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The good financial news for the state keeps coming. Governor J.B. Pritzker said if these trends continue, tax cuts are on the table.

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Nine people in a substance abuse program live inside, but neighbors and the Hickman Mills C-1 School District said they don't want them there.

The middle schooler slipped out of his seat while on the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park on March 24, 2022.

A plan to reduce public transit services for people with disabilities didn't include input from riders and doesn't give them enough time to adjust travel routines, a group of disability rights organizations alleged.

Violent crimes within a one-mile radius of the Arch have seen a sharp uptick since 2019, while arrests in the same area have declined. One consulting firm says that this, in part, could keep Arch traffic down from pre-pandemic levels.

Homeowners could be located in any of the 16 Missouri or Illinois counties that make up the St. Louis metropolitan statistical area.

Ellen Piazza attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and worked in kitchens in Key West, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina, before returning home to St. Louis to take an adjunct professor job at St. Louis Community College. Twenty-one years later, she's leading the program and has trained nationally acclaimed chefs.

Over the past few days, a million pundits have become instant experts on the finances of Silicon Valley Bank. They are outraged that no one before now noticed the bleeding obvious: SVB was a reckless and fragile bank, a literal time bomb on the edge of collapsing thanks to foolish business practices. Now, 20/20 hindsight ...continue reading "Silicon Valley Bank was fine. It’s Silicon Valley that’s broken."

Missouri loses $1.35 billion in economic growth and $280 million in tax revenue due to child care instability. We must do more, say St. Louis business leaders.

EAST ST. LOUIS – In a U.S. District courtroom on Wednesday, a judge sentenced a man formerly from Edwardsville to 14 months in prison, a $50,000 fine, and two years’ supervised release after he pled guilty to making false statements in a 2018 bankruptcy case. Kevin Kahrig, 49, a former building contractor, concealed assets from his creditors by transferring those assets to his girlfriend-turned-spouse, Catharine Kahrig, prior to filing for bankruptcy. “Individuals who hide assets and deliberately make false statements on bankruptcy pleadings defraud their creditors and disgrace the federal court system,” said U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe. “It’s a serious offense to abuse the bankruptcy system, and anyone seeking to discredit this process will be held accountable.” "To avoid paying his debt, Kevin Kahrig attempted to defraud his creditors by abusing the bankruptcy process,” said FBI Springfield Field Office Special Agent in Charge Davi

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The Mehlville district's Board of Education unanimously voted March 10.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Police Chief Mike Fillback reminded residents today to be aware of their belongings when shopping at retail establishments throughout the region. He said in recent times, there have been more reports of thefts of purses, wallets, etc. while individuals are visiting various area retail shops. The chief said a technique used in some of these cases involved one person communicating with an individual and distracting someone, while another cohort performs the actual theft. The next move often was the use of the individual’s credit card at the register, he said. “The tactic is sometimes two work together and one person randomly comes up and starts talking to distract you,” he said. “The phone scam started out with elderly folks who are more susceptible and worked its way where it hits all groups. This impacts all age groups, not just the elderly. We encourage people to be more vigilant with their belongings at Christmas time, but we are

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EDWARDSVILLE - Illinois State Police and Edwardsville Police and Fire Department are working together on a situation where a trash truck struck a pedestrian at the corner of the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Northern Access Road near Northwest University Drive on Wednesday morning. The pedestrian suffered serious injuries in the accident and will have to be helicoptered out to a St. Louis hospital. Edwardsville Police Chief Mike Fillback confirmed that a person had been struck and the injuries were very serious. “Edwardsville Police are out there with the fire department and state police,” he said. “We are helping with traffic in the area. People are advised to definitely stay away from the area, and we encourage people to allow the first responders to work the area.” Chief Fillback said the Illinois State Police would handle the investigation of the mishap from this point.

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One of the life’s certainties is that copyright maximalism will continue to encourage absurd rulings by complaisant courts. Here’s a rather spectacular case from Germany. It involves a “photo wallpaper”. For those of you who – like me – aren’t quite sure what that means, it is the name given to wallpapers that are essentially […]

Streams of Pearl Jam's "All or None" jumped higher than a post-apocalyptic giraffe's neck following its placement on The Last of Us. According to a new report published by Spotify,…

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The cherry blossom, also called sakura in Japanese, fills the garden with vivid white and soft pink hues every March and April.

After about 30 minutes of negotiating, police said they were able to convince the man to come out of the house and surrender. He was charged Wednesday.