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GRANITE CITY – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that repairs on eastbound Interstate 270 between Illinois 3 and Riverview Drive in Missouri will require lane closures starting, weather permitting, at 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16. One lane will always remain open. All lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19. Motorists should expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes during this closure. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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Ahmad Haynes and a handful of employees at BeLeaf Medical’s Sinse Cannabis site in St. Louis anxiously waited for the clock to hit 5 p.m. He and his co-workers had gathered outside the St. Louis Public Library’s Barr branch, where they had cast their votes to unionize earlier that afternoon on Feb. 6. The election came after a hard-fought legal battle that began in September with their employer contesting their eligibility to unionize. Minutes before 5 p.m., they all shuffled into a library…

St. Louis County police officers shot a man on Tuesday while staking out a south St. Louis home during a homicide investigation. Residents reported hearing dozens of gunshots.

A man whom federal prosecutors described as “an enforcer for a large drug conspiracy” appeared in federal court on Tuesday to be sentenced for a 2019 St. Louis murder.

Kadean Construction, a leading construction management and design-build firm, is proud to announce the promotion of three talented individuals to key leadership positions within the organization. These promotions reflect Kadean Construction’s commitment to recognizing and nurturing top talent, ensuring the continued success and growth of the company. Travis Mulder has been promoted to the role […]

Ruby Leigh's next performance is scheduled for Feb. 3 in Highland, Illinois.

"I got so many questions. I know he's out there in distress and I just want him home," said a sobbing grandmother.

More than 100 residents packed the meeting to speak to city officials.

In the ad, Jennifer Lopez is seen with a bedazzled Dunkin' cup created by TaylorMade Bling.

LAPD officers who claim they work undercover are suing the city for accidentally releasing their photographs to a journalist. The city, ignoring the Constitution and Supreme Court, is demanding the journalist pay the bill. "Los Angeles Police Department Bomb Squad" by TDelCoro is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

In 2022, the City of Los Angeles accidentally released photos to journalist Ben Camacho of officers it contends were working undercover, after Camacho sued them to enforce his rights to public records.

Then, last year, the city sued him to get the photos back and to stop him and others from publishing them. That lawsuit, which sought an unconstitutional prior restraint, was bad enough.

But now LA is going even further. After officers sued it for the harm its release of their photos allegedly caused them, the city sued Camacho, contending he should be responsible for the costs of its negligence.

The city ignores that the Supreme Court has ruled four times that, when the government accidentally releases documents to journalists, that’s the government’s problem.

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Advocacy Director Seth Stern wrote for the Los Angeles Daily News about LA’s effort to pass along responsibility for its recklessness to a journalist:

The city has hit the trifecta of anti-press First Amendment violations: first, demanding journalists give back documents the government released, second, censoring journalists from publishing information, and now, holding journalists financially liable for truthful publications — something that, once again, the Court has never permitted.

Read the full op-ed here.

This year's headliners include Chaka Khan, Black Pumas, Big Boi of Outkast, Trombone Shorty, Chingy and Lettuce.

If passed, the church would spend roughly $600,000 to build a cul-de-sac, open its parking lot to the public, and add additional street parking along Clay Ave.

As we reflect on 2023, IMPACT Strategies is thrilled to recap how our Making an IMPACT Foundation was able to support and impact our local community & non-profit organizations. In 2023, Making an IMPACT Foundation (MAI Foundation) awarded $50,000 to help support local community organizations including Hard Hats with Heart (American Heart Association), Pedal the […]

To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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Pretenders have been forced to postpone their upcoming U.K. tour so frontwoman Chrissie Hynde can recover from an injury. “We're champing at the bit to get back on the road, but looks like we’re…

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Democrats returned to the Senate floor Tuesday to again block action on a Republican-backed measure to limit constitutional amendments.

Linda Dickson was dropping off her kids at school, thinking nothing of a small headache, until that headache quickly turned into a sudden cardiac arrest. 

A $4.7 million urban agriculture education center planned for a vacant corner lot in the City of St. Louis has received all necessary approvals from City agencies and neighborhood organizations to move forward as fundraising for the new facility to be used by the Urban Education Alliance nears its goal to begin construction. The Green […]

In our four-part series, 5 On Your Side is highlighting the flaws in Missouri's foster care system. Now, we're showing ways people are trying to bring some ease.