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2 years 11 months ago
St. Louis isn't the easiest city from which to launch yourself to social media stardom. The most-Instagrammable of backdrops — white sand beaches, picturesque mountains, McLaren dealerships — are hard to come by in these parts. But Tony Bame hasn't let that get in his way.

Welcome to the Very Best of St. Louis 2023

2 years 11 months ago
In some cities, the good things are obvious. When I lived in Los Angeles, it was a cliche to talk about being able to ski and surf in the same day — but yeah, you could do that, and both the ocean and the mountains were visible from most high-rises. In Phoenix, the same could be said for the desert vistas, the sunsets, the high-end resorts.
Sarah Fenske

'Omega Block' delaying Midwestern fall temperatures

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- What happened to the fall weather? It is nearly October and a lot of Midwesterners want to know when it will start showing up in the forecast. The National Weather Service says that an Omega Block is shifting the jet stream over the Midwest, near Canada. This is keeping the cooler temperatures [...]
Joe Millitzer

Jamestown Mall Demolition Begins

2 years 11 months ago

Jamestown Mall Demolition Begins    Future of property still undecided Following years of proposals and frustrations, the demolition of the former Jamestown Mall is underway for the property at Old Jamestown Road and Highway 67. It had been closed in 2014 and was frequently vandalized since then. A formal beginning for the demolition of once […]

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St. Louis asks Missouri Supreme Court to overturn police ‘bill of rights’ law

2 years 11 months ago

A law requiring cities to cover costs of damages when individual officers are found liable in police misconduct cases should be thrown out because it illegally imposes new duties and expenses on local governments, lawyers for St. Louis argued to the Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday. In defense of the law, Assistant Attorney General Jason […]

The post St. Louis asks Missouri Supreme Court to overturn police ‘bill of rights’ law appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Rudi Keller

Granite City woman charged in boyfriend killing

2 years 11 months ago
GRANITE CITY, Ill. -- A woman is under arrest for the death of a former boyfriend. Tara Anderson, 37, is facing murder charges in the fatal shooting of Phillip Armstrong, 39, of Granite City. A judge has ordered her to be held in police custody until her detention hearing. Police were called to the 1400 [...]
Joe Millitzer

Durbin, Markey Press Administration To Track $50 Billion In Opioid Settlement Money From Drug Corporations

2 years 11 months ago
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representative David Trone (D-MD-06) to urge the Biden Administration to more closely scrutinize and oversee over $50 billion in opioid settlement money. State and local governments will receive this money over the next 15 years as a result of settlement agreements with the opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies that fueled this epidemic. This settlement funding includes $26 billion from the 2021 settlement agreement involving Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen. The lawmakers urged the Biden Administration to enhance transparency efforts to ensure that these funds are appropriately distributed to the communities directly harmed by the opioid epidemic. These purposes include initiatives such as expanding access to naloxone, increasing funding for substance use disorder treatment programs, and youth prevention

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Orchard Town Center Nearing Phase 1 Completion 

2 years 11 months ago
GLEN CARBON - Orchard Town Center in Glen Carbon is making steady progress, according to Tim Lowe with The Staenberg Group, who gave a presentation at Tuesday’s Glen Carbon Village Board meeting to update trustees on where the project stands now. With the new Troy Road entrance to Chick-fil-A now open, he said Phase 1 is almost complete as the project transitions into Phase 2. Lowe said bringing “new-to-market” tenants to Glen Carbon was a key priority for the Orchard Town Center project. “We stayed true to what we originally promised, which was new-to-market tenants,” Lowe said. “We didn’t want to recycle tenants, we didn’t want to move people around in Glen Carbon, we didn’t want to steal people from Edwardsville. These are all new-to-market tenants.” He said the Orchard Town Center project was split up into two phases to accommodate the traffic in the area. “Phase 1 had most of the traffic improvements to

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