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St. Louis-based consulting firm i5Group proposed three ideas for redeveloping the old Jamestown Mall site in Florissant.

Consolidated Terminal Plan (CTP) and West Airfield Program (WAP) move forward from planning into environmental phase

O’FALLON - A new law will go into effect on January 1, 2023 that will require all homes in Illinois to be equipped with new, 10-year “sealed-battery” smoke alarms, which are designed to last longer, lower replacement costs, and be less of a nuisance when cooking. State and local fire safety experts held a press conference at O’Fallon Fire Rescue yesterday to explain the new law. Margaret Vaughn, the Government Affairs Director for both the Illinois Firefighters Association and Fire Safety Alliance, said the law aims to reduce preventable deaths. “Last year in Illinois, there were 97 residential fire deaths, and the majority of those deaths occurred in homes without working smoke alarms - so the majority of those deaths potentially could have been prevented,” Vaughn said. Since 1988, all Illinois homes have been required to have smoke alarms installed - they were hard-wired into homes built in 1988 or after. If your home was built before 1988

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Ice has caused a new accident in North City at the intersection of Adelaide and Hall,

Yes, Virginia, there is a really good fruitcake.

The cities of St. Louis and O’Fallon, Missouri, are considering a 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana, that’s in addition to the state's 6%. St. Louis Ward 12 Alderman Bill Stephens said the money from the sales tax would go into the general fund. "I think we're all aware of the declining population of the city. That means a shrinking tax base. So I think in a lot of ways, this 3% tax could absolutely be a much-needed lifeline for the city's operations,” Stephens said. If the Board of…

We’ve written a bunch of posts concerning KOSA, the Kids Online Safety Act, which is one of those moral panic kinds of bills that politicians and the media love to get behind, without really understanding what they mean, or the damage they’d do. We’ve covered how it will lead to greater surveillance of children (which […]

In North City, there is a patch of ice at Adelaide and Hall St. A crash occurred on this ice.

SkyFox has arrived in Bridgeton, west of Highway 70. There is what appears like a two-vehicle crash. One car is beat up, while the other appears to be a trash truck partly off the road.

Johnson was convicted of murder in 1995. He has maintained his innocence. A hearing is underway in St. Louis that will determine if Johnson was wrongfully prosecuted.

The 48-year-old was charged in early December with his third DWI since 2010.

An 18-year-old was critically injured, and a 20-year-old suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

My Croatian parents immigrated to St. Louis when I was three. They insisted I seem as American as possible and mainly spoke to me in English — except when heated reprimands required an authoritative ferocity only a Slavic language could provide. My parents’ code-switching worked.

Show off your high strength-to-weight ratio by participating in a Festivus Fun Run! In what is truly a Festivus miracle, everyone's favorite winter holiday will be celebrated two days early this year thanks to the good people at RunWell (142 North Main Street, Edwardsville, Illinois; 618-659-9903), who are inviting the public to don their holiday pajamas or favorite ugly sweaters and take to the streets of Edwardsville.

It's impossible not to be charmed by the story of Buddy the elf, a human who grew up in the North Pole never understanding why he was so much taller and slower than all the other elves. Once he finds out he's adopted, Buddy sets off to New York City to find his birth father (who is, gasp, on the naughty list).

While the debate on Direct Cash Assistance program continued through the fall, Kim Harris was counting her blessings - after counting her cash.

A judge next month will decide who owns the Fabulous Fox Theatre, heading off a looming deadline that threatened the future of the Grand Center venue.

The University City Police Department requires your assistance in locating a missing male.

The state's affordable housing crisis has made it almost impossible for storm victims to get back on their feet.

A word of caution concerning marijuana edibles and youngsters.