking out dots along the side of the road where warning signs and traffic cones should be spaced for a road construction lane change. Then come the laborers marking the […]

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GRAFTON — Three trips to Normandy, France, were "life-changing" for Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow and his wife, Lynne, and are a part of their beautiful love story. Normandy is a region in France, and its coastline includes legendary cliffs and beachheads, including Omaha Beach, the site of the famous D-Day landing. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, is a permanent concession granted by France to the U.S government for the efforts in World War II to protect

GODFREY - A local playwright is ready to share her latest work with the community. “A Lil Sugar Will Do,” written by Leah Becoat and produced by 3 Purple Coats Productions, will premiere at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at Hatheway Hall on the Lewis and Clark Community College campus in Godfrey. Becoat, an Alton native, expressed her excitement to produce the play, complete with original music, “magical storytelling,” and a cast of