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Changes are underway in jails across the St. Louis region following a killer’s daring escape in Pennsylvania. That killer is now back in custody after a near two-week manhunt, while detention centers here are immediately asking if it can happen here.

There are big concerns in a small town in Randolph County, Illinois, about a man accused of setting someone on fire and killing them.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the NCAA has appeared all over Techdirt, representing itself as a jealous and prolific defender of all the intellectual property rights the college athletics organization has, or imagines it has. Like any good cabal, the NCAA is both extremely insular and also aggressive when it comes to anyone else using […]

The murder of longtime Troy, Illinois, resident Norma Caraker has hit customers of the Troy Family Restaurant especially hard. She was a waitress there and was known for her generosity.

The city said it filed a motion for a temporary restraining order seeking to stop the drilling of an extraction well at Ameren's Huster Road substation.

Political unrest and crumbling infrastructure were also factors in the disaster.

Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting. St. Louis police identified the victim Thursday as 16-year-old Antonio Thompson from the city.

When Troy police officers arrived at the home on the 600 block of Lower Marine Road, they found 60-year-old Norma Caraker dead inside.

Dakota Morrison and Diane Gonzalez were killed at an intersection when another driver jumped the curb and struck their motorcycle. The driver was never charged.

From KMOV4:  As the City of St. Charles works to expand tourism, there is a major push to add hotel rooms inside city limits. One possible spot angering residents is 5th and Boone’s Lick, just north of I-70, next to and behind McDonalds. Longtime St. Charles resident Lawrence Kruse told First Alert 4 he’s seen […]

From Construction Dive:  The Dodge Momentum Index, a benchmark that measures nonresidential building planning, dropped 6.5% in August due to slowdowns in both commercial and institutional projects, according to the Dodge Construction Network. August’s drop means the index, which peaked in December 2022 and typically leads actual construction spending by 12 months, has now contracted […]

From CNBC:  Electric vehicles are taking up an increasing percentage of the overall auto market share every year — rising from 4% in 2020 to 14% last year. Among the holdouts, a lack of charging infrastructure seems to be one of consumers’ most common reasons for not switching from gas to electric vehicles. But now, […]