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More than 40,000 Ameren customers in the St. Louis region were still without power Monday evening, leaving some residents throwing away spoiled food and searching for cool places to sleep.

EDWARDSVILLE - A total of 877 customers in Edwardsville, 855 in Collinsville, 534 in Granite City and 1,600 in Columbia remain without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, Ameren Illinois spokesperson Brian Bretsch said. Bretsch said Ameren Illinois is doing everything it can to fully restore power to the area. Statewide, more than 3,000 Ameren Illinois line, contractor and support personnel are engaged in cleaning up remaining power outages from last weekend’s severe thunderstorms statewide. Bretsch also said Ameren workers have worked around the clock in the restoration efforts for three days. In a released statement from Ameren Illinois, the company said: ”We have restored nearly all of the outages caused by the initial derecho that impacted a wide section of the region on Thursday. Today's work focuses on restoring outages from that second wave of severe weather," said Lenny Singh, Chairman and President, Ameren Illinois. "We know this has been a challenging time for our customers

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Ameren Missouri officials said they are anticipating power to be fully restored by Wednesday night.

Days after Saturday’s severe storms ripped through the Metro East, and debris from neighborhoods and homes still litters streets, and hospitals and city halls remain without power.

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People tried to go inside city hall throughout the day, only to find locked doors and an empty parking lot.

The 21-year-old Lin is a native of Tainan City, Taiwan, and played college baseball at Chinese Culture University in Taipei.

“When it is a matter of celebrating the day of independence, both old and young seem to lose the power of exercising ordinary caution.”

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The Wall Street Journal reports that inflation expectations are down: Consumers expect to see 4.1% inflation a year from now, the lowest such reading in two years and down sharply from its recent peak of 6.8%, according to the median response to the New York Fed’s May survey, for example. A year from now? The ...continue reading "Consumers have no idea how high inflation is"

EDWARDSVILLE - Robert Werden, the Madison County Regional Superintendent of Schools, was sworn in Monday morning to begin his second term. In Werden’s speech, he thanked many people in the Madison County Regional Office of Education as well as other local educators and program leaders. “I truly do love my job,” Werden said. “I love working for the taxpayer and I love working for the residents of Madison County.” He noted that he titled his speech “I Love My Job” and joked that he appreciates the people who work with him, especially those who deal with the “crazy parents crazy administrators.” Dr. Tricia Blackard was sworn in as the assistant regional superintendent. Blackard previously served as the assistant principal at Collinsville High School. Judge Amy Maher performed the ceremony. “It’s a joy to wake up every day and be excited to go to work,” Blackard said. Werden thanked a long list of attendees,

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A Florissant man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left 11 people injured early Sunday in Wichita, Kan.

JERSEYVILLE - A 21-year-old Jerseyville resident has been charged with eight counts of criminal property damage for spraying orange spray paint on several pieces of government, private, and personal property around the city. Court filings state Dakota L. Harris, 21, of Jerseyville, was charged on June 23 with two felony counts of criminal damage to government property, as well as six misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property. The following pieces of property were affected by Harris’s spray painting spree: A stoplight switch box located on the corner of State Street and Pearl Street, where Harris “spray painted a cross,” according to court filings. A one-way street sign located at the south rear entry alley of Royal Banks, located at 117 S. State Street. Two poles at the rear alley entrance of 117 S. State Street, property of Royal Banks. A 2010 Toyota RAV4, which was located in the 100 block of East Pearl Street. Several areas of the George's

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