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The Missouri State Employees Retirement System will dump investments tied to Russia and bar investment managers from making future purchases of Russian securities, the Board of Trustees decided Thursday. The board held a special meeting in response to the call from state Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick to divest. After a brief discussion, including a presentation from […]

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Iron Maiden has become yet another rock artist to have concerts canceled because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The legendary U.K. heavy metal band has scrapped shows in Kyiv, Ukraine,…

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A man was fatally wounded Wednesday morning in the Ville neighborhood, police said.

Imo's Pizza? Chaminade? The Arch? Deuce Tatum hit all the highlights for his NBA star dad's birthday video.

An aldermanic committee had been scheduled to discuss the bill Thursday but the sponsor says more behind-the-scenes talks are needed to work out details.

With a change of just a few words, a bill to expand the sales tax exemption for food purchases became a bill virtually ending the exemption, infuriating its sponsor and forcing a …

Robyn Tiffany Roberts admitted filing at least 18 false and fraudulent tax return on behalf of 10 clients, and was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in the case.

Back in December, we wrote about how the major book publishers had teamed up to sue the state of Maryland over a fairly tame law concerning ebooks and libraries. As we’ve been detailing, over the last few years, the big book publishers have been working overtime to abuse copyright law to destroy libraries. Whereas, historically, […]

An advocacy group has filed a complaint with the Vatican against St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski.

A spokesperson for Enterprise Center said they don’t plan to change the safety protocols in place.

The price of vegetable oil has shot up by an average of two-thirds since the start of the pandemic. Here's the trend over the past two years: Ukraine is a fairly big exporter of both raw grain and seed oils, and a long, grinding war might well have a big effect on supplies of both. ...continue reading "Raw data: The price of (vegetable) oil"

As the coronavirus fades, companies are reacting to higher customer demand by boosting inventory, which is putting pressure on their working capital needs. In order to help, this bank is boosting its customers working lines of credit.

St. Charles County prosecutors are considering upgraded charges for a father accused of hitting and critically injuring his infant daughter, who has since died.

St. Louis Alderman Joe Vaccaro claims that Police Chief John Hayden offered to fix tickets from a February 10. Traffic stop. Hayden says Vaccaro's actions in the stop should merit an apology to the officer.

PONTOON BEACH/ALTON/GODFREY - Ameren Illinois customers in and around Madison County will see energy at work firsthand throughout the spring and well into the fall as crews replace vintage steel pipeline and natural gas services with modern, corrosion-resistant polyethylene material. Crews working on behalf of Ameren Illinois will replace more than five miles of natural gas pipeline and nearly 375 individual customers' natural gas services. The total investment for these projects is $8.2 million and all should be completed by the end of the year, weather pending. Communities include: Pontoon Beach – Crews will start working in July at the Gateway Tradeport to upgrade a high-pressured natural gas pipeline to provide additional capacity to the natural gas system to meet current and future development for the Pontoon Beach area. Total project investment is $3.1 million. Alton – In March, crews will begin work in two neighborhoods starting on State Street. They will

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COLLINSVILLE – The Collinsville Police Department (CPD) requested the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 6 to investigate an officer-involved shooting (OIS) in the 100 block of Arnold Street in Collinsville. Illinois State Police said on Thursday that at approximately 8:36 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, Collinsville Police Department responded to a residence in the 100 block of Arnold Street location for a reported home invasion. When officers arrived, they observed Kevin C. Steinhauer, a 45-year-old male from East Carondelet, Illinois, inside the residence with a firearm. "Reportedly, after repeated orders from the officers to drop the weapon, Steinhauer opened the door and fired at the officers," ISP said. "Officers returned fire and struck Steinhauer. Officers attempted to render aid, however, Steinhauer succumbed to his injuries at the scene. No officers were injured in the incident. ISP said the investigation is still ongoing and

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