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Busey Bank is spending about $585,000 to renovate a south St. Louis branch.

GLEN CARBON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that bridge painting will require intermittent nighttime lane closures in both directions of Interstate 270 between Illinois 159 and Illinois 157, weather permitting, starting at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 20. One lane in each direction will remain open at all times. All westbound lanes will be opened each morning at 6 a.m. and eastbound at 1 p.m. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. The work is expected to be completed by the end of August. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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Today on TAP: Farmers Insurance Group and AIG are halting home policy sales in Florida. They weren’t the first and they won’t be the last.

Carlos Santana revealed back in 2000 that he had been sexually abused as a young child, and in a new interview with People he describes how he learned to forgive his abuser.  Sharing that…

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In 1901, a man submitted a 13-chapter account of his life to a medical fraternity in St. Louis. The submission, about 100 pages long and titled The Story of a Life, covered the writer's “strange” life.

Seventeen pre-apprentices recently graduated from the Building Union Diversity (BUD) program, opening doors to good-paying union construction careers in the St. Louis area. Taking part in the May 26 ceremony at the IBEW Local 1 union hall in St. Louis were (front row from left) Missouri AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Merri Berry, graduates Tamike Meredith, Breyonna Breeland, […]

Seven firefighters were injured as firefighters from dozens of units battled a fire that consumed a Kansas City wood pallet-building business.

Rita Heard Days, a Democrat with a history of clashes with County Executive Sam Page and his allies, favors Kunce over his opponent, county Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.

Convention planners, local tourism boosters, and even Dot's convention-goers themselves said they care about hotel rooms, direct flights and entertainment.

Forsyth disappeared on May 21 from a parking area at a public swimming pool. His body, which had suffered an apparent gunshot wound, was found nine days later.

The push to get the app comes as mass killings have skyrocketed this year

New St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore continues efforts to replenish the office with prosecutors.

Gore said 10 attorneys have joined the office since he was sworn in on May 30, including multiple attorneys returning to the office.

Missouri began distributing pandemic-relief summer food benefits that were designed to cover summer 2022 just last week. Since last fall, thousands of families have been asking the state if and when they would receive the promised benefits, called summer Pandemic EBT — a federal COVID relief program administered by states.  The summer 2022 benefits were […]

The post Missouri begins distributing summer 2022 food benefits as deadline for 2023 application looms appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Mark Eckert, the second-longest-serving mayor in the history of Belleville, Illinois, died Wednesday after a seven-month battle with cancer. He turned 67 in January. Eckert was elected mayor in 2005 after serving as an alderman for seven years. He served four terms as mayor and on numerous community, education and business boards. Had Eckert won re-election in April 2021, he would have passed up Belleville's longest-serving mayor, Charles Nichols, who served for 17 years and six months, until 1978,…

St. Louis County Council sustained County Executive's veto of BB#86, which would have unfairly targeted vulnerable road users.

The post Trailnet Applauds County Councilmembers, County Executive as BB#86 Veto is Sustained appeared first on Trailnet.

The deaths of two babies born prematurely after an assault on their mother earlier this year in north St. Louis have been ruled as homicides.

The DOJ must not have much confidence in its case against Backpage executives Michael Lacey and James Larkin. This prosecution is now more than a half-decade old and the government still hasn’t found a way to lock up the many Backpage employees and founders it arrested. The Backpage site was seized in 2018. This followed […]

Get the most out of your devices with this powerful, compact charging station. This 7-in-1 charging dock has universal compatibility that works with most iPhones, iPads, and many other devices throughout your home. It also features a super-speed 30W Fast PD port and intelligent identification technology to keep the device safe and healthy. With its […]