On Jan. 22, 1972, a rail tanker exploded in the Alton and Southern Rail Yard in East St. Louis. More than 200 people were injured in a blast that broke windows as far away as downtown St. Louis.
The deadline to submit your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2024 Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies, has been extended to Monday, Jan. 29.
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ALTON - Motorists are advised to take it slow going out the door on the morning of Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, because of several hours' worth of freezing rain on the sidewalks and roads. Illinois Department of Transportation, Missouri Department of Transportation and county and city streets crews are out this morning salting and preparing the roads for travel. Still, the icy precipitation will likely continue until the temperature gets to 32 degrees or more, Chris Kimble, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, said early Monday morning. “It is going to be icy out there until the temps rise above freezing,” he said. “We are going to see on and off showers throughout the day. It will take a while before it goes to where we have the ice. I would advise staying home if possible before it rises above freezing.” Kimble said he advised residents to wait until the afternoon to venture out. For the rest of the week, temps should stay much warmer
An icy mix of winter weather is causing slick spots on St. Louis area interstates, side streets, and sidewalks. Many school districts are cancelling classes Monday and some businesses are asking employees to work remotely.
Students are working on ideas for cities that solve problems and meet the needs of modern society. It's part of a national competition that challenges sixth through eighth graders to design a city of the future.
Emma Miller is living every teenage fashionista’s dream with her online boutique, Style It Out. “I [started] during COVID 2020, my freshman year; I was 14,” Miller says.
Freezing rain is occurring across the region and will continue through the morning and into the early afternoon before gradually transitioning to a cold rain from west to east.
Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey’s death has spurred student protests and #JUSTICE4BONNIE T-shirts across the idyllic red-brick campus in Jefferson City.
Heather Hollingsworth and Summer Ballentine Associated Press
For the past four months, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation (3716 Washington Avenue) has featured in its modernist concrete halls some of the most beautiful ghosts in a city that's full of them. In conjunction with the National Building Arts Center based in Sauget, Illinois, its Urban Archaeology: The Lost Buildings of St. Louis exhibit gives our city's detritus the attention it deserves, even as it asks important questions about what gets saved and what gets destroyed.
Lisa Cranford, 53, has no clue where she’ll be living a day from now. Cranford’s landlord has ordered her out of the cramped and ramshackle apartment she lives in on the 4700 block of Michigan Avenue.
If you have a cancellation email news@riverbender.com or text (618) 623-5930. Closings and Cancellations: Brussels School District 1, E-Learning Day Calhoun School District 1, E-Learning Day Carlinville School District 1, E-Learning Day Carrollton School District 1, Closed Greenfield Community Unit School District 10, Closed Jersey Community School District 100, Closed Mt. Olive School District 5, Closed North Greene School District 3, Closed Southwestern School District 9, Closed
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