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GODFREY - Gerard Fischer with the Godfrey Fire Protection District gave an update on the progress and groundbreaking ceremony for the new Godfrey firehouse and administrative building during the public comment portion of the Feb. 7 Godfrey Village Board meeting . The new firehouse and administrative building will be located at 3023 Godfrey Road in Godfrey. Fischer announced they’ll be hosting a ground-breaking ceremony on Thursday, Feb. 16, and the public is invited to attend. “ want to just give you an update with what’s happened with the firehouse. I’m sure going up and down Godfrey Road, you’re seeing a lot of construction from Walmart all the way up to QuickTrip, so we’re joining the fun up here,” he said. “There’s stakes out there already, some pipes are out there and everything. “We are having our groundbreaking ceremony next Thursday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m.,” he continued. “Everybody’s invited.

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In 2021, Elton John did a commercial for UberEats with rapper Lil Nas X. This Sunday you can watch for him  in a Super Bowl commercial that stars Lil Nas X's duet partner on…

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One of the two men charged with the murder of a fellow Great Circle behavioral facility resident in St. James was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The department confirmed Brittany Hamilton was hired as a dispatcher in 2021.

An investigation is underway after several bronze vases vanished from one small Metro East cemetery.

Every year, thousands of American Bald Eagles escape the harsh northern winters by migrating to Missouri.

The incident happened at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Surrey Lane in Bellefontaine Neighbors.

A man was arrested on Feb. 3 and charged with statutory sodomy and statutory rape of a victim under the age of 14.

Commercial real estate developer GBT Realty Corp. has sold The Shoppes of Mid Rivers for $40.7 million.

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis has hired a past chairman and marketing strategist as its new president and CEO.

The home-goods chain continues to hurtle toward a possible bankruptcy.

An arrest warrant was issued today for a St. Louis Hills woman who went viral for her racist harassment of a Latino family living in south city — including banging a hammer against their door. Yesterday, the Post-Dispatch chronicled the harassment that Fatima Suarez's parents faced at their Princeton Heights home. A doorbell camera at the home captured video of 54-year-old Judy Kline banging on the door.

My latest bit of astrophotography is an image of the M81 Group, which consists of three big galaxies and a bunch of dwarf hangers-on. The big one in the picture is M81, aka Bode's galaxy. The smaller one (seen side-on)  is M82, aka the Cigar galaxy. I'm not posting this because it's an especially good ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

The handwritten lyrics to David Bowie’s 1972 Aladdin Sane single “The Jean Genie" have brought in big bucks at auction. The BBC reports that the lyric sheet sold for over $68,000 at Omega Auctions in England this weekend.…

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The outage began on the evening of Feb. 1, forcing residents to either call their case managers or visit the agency’s headquarters. The restoration of email was posted at about 10 a.m. Wednesday on social media.

Today on TAP: Why did Labor Secretary Marty Walsh give his president the bum’s rush?

Celebrate legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim at Side by Side by Sondheim, which revisits almost 30 of the most poignant, powerful and witty songs in the American musical theatre

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