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The Loop Trolley began service Thursday and will operate for the summer season until October.

S. M. Wilson & Co. has expanded its field operations team leadership by promoting Steve Williams, Craig Cox, Mike Ashley, Eric Baumgartner and Ryan Phipps from Project Superintendent to General Superintendent. A growing portfolio of work and backlog combined with the firm’s efforts to continuously improve and innovate led to the creation of the positions. […]

Here's what you need to know about “The Lou” if you’re coming to visit.

Hi-Pointe Drive-In, known for its burgers and shakes, will open its newest location early this summer in Edwardsville.

Currently, it takes a simple majority to amend the state's constitution, which Republican lawmakers say is too low. The bill would require 57% of the vote.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones stood firm Thursday, saying the state of Missouri needs to stay out of St. Louis city business.

The lights had been flickering in Dennis Wisniewski’s Arnold home for quite some time. But the 64-year-old Army veteran had a lot on his plate, raising grandchildren and struggling with his lawn care business. Meanwhile, in Jennings, Mo., Army veteran Thomas Donelson is on disability with more than enough challenges in his life, including a […]

“If we were a white community in St. Clair or Madison county this problem would’ve been taken care of,” said Cahokia Heights Mayor Curtis McCall Sr.

Tuition at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will remain stable for the sixth year in a row while students in Edwardsville will begin paying more.

Tuition at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will remain stable for the sixth year in a row while students in Edwardsville will begin paying more.

Founded in 2012, STL Youth Jobs seeks to prepare a new generation of workers with soft-skills, like how to perform well in a job interview, and hard skills, like knowing safety regulations of specific industries. Since the first group of “job seekers,” the organization has gone from finding employment for 200 area youth in 2013 — to 800 in 2019.

Two years ago, as park rangers tried to put the man in the patrol car, he kicked a ranger in the face while resisting arrest.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care Tuesday night [...]

The project will improve communications between dispatchers and first responders.

ALTON - The Last 100 Miles of Route 66 is receiving another financial boost thanks to a new $493,000 Route 66 Grant for projects designed to increase tourism by highlighting the history and diversity of communities that line the historic Mother Road in southwest Illinois. The grant funds will expand the existing Route 66 Monument Trail and the new Post Card Mural Trail in addition to providing interpretive panels for historically significant sites along the Last 100 Miles of Route 66 in southwest Illinois. Projects in Hamel – a new outdoor concert and event space – and Edwardsville – a Route 66 Highway Exhibit at the Edwardsville Children’s Museum and parking lot improvements at Route 66 sites in the City of Edwardsville – are also part of the grant funds. The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau, which oversees the Last 100 Miles of Route 66 in Illinois, applied for the funds under the Route 66 Grant Program administered by DCEO and the Illinois Office

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This blog’s Profile page for St. Louis City’s New 2nd Ward has been updated with General Election results (all candidates and ballot issues) and post-election campaign finance reports filed with Missouri Ethics Commission. You’ll notice that the winning Alder candidate is now listed under Public Officials Residing In New 2nd Ward and defeated candidate information has been … Continue reading Post-Election New 2nd Ward Profile Update →

A man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon at Seventh and Market streets in downtown St. Louis.