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The man died at the hospital, police said.

Diamond Sports Group, parent company of Bally Sports Midwest, had its first bankruptcy hearing on Thursday, two days after voluntarily filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to eliminate almost all of its $8.6 billion of debt.

One southern Illinois mayor is leading a push to build a highway that could connect the St. Louis region to many rural parts of the state.

Chrissie Hynde is the latest female artist to call out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Following Courtney Love’s tweet and op-ed in The Guardian blasting the lack of female representation in the Hall of Fame, Hynde shared…

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Federal investigators seized $24,000 in a suspected cryptocurrency scam that targeted at least one Metro East resident.

Edward Jones is inching toward reaching its goals for diversity representation by the end of 2025, though it's performing better at headquarters than among financial advisers.

EDWARDSVILLE – The first steps in the creation of a shared-use path along Illinois Route 159 south of downtown got underway Friday, March 17. When it’s finished this summer, the 10-foot-wide off-road path will connect Magnolia Street to Madison County Transit’s Goshen Trail. The City has brought on Stutz Excavating, which has begun clearing the area where the 2,700-foot path will be constructed. Efforts will be made to preserve and later replace trees and plantings between the path and Route 159, also known as Plum Street in that area. While some sections of the completed path will run close to the street, other portions will meander up to 30 feet west of the road to ensure a natural growth buffer. The shared use path is expected to open by the end of July. The City was awarded $150,000 from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, $240,000 from the Metro East Park and Recreation District, and $100,000 from the Agency for Community Transit, which in total, will

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A judge is giving the Missouri attorney general's office more time to add more allegations of wrongdoing by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to its petition to remove her from office. Judge John Torbitzky is giving Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's office until March 21 to amend its quo warranto petition. The judge is also giving Gardner 10 days to respond to the new allegations. Torbitzky also said he will not rule on any other pending motions or requests until Gardner enters her…

Texwrap Packaging Systems, which designs and manufactures shrink wrapping and bundling machinery, said it is investing $2.25 million to expand its plant in Washington, Missouri.

Clayton-based online learning firm Nerdy Inc. (NYSE: NRDY) has made several new appointments to its leadership team, moves that come as longtime executive Heidi Robinson has departed its C-suite.

Food technology firm Benson Hill Inc. (NYSE: BHIL) plans to enact several cost-cutting measures to narrow its losses as it seeks to achieve profitability by 2025.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) -- A former correctional officer at the Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mt. Sterling, Ill., was sentenced Thursday for beating an inmate to death in 2018. According to a United States Attorney’s Office press release, 31-year-old Alex Banta was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release [...]

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Gary Rossington passed away earlier this month, as previously reported, and now it appears he's been laid to rest. Rocker Paul Rodgers seemed to reveal the news when he shared a picture of himself…

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“Detective Sergeant Griffith was a model officer, committed to honorably serving the people of Hermann, Rosebud, and Gasconade County,” states Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe.

A software company that successfully sued the state and was awarded $23 million last year has filed a new lawsuit against Missouri’s Department of Social Services, alleging the agency “knowingly and purposefully” violated open records law. According to the lawsuit filed Thursday in Cole County, Florida-based HHS Technology submitted a request for records to the […]

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