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The supposed foreign policy “realist” was anything but.

The Train Shed at St. Louis Union Station has been transformed into a glittering holiday retreat. With wall-to-wall bling, The Sleigh Shed puts the excess of the holidays on full […]

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As we approach the end of the year, I’m reflecting on my New Year’s resolutions. I had big dreams 12 months ago. Did I hit every goal? Do you know me? Obviously, no, I failed. But I did manage to hit one of the most important goals on my list. Work out more. (No.) Delete social media. (Ha.) Get a hobby. (YES.) Good news, everyone, I did manage to start a new hobby or two. I needed to find a way to fill the time after work that didn’t involve staring at the TV or scrolling on my phone. So I set out to Michael’s and decided I’d get super involved in a new artsy pastime. Rembrandt, eat your heart out. I decided to start small, to ease into it. I bought a paint-by-numbers kit. This was ideal because it satisfied my creative urges without requiring any creativity. All I had to do was follow the numbers and paint in between the lines. I poured a glass of wine, turned on a podcast and set to work. Not only was this so fun, but it also required

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The Texas County Coroner declared James Russo, 51, deceased around 5 p.m. Troopers say that he was not wearing a seatbelt.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - December 1, 2023, was the second anniversary of Detective Antonio A. Valentine’s line of duty death. In honor of Detective Valentine’s sacrifice, the Telegraph Road bridge over the Meramec River will be named the “Detective Antonio Valentine Memorial Bridge”. A dedication ceremony will be held at the White Flag Church located at 7531 Telegraph Road in St. Louis, Missouri 63129, at 9 a.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2023. On December 1, 2021, St. Louis County Police Detective Antonio Valentine was fatally injured in a motor vehicle crash that occurred in North St. Louis County. Detective Valentine was assigned to the Bureau of Drug Enforcement. Detective Valentine is survived by his four children, who ranged in age from 10 to 22 at the time of his death. He was 42 years of age. Detective Valentine joined the Department in June of 2007 and served in the Central County Precinct, the Bureau of Transit Police, the North County Precinct, the Special

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KSDK (Channel 5) has hired Southern Illinois native Megan Kernan as their newest journalist on their morning newscast.

JERSEY COUNTY - The Jersey County Drug Court program was named one of the best rural justice projects in the nation and selected to serve as an example for other rural communities to follow Jerseyville. The Rural Justice Collaborative (RJC) Advisory Council has selected Jersey County Drug Court Program in Jerseyville – Jersey County as one of six new Rural Justice Innovation Sites. These are the country’s most innovative rural justice programs which will serve as models for other communities. The RJC initiative will provide resources to enable other communities to replicate these Innovation Sites’ successes. “Rural community leaders often don’t have the resources to develop programs from scratch but we know that many rural justice leaders, like those from Jersey County Drug Court have found innovative solutions to their complex problems. Before this, there has been no nationally concerted effort for justice leaders and their collaborators in other sectors

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State Sen. Karla Eslinger will be Missouri’s next commissioner of education beginning in June, the State Board of Education announced during its meeting Tuesday. Board President Charlie Shields told reporters Eslinger was the only candidate the board considered. The board has met in closed session twice since the last public meeting — in which current […]

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Ruh-roh! Scooby-Doo and the gang will need your help to solve a gem of a mystery when the SCOOBY-DOO!™ Mansion Mayhem exhibit comes to The Magic House.   The immersive […]

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The shooting happened just hours after another man was shot and killed after exchanging gunfire with police in O'Fallon, Missouri.

From Gensler:  Gensler has been active in advancing policy discussions that minimize roadblocks for office-to-residential conversions, including our participation in President Biden’s office-to-residential advisory committee and our work with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on the White House Commercial to Residential Federal Resources Guidebook. As we forge ahead with that important work, it’s important to […]

From Chicago Defender:  Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has secured $500,000 in funding for Illinois’s Revolution Workshop. The money, obtained through a Fiscal Year 2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Request, will be sent by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. This financial support aims to bolster the workshop’s 12-week pre-apprenticeship construction job training program. […]

From Leader Publications:  The Festus City Council recently awarded a $1,233,710 contract to Kimes Contracting in Hillsboro for street, sidewalk and lighting upgrades and water main replacement along a section of West Main Street from Park Avenue to North Mill Street. Construction is expected to begin in December and take about five months to complete, […]

Content by Bradley Chiropractic. Bradley Chiropractic was crowned Best Chiropractic Practice in this year’s STL Headliners awards.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Local apartment developer Lux Living has sold its row of vacant South Kingshighway houses after a yearlong struggle with the city over the site’s future. Property records show a limited liability company called DAZII LLC, led by Derek Zimmermann, bought the seven buildings in the 1000 block of Kingshighway on Wednesday […]