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EDWARDSVILLE – The agenda for Wednesday’s Madison County board meeting includes a discussion about the removal of Charlotte Dixon from the Metro East Sanitary District Board of Commissioners. “Dixon’s recent votes to create an unnecessary $108,000/year job, and then give the Executive Director Rick Fancher a raise are the reasons I’m again calling for Dixon’s removal from the board,” Prenzler said. The MESD board, on Sept. 19, voted to hire retired Granite City Police Chief Mike Nordstrom at $100,000/year, plus another $8,000/year for “not taking health insurance.” The board also voted to give Fancher a raise to $111,240/year. Commissioner Charlie Brinza cast the sole vote against both actions of the board. Prenzler submitted a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request to MESD asking for Nordstrom’s job description and application, but was told there was “nothing on file.” Twice this year, after her term expired

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Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting The City Beautiful, St. Louis Views 2007-2023, a collection of paintings by Michael […]

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“Here’s to Champagne problems!” a 20-something brunette in a ball gown cheers, her voice as bubbly as her lifted flute. It’s opening night at Alamo Drafthouse for what bodes to be one of the biggest movies this fall — not a Spielberg thriller, Halloween horror flick or Oscar-baiting period piece, but a film version of the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, starring none other than planet Earth’s favorite blonde American.

If you're missing a Red October, maybe this will get you ready for the return of Cardinals baseball.

A midtown coffee shop gave book lovers a chance to read books that have been banned in the state of Missouri.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.57% for the week ended Oct. 12 — up from 7.49% the prior week.

On 9/11, the world stopped. On 9/12, their stories moved us all.

Three companies are proposing pipelines to carry CO2 from ethanol plants in the Midwest. The projects would go through farmland and past small towns, leaving rural first responders worried about safety.

The project will bring security cameras, safer terminals and high-security fencing to all 38 MetroLink stations.

The $21 million grant program in Illinois has launched to help clean energy contractors, especially those from underserved areas, grow their businesses.

Groups like the National Digital Inclusion Alliance have consistently released studies showing that telecom giants like AT&T, despite billions in subsidies and tax breaks, routinely avoid upgrading minority and low income neighborhoods to fiber. Not only that, the group has documented how users in those neighborhoods even struggle to have their existing (older and slower) DSL lines repaired. Regional […]

Four weeks into the United Auto Workers strike against the Detroit Three automakers, union President Shawn Fain announced in a livestream that the union would no longer wait until Fridays to expand its strike to new plants. “We’re entering a new phase of this fight, and it demands a new approach,” Fain said Friday. While Fain did not call for additional strikes against General Motors, Ford or Stellantis during the livestream, he said the UAW was prepared to call more local unions to walk…

'Mother's Against Drunk Driving' hosted their annual 5K fundraiser at Creve Coeur Park.

A brave Tennessee teen who lost her legs after a car crashed into her in downtown St. Louis is walking again. It's thanks to her new prosthetic legs.

Rex Sinquefield, a retired businessman has been a philanthropic force in St. Louis, and a political force in Jefferson City. His approach to influencing public policy has evolved. After years of eye-popping political contributions and pitched battles that made him a polarizing figure, he's embraced more subtlety recently.

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Crews are responding to a crash involving over five vehicles on Monday.