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Forty-two dogs needed help. They needed a dramatic rescue.

Record rainfall in the St. Louis region early Tuesday shut down Interstate 70 near Mid River Mall Drive and stranded some motorists in high water.

The historic rainfall from Monday night to Tuesday morning caused catastrophic flooding which led animals to die at two animal shelters in St. Charles and St. Peters.

Safety testing and operator training are scheduled to be conducted on the Loop Trolley route daily from July 27 through Aug. 3. If the process does well, Bi-State Development will …

St. Louis' downtown ban on electric scooters will extend through at least the first part of 2023.

“Everything just came across the tracks,” said Jason Hare. “This morning, we were looking out our window and we had to evacuate because it was going so high.”

Damion Delgado pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and other charges for fatally stabbing Amethyst "Ame" Killian in 2020. She was pregnant.

Keep up to date on what St. Louis-area attractions and locations are not opening due to the weather.

Animal shelters and facilities around the St. Louis area are in need of help after facilities were damaged by flooding.

St. Louis officials have signed executive orders declaring states of emergency as a record amount of rainfall displaces residents and closes roadways. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed executive orders Tuesday that will enable the state of Missouri to request federal support. “Communities throughout our region were devastated by last night’s record rainfall and flooding,” Jones said in a statement.

We all know this country is capable of evils normally associated with authoritarian regimes — things like torture, illegal spying, the occasional exhortation to commit suicide, etc. But we expect the country we love to only violate our sense of justice for big things: War on Terror, War on Drugs, War on… Equal Rights, I […]

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Fire Department personnel called a Fire Box Alarm for a structure fire in the area of Richetta Drive in Edwardsville on Tuesday morning. The fire call went out at 7:22 a.m. Tuesday and responding agencies included Glen Carbon Fire, Wood River Fire, Bethalto Fire, Troy EMS, and Madison County Rehab unit. Responding crews found a 20 x 50 outbuilding with smoke showing from eaves. Eaves are a part of a roof that projects out horizontally beyond the side of the structure it covers. Firefighters entered the building and quickly extinguished the fire with 2 1-3/4-inch hand lines fed from a skid load, Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford said. "No one was in the building at the time and no one was injured during the fire, but some personal property was damaged and there was significant damage to one end of the structure," the chief said. The Edwardsville Fire Department said the fire is still under investigation.

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Multiple drivers were rescued from vehicles on highways and roads. One person died in St. Louis floodwaters.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones declared a state of emergency in the City of St. Louis Tuesday after record rainfall and flash flooding in the area.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page warned of additional flooding Tuesday night.

The challenge claims that the federal government is attempting to force states and schools to follow antidiscrimination requirements that “misconstrue the law.”

LEBANON - Stephanie Bubert has organized a special GoFundMe fundraiser for Dustin Brown, a 26-year-old Lebanon man, who died in a tragic fatal motorcycle accident on Illinois Route 100 in Elsah Saturday night. Bubert is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Beau W. Brown. "Beau and Bobbie Jo had the unthinkable happen," Stephanie Bubert said. "They lost their fun-loving, amazing son Dustin to a fatal motorcycle accident. Dustin was someone who would drop anything and help someone in need. Now, Beau and Bobbie Jo have to lay their sweet son to rest. "Funeral expenses are costly and I am sure Beau and Bobbie Jo will be taking some time off work to grieve their son. Please consider donating to Dustin’s funeral expenses so that Beau and Bobbie Jo do not have to stress and worry about that while grieving." To donate to the GoFundMe, click below: https://gf.me/v/c/rpyx/e7ecvv-helping-the-browns See related story: https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/state-police-release-information-about-fatal-motorcycle-crash-on-illinois-route-100-60130.cfm

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This chart shows the growth rate of the 22 largest cities in America. Note that these are actually MSAs, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and include most of the suburbs that surround the cities. The only two cities that have lost population since 1970 are Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Detroit cut it close, but squeaked by with a ...continue reading "Raw data: The fastest growing cities in the United States"