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CARLINVILLE - Macoupin County voters have officially elected several trustees, alderpeople, and school board members in the April 2023 consolidated election. Gillespie, Eagerville, and Royal Lakes voters also decided on a few public questions that were on their respective ballots. Macoupin County’s most crowded city/village-level race saw five candidates compete for three open spots as trustees for the village of Royal Lakes. Angela M. Sanders, Charrease Frazier, and Henry Sanders were elected and won 29.59%, 27.55%, and 16.33% of the vote respectively. Tonya Stainback and Gary Weber were not elected and received 14.29% and 12.24% of the vote respectively. Dona Rauzi was elected as Gillespie’s Ward 1 Alderperson. Rauzi won 67.30% of the vote and defeated Jared Link, who received 32.70% of the vote, with 100% of precincts reporting. David A. Link Sr. was elected as Gillespie’s Ward 2 Alderperson. Link Sr. won 57.94% of the vote and defeated Bryan Wagoner,

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Jordan Kyrou scored his 37th goal of the season to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 on Tuesday night. Kyrou has six goals in his last six games.

The plan would restructure the number of parishes across the St. Louis region from 178 individual parishes to 88 pastorates.

After a bitter election, Rasheen Aldridge toppled Ebony Washington in the run to represent a redistricted 14th Ward on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. Aldridge  received 51.57 percent of the unofficial vote tally — a month after the candidate narrowly lost to Washington in the primary election.

What began as a dream, turned into 96 living units.

Unofficial results show Bret Narayan, the first Asian-American serving on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, beat out longtime alderman Joe Vaccaro in the newly redistricted 4th Ward. Narayan leads 54 percent to 45 percent with 100 percent of precincts reporting. "Today we won in a big way and the city of St. Louis won in a big way," Narayan said during his speech.

Four of five aldermanic candidates endorsed by St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones notched victories on Tuesday, as a new 14-member Board of Aldermen took shape.

JERSEYVILLE - Jerseyville voters have officially elected Kevin Stork as their new Mayor. Stork defeated Lawrence Welsh and Clifford Coats, who were also competing for the Mayor’s spot after former Mayor Bill Russell decided not to seek re-election. Stork won with 56.45% of the vote, with 100% of precincts reporting. Welsh received 31.47% of the vote and Coats received 12.08% of the vote. Voters also elected John Miles as their new Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements. Miles won with 46.59% of the vote and will replace incumbent Nick Bexheti, who received 32.13% of the vote. Chris Lorton received 21.28% of the vote. Anthony Steckel won Stork’s former seat as Commissioner of Accounts and Finance. Steckel won 53.09% of the vote and defeated Lisa Fitzgibbons-Wieneke, who received 46.91% of the vote. Zachary Crawford won his re-election bid against challenger Dean Comer. Crawford won with 81.90% of the vote and Comer received 18.10% of the vote. Jake

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A wide range of offices and propositions were on election ballots across the St. Louis metro area on Tuesday.

Huttig Building Products, a Town and Country-based building materials and millwork distributor that was publicly held before it was sold in May 2022, is rebranding under its new parent company's name.

St. Louis city residents have decided they’re OK with paying a bit more for their pot. With more than 62 percent of the vote, St. Louis residents have passed a proposition that will allow the city to levy an additional sales tax of 3 percent on the sale of recreational-use marijuana.

The Jennings City Council recently passed a measure giving raises to council members and the mayor.

I think I may have a trip to Los Angeles in my near future: A battle is being waged at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station near downtown Los Angeles. The weapon of choice? Loud classical music....L.A. Metro’s goal with the music and lights is to reduce crime and drive away unhoused people. ....The transit authority ...continue reading "Classical music cuts crime 20% on the LA metro"

Over at New York, John Herrman describes the TikTokification of everything—except worse: You’re stuck in line at the grocery store, so you check your phone. Your brain shuts off, and your thumb takes over. Soon, a tall video plays. A man is tricking a baboon with some sleight of hand. He makes a lighter disappear ...continue reading "How the Chinese are really using TikTok to destroy us"