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Margaret Ryan of Bethalto, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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Here is the average rental price of a vacant apartment over the past couple of decades: Note that this is the asking price for a vacant apartment, so it represents the actual cost of moving into a new place. Income is for nonsupervisory workers, who represent about 80% of the workforce, so it isn't skewed ...continue reading "Raw data: Rent in the US"

Tuesday’s winter weather system packed a punch as strong winds hit the area, affecting travel and making things uncomfortable for locals.

Colin Ledbetter wants to donate 39 units of blood, the same amount it took to save his life following a shooting in 2022.

As all manner of content creators will tell us, copyright enforcement is both very important and is at least doable enough that it sure would be nice if platforms like YouTube could do even more to enforce those rights for content creators. This mantra will typically come from those that are the most aggressive and […]

January 9 marks the one-year anniversary of the St. Louis Development Corporation's Northside Economic Empowerment Center, located inside the annex building of Sumner High School.

Chesterfield police claim they’ve broken up a retail theft ring that operated out of a St. Louis storefront.

A project focused on building a north St. Louis County community center has run into another obstacle.

Gravois Park residents and local politicians are speaking out against a proposed drone surveillance program. The company behind the program is out of Washington, D.C. St. Louis is one of a handful of cities taking part in the surveillance program aimed at deterring crime.

On his one-year anniversary as St. Louis City's top cop, the police chief fielded questions surrounding his accessibility and police-involved crashes rather than discuss the decrease in violent crime.

Tuesday was an opportunity to ensure IDOT is prepared for the next round of winter weather coming this weekend, when temperatures are expected to be much lower.

Today we have a new entry in the Annals of Pseudoscience: an estimate from Bloomberg News that war over Taiwan would be really expensive: This is based on some handwaving estimates that in the event of war Taiwan's GDP would fall 40%, China's would fall 17%, and US GDP would fall 7%. Add it up ...continue reading "War over Taiwan would be very bad"

Gravois Park resident Jacob Lyonfields created a petition with other neighbors.

A block of Chouteau Avenue near the new Midtown Top Golf was closed to traffic Tuesday night as a two-lane swath of the road collapsed due to a hole in a sewage pipe.  Traffic was blocked off east of Grand, between Carr Lane and Ranken Avenue. 

GLEN CARBON - The Glen Carbon Village Board unanimously denied a special use permit for a short-term rental property on Madison Avenue after neighbors had voiced their disapproval and the owner allegedly already listed it on Airbnb, among other ordinance violations. A similar permit for a different short-term rental located on Edwards Street was unanimously approved after passing the Planning Commission with no complaints from the public. Director of Community Development Erika Heil presented both ordinances regarding the special use permits to the board for a vote on Tuesday. While she said the first short-term rental didn’t draw any criticism or public comments and passed along a 3-2 vote from the Planning Commission, the second short-term rental was unanimously voted down following a series of problems. “We’ve had some issues with this property regarding them putting it out on Airbnb ahead of time, those types of things,” Heil said. “Since

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