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Hundreds of first-time visitors say St. Louis exceeded expectations while hosting the NCAA Men’s Frozen Four earlier this spring, according to a new study.

CENTRALIA - Community college presidents from across the region met in Southern Illinois this week to commemorate 60 years since the community college system was founded in Illinois. The anniversary came alongside another significant milestone for the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), with enrollment in community colleges growing at the fastest rate in the system’s history. As the third largest community college system in the nation, Illinois community colleges serve over 600,000 students annually. Presidents and leaders from eight community colleges across Southern and Central Illinois met at Kaskaskia College (KC) Thursday, September 25 to celebrate the milestones and discuss how community colleges can continue to play a critical role in providing affordable and innovative educational opportunities to people of all ages. “Here at KC, we’re experiencing record-breaking enrollment, and the momentum shows no signs of slowing,” said George Evans, Presiden

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A private autopsy raised questions about a wound found on Brandon Holbrook's body and the jail staff's attempts to revive him, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Missouri business, education, and workforce leaders will gather next month for the annual Workforce2030 Conference, hosted by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Oracle Innovations Campus in Kansas City. The two-day event, scheduled from Oct. 21-22, will feature more than 18 breakout sessions, six keynote addresses, and three dedicated program tracks focused […]

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“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” is a Sensational Season Finale for STAGES by Pat Lindsey The wonderful thing about jukebox musicals is that they have the ability to transport us to special times in our lives where we can relive the memories of our younger years. For me, Carole King’s music made up a large […]

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New union leadership has been trying for months to get Bond to answer questions for a 2023 lawsuit, alleging he used more than $20,000 in union money for personal expenses.

$2.5 Million in Rams Settlement Funds Available to Help Rehouse Families Impacted by May 16 Tornado. Non-profits and CDCs are eligible to apply.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: After investing tens of millions of dollars into Washington Avenue apartment buildings and retail space over the last couple years, developer Alex Oliver hopes a new food hall will reinvigorate the allure of downtown living and draw more foot traffic to one of the city’s marquee thoroughfares. The Washington Avenue Food […]

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After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and “they should be put in jail.” “The radical left causes tremendous violence,” he said, asserting that “they seem to do it in a bigger way” than groups on the right. […]

Keith Rose, a local activist, was charged with property damage in August 2024 after a gathering on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death outside the Ferguson Police Department.

WEST FRANKFORT – The teachers in Frankfort CUSD #168 who are members of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 817, filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges on Wednesday with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB). Negotiations have been taking place since May - including two sessions with a federal mediator - yet an agreement has not been reached between the union and the district. The ULP charges the district with being disorganized, chaotic, and unprepared for bargaining and refusing to bargain in good faith, which is required by law. The superintendent and school board members have refused to make compromises and move off their unreasonable demands for cuts to salary and benefits. Local 817 President Tim Alderidge made the following statement about the ULP filing. "All along, our union team has come prepared to bargain and ready to work with the district to solve the challenges we face. Again and again, Superintendent Donkin and school board members

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From St. Louis Public Radio: For months, the stacks of bricks, shattered wood and other debris have grown higher and higher at the corner of Fountain and Bayard avenues. The oblong-shaped, mixed-use property in the Fountain Park neighborhood in north St. Louis sat vacant for years before an EF3 tornado ravaged it and thousands of […]

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One of the city's downtown courthouses has been without phone service for nearly a week after copper thieves severed lines buried beneath the streets, officials said Thursday.

From Leader Publications: The city of Arnold recently finalized agreements to receive Surface Transportation Block Grants (STBG) from the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to improve St. Johns Church Road and continue improving Pomme Road. The city will receive $1,563,983 in grant funding to help cover the estimated $2.4 million cost to improve St. Johns […]

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Two St. Louis-area men have been sentenced in connection with the armed robbery or a "mobile barber" in Jennings in 2023.

ALTON – In another split vote, Alton City Council members narrowly passed $10,000 in funding for a six-week program aimed at curbing youth violence in the city. The resolution passed by a 4-3 vote tally that remained unchanged from Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting . Aldermen Michael Velloff, Chris Bohn, and Patricia Ford voted against the item, while Aldermen Rosetta Brown, Martha Pfister, John Meehan, and Stephanie Elliott voted in favor. 40 Days of Nonviolence representatives say the initiative has had repeated success in East St. Louis, which has seen a decrease in crime and increase in youth engagement since the group’s founding in 2014. Their proposal is to help the City of Alton host six weeks of nonviolent activities promoting physical and mental health, career skills development, and more for the city’s youth. While an exact schedule has not yet been made official, those six weeks will include an “Opening Week” of orientation

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