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MADISON COUNTY - July has been a rough and tough month for Ameren Illinois workers and customers because of the storm-and wind-related power outages. The latest storm on Saturday which had 60-mph winds in some areas knocked out power to more than 13,000 customers in Madison County. As of 8 p.m., Sunday, July 30, there are roughly 170 customers still without power in Madison County. As of 10:27 a.m. Monday, Brian Bretsch, a spokesperson for Ameren Illinois, said Madison County had only seven customers reported out of service. Most of Ameren's work is now concentrated in St. Clair and Marion County area. At peak, 50,708 customers were without power. As of 8 p.m., July 30, approximately 6,500 customers are without power in the Ameren Illinois service territory. "Our line workers and support staff are doing an outstanding job with their latest restoration efforts," Bretsch, a spokesperson for Ameren Illinois said. "We ask those remaining customers without power to have patience as our

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Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Inspiration and Expression, The Art of MaryJo Clark.   The exhibit includes collage,

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"It All Goes Up" is more stylistically varied than past offerings.“This record feels sort of like a time capsule of me working through some things in a certain period of time and experimenting sonically with some things I’d never done before.”

A woman was fatally struck by a vehicle in a Gravois Bluffs parking lot Saturday afternoon, a St. Louis county official said.

St. Louis area grocery stores join the trend of using technology to make shopping speedier. But what will it mean for jobs?

Thai Kitchen said it will begin accepting orders Tuesday for the new Hill location.

Robert "Beatle Bob" Mantonis died July 27 after living with ALS.

The Illinois State Police said a passenger car crashed into a tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 255.

A Missouri Department of Conservation study shows many tick diseases are in the state, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme disease. Officials say ways to avoid the illnesses include wearing light-colored clothes, long pants, and avoiding shaded areas along the edge of forests.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.81% for the week ended July 27 — up from 6.78% the prior week.

Police said early information indicates 56-year-old Susan Becker of House Springs was hit while crossing a parking lot.

Under the Communications Act, the FCC is supposed to occasionally survey the state of the broadband industry to ensure that affordable broadband is being deployed on a “reasonable and timely basis,” and do something about it if it isn’t. Of course the captured, bumbling agency doesn’t actually do that. Despite spending $400 million on the […]

A local restaurant chain is adding two locations to its existing four sites.

Hazelwood School District officials are "disappointed" and "embarrassed" after an chaotic pep rally held at Hazelwood Central High School last fall led to a rising star local rapper getting escorted out of the school. The district invited rapper Sexyy Red, a St. Louis native, to perform at the high school along with other performers at a rally for the school's homecoming last October. The event didn't garner public attention until footage of it surfaced online a few weeks ago, causing some to criticize both the district and Sexyy Red.

The less-than-truckload carrier followed up layoffs by padlocking its freight yards.

One of the two smelly corpse flowers has bloomed at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

The 7 p.m. meeting is scheduled to take place at the St. Charles Family Arena.

Major new funding to improve infrastructure is headed to the MetroLink systems on the Illinois side. The money is coming from President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law.