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As has been noted here before, it’s often the worst people that generate the best case law. People staring down the barrel of several years in prison are extremely motivated to find any reason to have the evidence against them dismissed. People not faced with the same reality rarely find a reason to trouble the […]

After repeated renegade drivers crashed into her yard, Debbie Ryan now has a protective barrier in front of her home.

St. Louis is among the few cities that don't regulate short-term rentals. That’s left the city’s Assessor Michael Dauphin to investigate units to see if they’re being operated as a business, or if they’re being controlled by absentee landlords or LLCs. City legislators are working on a bill that could change how people use platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo. Ward 4 Alderman Bret Narayan adds his insight on the challenge of regulating short-term rentals, and shares updates on the bill’s status.

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  The concrete work at the new Florissant Archery Range at Sunset Park here is complete bringing it one step closer to opening to the public. The range is being built by volunteers of the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance and unions belonging to the St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council. […]

BJC is also partnering with the St. Louis Blues to hold flu shot clinics at the team's Sept. 26 game at the Enterprise Center.

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  Campus and community leaders in Kirkwood are celebrating now that the largest capital reinvestment project since the founding of St. Louis Community College is underway. During a Sept. 8 groundbreaking ceremony on the Meramec campus in Kirkwood, a crowd of students and stakeholders gathered as the college makes way for construction of […]

The state has installed a record number of EV fast chargers, but it's still not enough to keep pace with future demand.

This week Construction Forum drone videographer Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle, LLC, captures progress on the Siteman Cancer Center outpatient center.  Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine are building a new, nine-story facility on the Washington University Medical Campus dedicated solely to outpatient cancer care. The facility will provide a […]

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Tuesday that the county’s first detention hearing under the SAFE-T Act resulted in a judge granting prosecutors’ request to detain a Swansea man who faces charges of aggravated stalking. At a hearing Tuesday, the judge granted a petition by Haine’s office for the pretrial detention of Matthew S. Kelly, 34. Prosecutors on Monday charged Kelly with one count of aggravated stalking, a class 3 felony, and one count of criminal damage to property, a class 4 felony. The detention petition argued that aggravated stalking is one of the offenses for which a defendant can be detained while awaiting trial. At the hearing, Assistant State’s Attorney Ryan Kemper argued that the defendant poses an ongoing threat to the victim. Kemper is the Chief of the Warrant Division within the State’s Attorney’s Office, which has been re-tooled with additional staff to coordinate all pretrial detention

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Federal and local authorities are asking the public to look out for several guns stolen from a Potosi store.

From St. Louis University:  David Young doesn’t have much of a commute these days. Young, SLU’s director of events at the Busch Student Center, and his family made a major move this summer. Looking for a new place that hit their checklist, the Youngs relocated to the Gate District West neighborhood near the Saint Louis […]

Just 10 days after seeking permission to allow customers to opt out of controversial time-of-use pricing, western Missouri’s major electric utility withdrew its request with state regulators.  Under an order from the Missouri Public Service Commission, Evergy is expected next month  to implement time-of-use pricing, which places a premium on electricity prices at times of […]

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Board members, medical staff, administration, rural health clinic employees, and contractors gathered on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, for the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Medical Office Building (MOB) on the Memorial Hospital campus at 1900 State Street, Chester, Illinois, 62233. Brett Bollmann, CEO, Board Members and Medical Staff break ground on new MOB. Construction of […]

ALTON - Marquette has emerged as one of the region's top soccer teams with eight wins, one loss and a tie. Goalie Will Fahnestock, No. 99, has been one of the key reasons for the abundance of Marquette wins. The Explorers are also 3-1 in the Gateway Metro Conference, according to Max Preps. Fahnestock was an asset in Marquette's boys' soccer win Monday night over arch-rival Alton 2-0, shutting out the Redbirds while in goal. Will said this has definitely been one of the best soccer seasons of his career. Will is a Tucker's Automotive Repair and Tire Male Athlete of Month for the Explorers. "Defensively I really like our group," Will said. "We had some questions when we lost 11 seniors, but we started to connect and this is a good group." Tim Fahnestock, Will's father, said he couldn't be more proud of his son with his efforts both on the field and in the classroom. "It is tough to put it into words tough because I coach him in baseball, too," he said. "I feel both of my boys have

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