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The St. Louis-based developer behind the $300 million plan to redevelop the vacant AT&T tower downtown said it’s still pursuing the project, despite a media report this week that it had been dropped.

XKCD has multiple comics about how hacking isn’t quite the way they make it out to be in movies: And: Both of these demonstrate how actual hacking is often a lot less sophisticated than people make it out to be. And, indeed, for years we’ve pointed out that social engineering is generally more effective than […]

With dangerous heat in the forecast next week, local school districts are preparing to keep their students cool and ready to learn.

Play pickleball, enjoy a chicken sandwich. That's the main concept for a new entertainment complex in the works along St. Charles Main Street.

There's a wave of state and city flag redesigns sweeping the country — and Illinois may be next. Ted Kaye, author of “‘Good’ Flag, ‘Bad’ Flag,” says that trend reflects a deeper understanding of the opportunity a great state or city flag presents. He shares the basic principles of flag design and the role flags play in cultivating civic pride.

Missing person reports have been filed for Makayla and Malayiah Wickerson.

Alicia Moellering was "more concerned with using narcotics than caring for the family pets who could not care for themselves," wrote an O'Fallon police detective.

Hair discrimination disproportionately targets Black women, and lawmakers have sought to ban the practice with the CROWN Act. CROWN stands for “Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair,” and the first act of its kind was passed in California in 2019. Since then, other states and municipalities have adopted their own measures, including the City of St. Louis in 2021. A statewide measure took effect in Illinois this past January. Missouri has yet to pass a similar law. PBS NewsHour correspondent and vice president of the St. Louis chapter of NABJ Gabrielle Hays and founder and CEO of Frizzy by Nature Leslie Hughes talk about local and statewide efforts to pass the CROWN Act and ways Black women are relearning how to embrace their curls.

Brothers JJ, Clayton and Clark Costello have been involved with the family business since birth — so much so that when people ask 34-year-old Clayton how long he’s been working at CK Power, he tells them 34 years.  The brothers, who took over the company's operations in 2018, are the third generation of the Costello family to work at CK, a St. Louis-based manufacturer and distributor of power units and power generator solutions. The company was created in 1976 as a segment of Costello Kunze…

To bring more grocery stores and fresh produce to food deserts in Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed new legislation Friday morning. 

Justice Services Director Scott Anders is leaving "to focus on his family," the county said in a release.

Under the May settlement, Fox Associates acquired Foxland's portion of the theater.

LITCHFIELD - The Litchfield Skyview Drive-In will be decked out in pink next weekend for a Barbie-themed party and screening of the 2023 “Barbie” movie. Doors open at 7 p.m. on both Aug. 25 and 26. The movie starts at dusk, around 8:30 p.m. While they wait, moviegoers can enjoy a raffle, photo backdrops, “Barbie”-themed cups and several live Barbies available for photos. Both nights will end with a double feature of “Barbie” and “Legally Blonde.” “With the drive-in and it not being a normal theater, my goal is to start making movies like a party,” owner Chelsey Semplowski said. “I’d like to do different things each weekend to tie in with the movie that we’ll be playing… just coming and sitting in your car and waiting for the movie to start.” The drive-in’s play area will have several pink and purple balls for kids to play with, and the raffle will include a basket of products targeted

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Note: This is one of a series of features about artists who will showcase their work at the Edwardsville Art Fair on Sept. 22-24. Avalon Eales of the Edwardsville Arts Center staff provided the information. Artist #1 Name: Angela Burns Location: Edwardsville, IL Medium: Painting Artist's Statement: " Angela is an acrylic and oil artist who paints in the style of the Impressionists. Her lifelike, expressive paintings have been awarded nationally and published internationally. Her art is inspired by the universal human need for renewal and expense through nature, in a world overcome by noise, hustle, and distraction. Many of her paintings explore renewing our sense of wonder about life, based in the landscape of Edwardsville, Illinois, where she lives and paints." Artist #2 Name: Tim Gusewelle Location: Bethalto, IL Medium: Painting Artist's Statement: "Art is something I have created since I was a kid, often with an aim to make something inspiring.

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By putting $100,000 in, Realtors signaled they support a ballot initiative that keeps the status quo or could try to block any bid to make it harder to amend the constitution.

Between July 1, 2022, and June 30 more than 65,000 passengers flew into and out of St. Louis on Lufthansa flights to Frankfurt, an airport official said.

This will be the fourth time Goodwood and Alter have worked together to open a new Goodwood location, Chief Executive Ted Mitzlaff said.

For Black Business Month, 15 black entrepreneurs in St. Louis will participate in a two-day hackathon event to help grow their businesses.

Just fucking weird. Seems illegal. How do we get away with this in a constitutional republic? Rights exist. And et cetera. Those are the responses that tend to be generated by anyone attempting to explain civil asset forfeiture to normal people who just assume the government needs to prove something, anything before taking money (or […]