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The airline also will begin Saturday service to Savannah, Georgia, and Norfolk, Virginia. Meanwhile, Air Canada will add daily service to Montreal.

Zombies will descend on the Missouri History Museum on Oct. 26, and they are frightfully funky! Slip into your best costume and grab your dancing shoes – this event boasts […]

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There are jerseys on statues, city monuments shining red, and new menu items at restaurants—all for City SC’s first ever playoff game.

EDWARDSVILLE - After being arrested and charged with prostitution, a former employee of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) University Housing recently resigned. Cory L. Harlan, 43, of Edwardsville, was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023 at 3 p.m. and charged with prostitution by the SIUE Police Department. According to the SIUE Police Activity Blotter for October 2023, Harlan “was fingerprinted, photographed, processed and released with a Notice to Appear.” Harlan formerly worked as the Community Director for the 400 side of Cougar Village, one of the student housing facilities on the SIUE campus. Harlan’s name and photo are now absent from the Cougar Village staff webpage . According to The Alestle , SIUE’s student news organization, Housing Director Mallory Sidarous announced Harlan’s resignation in an email to students and named Brandon Perjak as the 400 side’s “immediate supervisor” while a “plan

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The goal is to improve service for the more than 325,000 people with disabilities in the region, according to the STL Metropolitan Alliance for Reliable Transit.

More than 35,000 people will be eligible to receive a portion of a $3.1 settlement in St. Ann, a result of litigation filed by civil rights law firm Arch City Defenders. Quentin Thomas describes what it was like to be trapped in a cycle of fines and jail in St. Ann. Maureen Hanlon, a civil litigation staff attorney with Arch City, discusses how St. Ann jailed people solely because they didn't have money to pay for their freedom, and what this settlement means for Arch City's years-long legal campaign against cities with similar practices.

An upcoming feature film known as "On Fire" will start filming in St. Louis next month, and there's a call for locals to help.

Police on Wednesday arrested a sex offender who was found in Kirkwood with a 16-year-old girl who had run away from her home in North Carolina.

St. Louis County prosecutors issued multiple charges against the suspect on Thursday.

The Zombies have canceled the remaining dates of their North American tour. On Tuesday, October 24, the band announced on Instagram that a member of the group had been hospitalized, prompting the cancelation of…

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People of all ages will have a fa-boo-lous time at Grant’s Farm this season. During Halloween Nights, you can take a haunted tram ride featuring the Headless Horseman, watch mad […]

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Don’t be scared! The Saint Louis Zoo’s nighttime Halloween experience, Boo at the Zoo, features festive decorations, entertaining performers and special food and drink menus, so you can enjoy the […]

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With billions of dollars of construction projects on the line, Ameren Illinois and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have been vying to secure first rights on new electricity transmission line construction in downstate Illinois. But after Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued an amendatory veto to a bill that would have granted downstate utilities the right of first refusal for such projects, those advocates are abandoning their efforts – for now. At a news conference Wednesday, Rep. Larry…

A California man who is a registered sex offender is facing charges in St. Louis County after being found in the company of a missing North Carolina teenager.

The Saint Louis Zoo recently diagnosed Donna, one of their elephants, with a tumor. Unfortunately, they cannot consider surgery as an option. However, the Saint Louis Zoo's dedicated Animal Care team is providing the best possible care for Donna.

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Gaming Board (the "IGB" or "Board") licensed new casinos in Danville, Carterville and Chicago and renewed the existing license for the Argosy Casino Alton during today's October meeting. At the meeting, the IGB issued new casino owners’ licenses to Danville Development, LLC d/b/a Golden Nugget Danville, Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort, LLC d/b/a Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort and Bally’s Chicago Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Bally’s Chicago. The Board also renewed a four-year license for Alton Casino LLC d/b/a Argosy Casino Alton following a license renewal hearing. Before the Board voted on licensure, representatives from each of the casinos addressed the Board about their suitability for licensure, providing highlights of their respective operations since opening and sharing their future plans. In addition to licensing Bally’s Chicago, the Board also approved a request from Bally’s Chicago under Rule 3000.540(d)

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At the FTX fraud trial Sam Bankman-Fried has decided to testify in his own defense. Today he's getting sort of a trial run without the jury present, and it's not going well. Here are opening snippets from the Wall Street Journal's updates throughout the day: After Bankman-Fried gave several evasive answers.... Sam Bankman-Fried said he ...continue reading "SBF is having a tough time on the witness stand"

Craig Jackson, 35, told police he shot his neighbor Saturday during a fight.

SPRINGFIELD - Madison County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0889, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier”, is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as required by law. This equalization is particularly important because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g. school districts, junior college districts, fire protection districts). If there were no equalization among counties, substantial inequities among taxpayers with comparable properties would result. State law requires property in Illinois to be assessed at one-third (1/3) of its market value. Farm property is assessed differently, with farm homesites and dwellings subject to regular assessing and equalization procedures, but with farmland and farm buildings assessed according to standard

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