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GLEN CARBON - The Meijer grocery store set for the center lot of Orchard Town Center will be built later than expected. The Glen Carbon Village Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to extend the store’s site plan, which was originally set to expire on Oct. 11, 2024. The request comes after the board previously extended the site plan for one year in 2023. In a memo to village trustees, Community Development Director Erica Heil cited “mine remediation issues” as a contributing factor to the most recent delay. “As the building will still be completed, but after the deadline, they have requested a one-year extension,” Heil wrote. “Meijer has begun work in earnest addressing the mine remediation issues that must be resolved prior to moving forward with the site plan.” At Tuesday’s meeting, she added that aside from the construction timeline, no other changes to the site plan were requested. With no further discussion, trustees voted unanimously

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Back in 2017, the Trump administration signed new rules banning Russian-based Kaspersky software on all government computers. Last June, the Biden administration took things further and banned distribution and sale of the software, stating that the company’s ties to the Russian government made its intimacy with U.S. consumer devices and data a national security threat. […]

Two of every five Missouri adults owe money to medical providers, according to a survey published Tuesday by the St. Louis-based nonprofit Missouri Foundation for Health. Those debts include unpaid fees for services ranging from lab tests and doctors’ visits to emergency treatment and dental care. Often, the bills are from one-time or short-term medical expenses, the report states. One in ten Missouri residents have more than $5,000 in medical debt. The result is that Missourians with medical…

Two of every five Missouri adults owe money to medical providers, according to a survey published Tuesday by the nonprofit Missouri Foundation for Health. Those debts include unpaid fees for services ranging from lab tests and doctors’ visits to emergency treatment and dental care. Often, the bills are from one-time or short-term medical expenses, the […]

Four people escaped a house fire in Cahokia Heights early Wednesday morning, but two dogs were tragically lost in the blaze.

“We made some mistakes,” St. Louis Development Corporation CEO Neal Richardson told an aldermanic committee. “But we have time to rectify those mistakes.”

St. Louis Lambert International Airport's director said the two years of incentives offered to lure the German-based airline expired May 31 and Lufthansa hasn't requested any more.

A major off-ramp from the Poplar Street Bridge was reopened after a big rig rolled over, blocking the ramp for hours overnight, but no injuries were reported and the ramp has since reopened without any restrictions.

(The Center Square) — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined a 20-state coalition to question the American Academy of Pediatrics practices with child gender dysphoria.

With his impressive early production, the St. Louis forward is proving that he is a player CITY can build around.

St. Louis locked down defensively to earn its first road victory of the season.

Partners Blake Askew and Gordon Chen hope to relocate the acclaimed restaurant by mid-February to the larger space, which will include a bar concept.

Andrew W. Hahn, executive director of the Campbell House, selected maps from 1767-2021 to show St. Louis' past, present and future.

ST. LOUIS - Skies are clearing out Wednesday morning. I can see the Moon, Mars, and Jupiter rising in the eastern sky. Let’s watch for some spots of fog through 8 a.m. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. A lot of Wednesday will be dry, but I can’t rule out a few pop-up [...]

Four lawsuits. Several failed attempts to raise the threshold to pass constitutional amendments. One unprecedented attempt to decertify a ballot measure.  Despite this succession of failed GOP efforts to torpedo Amendment 3 over the past 18 months, abortion will remain on Missouri’s Nov. 5 ballot.  “What a long strange trip it’s been,” said Michael Wolff, […]

Neighbors see the teardown of three vacant buildings as a plus, but its location in a historic district has proven a major obstacle.

For those trying to come to terms with a particularly tumultuous election year full of deep divisions, ideological invective and personal insults, guidance can come from a historical figure whose insights into American politics still prove useful. As I chronicle in my new book, “Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers And The American People,” Will Rogers stood […]

Agriculture replaced nearly all of the original prairie in the Midwest, but a growing number of farmers are incorporating strips of prairie into their row-crop fields. These colorful corridors help with soil and water quality, and wildlife. Harvest Public Media’s Rachel Cramer reports on the efforts to expand the use of prairie strips.