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The popular Veterans Memorial Fountain in Belleville Public Square will be turned off on Tuesday as Illinois American Water begins work to install a new water main.

A hail of gunfire was caught on camera in a quiet north St. Louis County neighborhood right before a 9-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded.

A group of five teenagers from north St. Louis County spent three months holding people at gunpoint, stealing their cars and joyriding through the region.

Usually when we’re talking about companies engaging in astroturfing, it takes the form of companies or industry groups inputting comments supposedly from “the public” to support whatever thing they’re trying to accomplish. Utility groups creating a shell advocate organization to stifle reforms. Telecom companies employing astroturfers to smear an FCC nominee. Amazon cosplaying as a […]

This is the damnedest thing I've seen in a long time. The Cato Institute recently commissioned a YouGov survey about support for a Central Bank Digital Currency. For what it's worth, only 16% support it, but that's of minimal interest. Cato also asked a few other questions, and for some reason one of them was ...continue reading "A quarter of young people support surveillance cameras in every house"

Cyndy, my friend and cohort here at GoodFoodSTL, sent me photos of a recent Pooch Paw-ty, she hosted in her backyard. When I saw the charcuterie spread, I had to know more. Q & A below: Who Let the Dogs Out? Jean: How did you come up with this playful idea? Cyndy: Well, five of... 

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An O'Fallon, Missouri, man has been charged with a road rage shooting that happened 10 days ago on Missouri 364 in St. Charles County.

EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD, conferred doctor of dental medicine (DMD) degrees upon 56 graduates of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU SDM) during their commencement ceremony held Saturday, June 3 at the First Community Arena at the Vadalabene Center on the Edwardsville campus. “We are so impressed with what you have accomplished and how you have persevered during these challenging years,” said Saulius Drukteinis, DMD, MS, PhD, dean of SIU SDM during his opening remarks. “Through your strength, endurance, patience, kindness, service, intelligence, respectfulness and determination to finish what you started, despite every difficulty handed to you, it was you who impressed us.” Ken Rawson, DMD, SIU SDM Class of 2005 graduate and president of the Illinois State Dental Society, served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony. “Your potential to do good is unlimited,”

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NEW YORK - Simmons Hanly Conroy , one of the nation's largest mass torts firms and a national leader in the legal representation of mesothelioma patients and their families, is pleased to announce that the firm’s named shareholder Jayne Conroy is a recipient of the Champion of Justice lifetime achievement award from the Public Justice legal advocacy organization. “Jayne is a highly deserving recipient of Public Justice’s Champion of Justice award for her long career of helping plaintiffs secure justice from institutions responsible for injuring or abusing the public,” said Larry Nassif , managing shareholder of Simmons Hanly Conroy. “We are grateful for Jayne’s work as a leader at Simmons Hanly Conroy and for her dedication to the plaintiff’s bar.” The annual Champion of Justice award honors one or more individuals who have demonstrated a history and commitment to fighting injustice and ensuring the judicial system works for everyone.

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De'Sean Barrow-Henderson and Marshean Barnett were each charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

ST. LOUIS - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday declined clemency for a man who faces execution Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in an ill-fated effort to free someone else from a county jail. Michael Tisius, 42, would be the third person in Missouri, and the 12th person nationally, to be executed in 2023. [...]

In all, police say Carlos Akins bought 30 Glock switches and sold at least nine of them.

Explore, discover and experience the beauty of the Missouri Botanical Garden at this family-friendly event, which allows children and adults with sensory-processing needs to experience the attraction in a secure

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Tisius is scheduled to die by lethal injection at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre.

The proposal calls for demolishing three office buildings to build a new market-rate, seven-story apartment complex with 222 units.

A Cahokia Heights, Illinois, man was arraigned Monday in federal court for allegedly scheming to import Glock switches from China to St. Clair County.

AMES, Iowa – More than 9,800 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the spring semester Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work. Area students on the list are as follows: Jason Taylor Godi, 4, Mechanical Engineering Bethalto, IL Lin Michael Pizzo, 4, Interior Design Edwardsville, IL Kurt Jacob Brase, 4, Agricultural Engineering John Henry Hilker, 4, Aerospace Engineering Henry Russell Lingafelter, 4, Architecture-Professional Degree Taryn Leigh Trauernicht, 2, Industrial Engineering Adam Donald Walters, 4, Software Engineering Hamel, IL William Reese Kirk, 4, Mechanical Engineering

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