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
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…
“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 […]
This is Charlie being bad. He knows he's not supposed to be on the other side of the fence, but he goes out there anyway. Luckily, a teenager or a dog or something always comes along pretty quickly, which scares him back into the yard. In fact, Charlie is an excellent outdoor cat. He sometimes ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 17 March 2023"
Tens of thousands of sports fans are expected in Downtown St. Louis on Saturday between two evening games for St. Louis CITY SC and the St. Louis Battlehawks.
Today on TAP: A prime casualty of the crisis set off by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank could be Fed Chair Jay Powell—all too appropriately, and none too soon.
ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School added to its impressive list of college signings the past couple of weeks. Four more athletes committed to continuing their academic and athletic careers at the next level. All are Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Athletes of the Month for Marquette. The four student-athletes are: Dre Davis - Lewis and Clark Community College - Soccer Dre, a three-sport athlete for the Explorers plays soccer, basketball, and tennis. Dre has been a Riverbender.com Athlete of the Month three times already, twice for soccer and once for basketball. He was a captain on the soccer team in his junior and senior years and also voted all-conference both those seasons. He was voted all-sectional his junior year and was an honorable mention his senior year. Dre said that Marquette is a really great place and that he's loved his time there. He wanted to thank all his teachers and coaches that invested in him. He chose LCCC because he wanted to stay local and
Question Presented: Does Section 230 Protect Generative AI Products Like ChatGPT? As the buzz around Section 230 and its application to algorithms intensifies in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s response, ‘generative AI’ has soared in popularity among users and developers, begging the question: does Section 230 protect generative AI products like ChatGPT? Matt Perault, a […]
ST. LOUIS -- The newborns at St. Luke’s Hospital are wearing green for St. Patrick's Day. These "cute clovers" are from the Birth Care Suite and Special Care Nursery. The hospital is known for dressing babies up for holidays and special occasions. They have been doing it since 1997. The costumes are made by nurses [...]
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