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This is a burning bush. It looks like one, anyway. But it's really just a desert tree with the rising sun behind it. As far as I know, anyway.

Two Laclede County men have been arrested and charged in connection with a barn and home burglary in neighboring Camden County, located in central Missouri.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The developer of a multi-year $1.2 billion project in downtown St. Louis’ Chouteau’s Landing riverfront area plans to launch the project with manufacturing facilities, before the development of residential and public spaces. That includes a pair of 200,000-square-foot factories to house tenants that would support hundreds of jobs. But Good […]

GRANITE CITY - At 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2022, the Madison County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of a disturbance occurring at a residence in the 2200 block of Miracle Ave., Granite City. Upon arriving on the scene, deputies located two victims that had been battered and the suspect, who was still on scene at the residence. The suspect was identified as Kevin K. Streeb, 30, of Granite City. The Madison County Sheriff's Office said while assessing the scene and gathering preliminary information, it was determined that when Streeb arrived at the residence, he attacked the victims. Streeb was taken into custody at the scene. One of the victims sustained substantial injuries and was transported to a St. Louis area hospital. The victim was identified as: Michael John Reay, 25, of Granite City. On August 9, 2022, the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Blake K. Streeb with multiple counts of Aggravated Battery and Battery in furtherance of the incident.

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Monkeypox vaccines are headed to  the St. Louis area. Along with a plan to expand “eligibility for vaccination based on recent increased transmission of the virus in the region,” state and regional health officials have announced that St. Louis County Department of Health will serve as the St. Louis region’s hub for monkeypox vaccination. A press release from the county’s department of health detailed that the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has distributed 1,900 vials of monkeypox vaccine to the department for use within the region.

Jonas Buxton admitted he entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

A St. Louis County jury convicted a 46-year-old man on Wednesday in connection with two sexual assaults that occurred in April 2020 in Kinloch.

Today on TAP: You can *oppose the socialist IRA* by paying MORE than its Malicious Marxist cap on insulin and other co-pays!

GRAFTON, Ill. - The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau is now offering a series of guided fall color and river road history tours in Grafton and Elsah. The first-ever fall colors and river road history tours are 20-passenger guided shuttle tours that will highlight the stunning fall colors found on the river bluffs. Tours [...]

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) on Thursday announced a date for a special stockholders meeting next month to vote on several changes to how the Fortune 50 company is governed.

Smoke from the fire could be seen for miles around.

Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to deliver a statement to the press on Thursday afternoon from the Department of Justice.

A development company proposes a $1.2 billion remaking of the old factory district south of the Arch with residential, retail, entertainment, office and industrial uses.

Albert Pujols has treated baseball fans to some fine moments in his sendoff season, and he's bringing some nostalgia to ballparks all around the country.

The pizza place made the announcement in a Facebook post. A reason for the closure was not given.

WASHINGTON — Over the course of the next year, lawmakers on the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture committees will draft a new federal farm bill that will shape food, farm, conservation and nutrition programs across the country for the next five years. The omnibus law that began 90 years ago as crop supports now has […]

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The developers of an ambitious development just south of the Arch say they'd start the project off with manufacturing, including two 200,000-square-foot factories employing hundreds of workers.

BETHALTO - Bethalto East, a school for pre-kindergarten through first-grade students at 309 Albers Place in Bethalto, has undergone major renovations this past summer. Jill Griffin, superintendent for Bethalto School District #8, said there are a few finishing touches to be put on, but the school has largely been transformed. When school resumes on August 22, students will see updated lockers and cubbies, hand-washing basins in the bathrooms, new tile flooring, and more. Griffin said these renovations are meant to make the facility more age-appropriate for its students. “All the tile floor has been redone and updated to make it look more like an elementary school. Bethalto East was a middle school at one time … it these old, ugly middle school lockers and you’ve got 5- and 6-year-olds putting their stuff in them - it just didn’t have that elementary school feel,” Griffin said. “It wasn’t as developmentally appropriate for that age range

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Yogi Donuts is currently occupying a location in the West County Center food court for a very limited time. It opened Monday. It closes Sunday.