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With Thanksgiving a week away, local food pantries are packed, hoping to give those in need in the community a feast for the holiday.

People at a Manchester apartment complex are worried after a video of an apparent Peeping Tom was posted on the Nextdoor app.

The new branding appeared on menus Nov. 4, but the pizza isn’t new at all. According to current owner and co-founder Joe Fresta Sr. and his son and current director of business development, Joe Fresta Jr., The Pasta House has been using the original Bastiano’s recipe for decades, a thin-crust, St. Louis–style pie built on fresh dough, a homemade sauce and hand-prepped ingredients.

Abandoned shooter bottles and a bottle of water helped police tie a man to last week’s fatal shooting at a Spanish Lake bus stop.

Holiday light installation companies are making a big push ahead of Thanksgiving despite the rain. Local companies are trying to get as much work completed while the weather holds up.

The City of St. Louis is inviting residents, business owners, developers, and other stakeholders to weigh in on the next phase of its Zoning Upgrade Project — known as ZOUP — during a public open house on Wednesday, Dec. 3, from 4:00PM to 7:00PM at the O’Fallon Park Rec Complex (4343 W. Florissant Ave.). The […]

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CARLYLE - Carlyle Police Chief Mark Pingsterhaus has been placed on paid suspension amid an FBI investigation into the city’s police department, the City of Carlyle has announced on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. The City of Carlyle confirmed it was notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Nov. 19, 2025, that an inquiry was underway involving the police department. The following day, Chief Pingsterhaus was suspended until further notice. As of Thursday, no charges have been filed, the

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Independent news outlet Status Coup reported yesterday that federal immigration agents threatened its reporter, Jon Farina, with arrest for following and filming them, despite well-established First Amendment protections for newsgathering and, specifically, for recording law enforcement.

Border Patrol officers cited a federal statute barring impeding or interference with law enforcement operations, which is entirely inapplicable to Farina filming from a distance. It’s the latest in a series of worrying incidents where politicians and federal agents claim that routine reporting on immigration enforcement is somehow illegal.

Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Director of Advocacy Seth Stern said:

“Americans have a constitutional right to record law enforcement doing their jobs in public and are fully entitled to follow police in order to exercise that right. That right is by no means exclusive to reporters, but it’s especially egregious for law enforcement officers not to recognize that journalists are allowed to document what they’re up to.

“Video of the incident makes clear that the reporters were not in any way obstructing or impeding officers in violation of federal law. They were recording from a distance. It looks like these officers believe transparency itself is obstructive to their operations, which is a pretty good indicator that their operations are in need of obstruction. We’ve repeatedly seen video footage expose misconduct and lies by federal agents. The First Amendment is intended to obstruct government abuses.

“Immigration officers are placing themselves at the center of a major national controversy. Their colleagues have killed and injured people, and held them in inhumane dungeons. If they’re too thin-skinned for the public scrutiny that comes with being a part of that, they can go find a job that doesn’t involve abducting people for an authoritarian regime.”

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Winter is closing in and St. Louis City leaders say they're determined to avoid a repeat of last year, when several neighborhoods, including Soulard, were left frozen solid for days.

From St. Louis Business Journal: A new developer is taking a shot at redeveloping a historic Grand Center building. Developer Jassen Johnson plans to redevelop the former Jesuit Hall, at 3601 Lindell Blvd., into a mixed-use property slated to include 182 apartments, restaurants and space for artists. It’s a second chance for the property to […]

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From Construction Dive: At 6 a.m. on Nov. 11, Amber Czech was found dead at her work station at Advanced Process Technologies, in Cokato, Minnesota. She was 20. Czech, who had finished a 10-month welding program in Spring 2024, was still new to the trades. She was working at the facility for the mechanical and […]

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Day two of the trial seeking St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery’s removal delivered dramatic testimony, followed by a judge’s warning to defense counsel. The warning came after a second witness described retribution by the sheriff and then turned their sights directly on the sheriff’s lawyer, who was doing cross examination.

The Paley Museum in New York has announced a special screening of the first episode of The Beatles Anthology, the '90s docuseries that is being rereleased on Disney+.The Anthology: Episode…

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Saturday, November 22 marks International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day — a global moment of connection, reflection, and healing for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. Known as “Survivor Day,” the annual observance brings people together in local communities to share stories, explore their grief, and learn what has helped others navigate […]

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Clement Auto Group opened a new full-service Ford dealership in Wentzville today that is the first dealership in the United States and abroad to incorporate Ford’s new Signature 2.0 design standards offering customers a seamless, flexible experience of online and in-person shopping and service options that meet today’s customer retail preferences. The new design, a […]

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COLLINSVILLE - State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) teamed up with Meridian of Illinois to support local residents this holiday season by distributing 100 free Thanksgiving turkeys to the Collinsville Food Pantry on Thursday. “Our goal is to make sure everyone in the 56th District has access to a nutritious meal this Thanksgiving,” said Senator Harriss. “Partnering with Meridian and the Collinsville Food Pantry allows us to provide support to our community members wh

Michael Joseph Madigan, the long-serving Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, was disbarred in November following his conviction on federal criminal offences of bribery and conspiracy involving ComEd.