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Officials have approved spending up to $100,000 on steel plates and window shields to better secure downtown's troubled Railway Exchange Building.

A former "Basketball Wives" reality TV star and St. Louis radio personality, Brittish "Cierrah" Williams, is set to be sentenced. But who is Brittish "Cierrah" Williams?

I see that Jim Jordan has decided not to become a three-time loser, instead ending his run for Speaker of the House. What a wuss. Kevin McCarthy was willing to endure 14 rounds of humiliation before he finally became Speaker. So what now? It's not too late to go back to McCarthy. Maybe a few ...continue reading "Jim Jordan is out"

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias signed an Executive Order today to expand the office’s parental leave policy – from four weeks to twelve weeks – which takes place immediately. Since taking office in January, Giannoulias has worked closely with staff and various unions representing Secretary of State employees to strengthen the office’s paid parental leave. Under the new policy, employees will also have more flexibility with the ability to use their time off intermittently in five-day increments for one year after the child becomes part of their family. It applies to those employees growing their family by birth or adoption. “No working parent should have to choose between paying their bills and the time necessary to bond with their new child and family,” said Giannoulias, the father of three young daughters. “Allowing just four weeks of time off following the birth of a child is not only woefully insufficient, but

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The three counties bagged the highest totals of antlered bucks, button bucks and does in all of Missouri, the state's department on conservation said.

CHICAGO – As it gears up to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, the Illinois Lottery is celebrating the highest net income generated in its history, fueled by a historic number of jackpots surpassing $1 billion in Mega Millions and Powerball. The Lottery today announced record net income of $882 million for fiscal year 2023 ending June 30, 2023, which is a 5.7% increase over last year and eclipses every prior year. Mega Millions and Powerball revenue grew by approximately 53%, or $70 million, over the prior year. This growth represents 8% of the net income for the year. “When Illinoisans buy a lottery ticket, they aren’t just taking a chance at winning millions — they are directly contributing to our state’s education system,” said Governor JB Pritzker . “I couldn’t be happier to join the Illinois Lottery team in celebrating a record-breaking year with $882 million in net income. From supporting our K-12 students to providing

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St. Louis County Police Chief Kenneth Gregory has seen much during his 42-year career with the department, but probably nothing like what occurred on Sunday Oct. 15, 2023, at North Middle School in Kirkwood.

MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy, has named Jon Bon Jovi its Person of the Year for 2024. That means Jon will be the guest of honor at the MusiCares…

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The Urban Land Institute will send a panel of advisors to downtown St. Louis to devise strategies to boost the business climate here.

In 1995, Jeff Karpel's Karpel Solutions launched its first criminal case management product and has expanded across the nation. Now his nonprofit foundation is focusing on using data to improve the criminal justice system.

ROSEWOOD HEIGHTS - The Rosewood Heights Fire Department received a makeover from local Lowe’s employees who stopped by to renovate the space and give back to the fire department’s volunteers. The Lowe’s Hometowns program encourages each store to complete a project that will improve their hometowns. Twelve volunteers from the Alton and Glen Carbon stores gathered at the fire department on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, to remodel the department’s recreation and dispatch areas. “We don’t have the time to do a lot of this type of work, or the funds,” said Corey Williams, Rosewood Heights fire chief. “Our members are putting in so much time training and responding to calls that having a corporation like Lowe's come out and not only pay for it all but also volunteer their time and their employees to help do some of the work — it’s amazing. Small departments like us, it’s stuff like this that keeps us going.” The Lowe’s

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Mick Mars is teasing fans with some big news. On Wednesday, October 18, the former Mötley Crüe guitarist launched a 13-day countdown on his social media accounts, meaning something is coming on October 31. The…

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Historically and anthropologically speaking, the United States is a country built by immigrants (including those who did not freely choose to immigrate) and their descendants. History shows time and again that recent immigrants face prejudice, disdain and violence in their new homes, even as they work hard to belong.

This course of events was all too predictable. In May of 2022, while Elon was still in the “trying to buy Twitter” stage, we pointed out the absolute ridiculousness of him meeting with the EU’s Thierry Breton and saying that he fully endorsed the EU’s DSA approach. As we noted at the time, the whole […]

The deadly crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday on West Florissant Avenue.

Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the country are trying to create more affordable housing. An unprecedented surge in the nationwide construction of new housing — mostly apartments — may finally be making a dent in fast-rising rents that have been making life harder for tenants. More than 1.65 million housing units were under […]

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EDWARDSVILLE – State Senator Erica Harriss (56 th -Glen Carbon) welcomed nearly 50 high school students from a dozen different schools for her Youth Advisory Council (YAC) Tuesday at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. “This event is always a great way to offer a glimpse of the state government process to area high school students interested in government,” said Senator Harriss. “We had a lot of robust conversations pertaining to legislation our students would like to see moving forward and students were able to hear from three incredible speakers who are leaders in our community about their career paths.” Speakers at this year’s YAC included SIUE Chancellor James T. Minor, Damian Jones, Executive Director of Student Athletes Leading Tomorrow (SALT), and Judge Sarah Smith, Circuit Judge in Madison County. Maryville Christian School student AJ Whitley said the discussion with Judge Smith was his favorite part, “I really liked how she

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