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Crowe: U.S. Attorney's Office Collects More Than $3.4 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2023

1 year 7 months ago
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe announced Thursday that the Southern District of Illinois collected $3,414,959.96 in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2023. Of this amount, $1,951,689.87 was collected in criminal actions and $1,463,270.09 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, Southern District of Illinois employees worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $4,148,633.35 in jointly pursued cases. Of this amount, $9,266.10 was collected in criminal actions and $4,139,367.25 was collected in civil actions. “Throughout the last fiscal year, federal prosecutors and financial litigation staff worked tirelessly to collect millions of dollars in restitution from individuals charged with fraud and other crimes,” said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. “These funds help support victims regain a sense of normalcy and offer assistance to law enforcement officers with

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The Cinematic Skinny on LightHeart Entertainment and Media

1 year 7 months ago

    The Book of Clarence: A Must-See Humorous Biblical Epic about Faith By Sandra Olmsted Somewhere between Cecil B. DeMille’s sword-and-sandal, Biblical epics and Monty Python’s snarky Life of Brian stands British writer-director Jeymes Samuel’s The Book of Clarence. In this film, which he made because he loves those big Biblical epics of classic […]

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Clayton Residents Blast School Board Over Caleres Property Deal

1 year 7 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  The Clayton School Board will decide by Monday whether to buy the Caleres headquarters after hosting a public forum where most residents opposed the plan. The school district is under contract to buy the 9.6-acre property at 8300 Maryland Avenue for $20.9 million but has five days to back out. The […]
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Construction Input Prices Drop 3 Months in a Row

1 year 7 months ago
From Construction Dive:  Construction input prices fell 0.6% in December largely due to plunging oil prices, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data released Friday. The decrease marks three consecutive months of price moderation, though volatility still remains in the cards, said Anirban […]
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Rebuild Illinois: 5,522 Miles, 553 Bridges, 814 Improvements

1 year 7 months ago
From Construction Equipment Guide:  Under the leadership of Gov. JB Pritzker and Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, the Illinois Department of Transportation continued to modernize and revitalize transportation and mobility across the state in 2023. Fueled by Pritzker’s historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program, the investments in highways, transit, railroads, airports, waterways and active transportation […]
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Crestwood Aldermen Approve $33M Proposition A for April Ballot

1 year 7 months ago
Call Newspapers:  Crestwood voters will weigh in on a $33 million bond measure in April that, if passed, will allow the city to issue several different bonds for different parks and recreation projects, most notably the construction of a new community center. The Board of Aldermen voted 7-1 Dec. 12 in favor of bringing an […]
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Wieland Announces a Plan to Invest $500M to Modernize East Alton Facility

1 year 7 months ago
From Riverbender:  Governor JB Pritzker made a special visit on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, to join members from Wieland Rolled Products North America and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) with other local leaders and partners to announce a new Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois (REV Illinois) agreement. Wieland announced at […]
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Clayco Bars Employees From Flying on Boeing 737 Max 9 Jets

1 year 7 months ago
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Construction giant Clayco is prohibiting its employees from flying on Boeing 737 Max 9 jets amid safety inspections of the planes. Chicago-based Clayco, which has a major office in the St. Louis area, told employees that it is communicating with airline suppliers for updates and that it will inform workers when they […]
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