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The party made no gains in the Legislature, ending the election with 52 seats in the Missouri House and 10 of 34 seats in the state Senate.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A Robertsville man is dead and a woman was left injured after a single vehicle accident near St. Clair on Sunday night. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident occurred shortly after 11:10 p.m. on Mill Hill Road, east of Bethel Church Road, involving a Mazda 6. MSHP officials [...]

ALTON/GODFREY - The Great Rivers Choral Society will offer a free Christmas concert this weekend. “Sing We Now of Christmas,” the community choir’s annual Christmas show, invites community members to come out and enjoy holiday classics. The show will premiere at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, at Upper Alton Baptist Church in Alton; 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Alton; and Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at Godfrey First United Methodist Church in Godfrey. “ As I see our audiences grow, it reaffirms the importance of being able to listen to live music,” said President Pat Stewart. “Especially at Christmas time, who doesn’t like Christmas music?” The show is completely free to attendees, though the choir will be accepting a freewill offering. Great Rivers Choral Society (GRCS) members will also be holding a bake sale at the Sunday, Dec. 15, performance, so Stewart encourages people to “put a couple

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The state’s junior senator joins forces with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, to make government high-tech contracting more competitive.

I haven't followed the Daniel Penny trial especially closely, but this morning he was acquitted of killing Jordan Neely in a subway incident last year: A Manhattan jury found Penny, 26 years old, not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental ...continue reading "Jury acquits Daniel Penny in weird result"

The warning signs, which began being installed last week, urge people not to dig near the creek because of the presence of “low-level radioactive materials.”

BELLEVILLE - The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) issued an order Thursday approving new water and wastewater base rates for Illinois American Water, driven primarily by $557 million in capital investments in 2024 and 2025. The rate change request was filed on January 25, 2024. “By making prudent, ongoing necessary investments to maintain and upgrade our water and wastewater systems, Illinois American Water is committed to the safety and reliability of our water and wastewater systems in the communities we serve,” said Rebecca Losli, Illinois American Water president. The new rates will be effective January 1, 2025. The approved increase will result in a total annualized revenue increase of approximately $110.6 million and will support continued investment in critical water and wastewater infrastructure throughout the state, including the replacement, lining and installation of approximately 44 miles of aging water and wastewater pipelines. Investments also include

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The censors are making a big push on the new version of “KOSPA,” which is the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) merged with a problematic privacy bill (hence the “P”). Over the weekend, Senator Marsha Blackburn — who directly admitted the point of the bill was to “protect minor children from the transgender [sic] in […]

Eight Missouri newspapers, including some titles in the St. Louis area, have been sold, effective Jan. 1.

The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department and the municipal forces in Alton, Belleville, Granite City and Madison getting federal funds to upgrade equipment

Investigators with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are asking for the public’s help to find a man who stole a large box trailer belonging to a local painting company.

GODFREY – The annual Freer Auto Body Cookies and Cocoa event, a cherished local tradition, took on added significance this year as area students contributed their efforts to support the Community Christmas campaign. The Cookies and Coca event took place this past Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, and aims to ensure that every child in the region experiences the joy of the holiday season. Kamryn and Vincent Hollinger, children of Bret and Jamie Hollinger, along with Nora, Abigail, and Charlie Murray, children of Tim and Marisa Murray, sold homemade bracelets and raised additional funds through a yard sale to benefit the Cookies and Cocoa initiative. The children came with an abundance of toys to the Cookies and Cocoa event for Community Christmas. Their contributions align with the broader goals of Community Christmas, which supports various agencies during the holiday season. Margaret Freer of Freer Auto Body expressed her admiration for the children’s initiative, stating, “They

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District 1 is investigating a robbery that happened at approximately 12:05 a.m. on December 9.

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A man in Pennsylvania has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, officials said Monday.

Ringo Starr and his All Starr band are returning to the road in 2025 with a string of new tour dates. The latest trek kicks off June 12 in Bridgeport, Connecticut,…

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Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s to 1970s is the first major exhibition to examine the complex connections among modern architecture, urban renewal and racial and spatial change […]

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Missouri Democrats will keep three of the party’s four top leaders in place for the next two years despite an election result where the party lost every statewide race and failed to make gains in the General Assembly. Former U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan of St. Louis will stay on as party chair, with Yvonne Reeves-Chong […]