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The pedestrian was found lying in the road about 2:50 a.m. Tuesday.

Alamo Drafthouse will open its 10 screens on the west side of City Foundry, the Midtown entertainment district at Forest Park Parkway and Vandeventer Avenue.

An investigation is underway after police say someone fired shots at another person during an argument over a bicycle in St. Charles County.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The St. Louis area, with more than 60 breweries, will soon be adding another. Construction on Shoehorn Brewery, located at 225 E. Main St. in Belleville, is nearly complete, with plans to open soon. The brewery needs some finishing touches and is just awaiting clearance from the state to begin serving, […]

Schlafly Beer's Full Moon Festival will return this winter fully equipped with live music, pig roasting and lots of beer from the St. Louis-based brewery. The event will take over Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue, Maplewood) from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 9, Schlafly announced on Tuesday. It will feature with a variety of activities from local restaurants, musicians and beer.

Whether student debtors will get the loan relief promised by President Joe Biden is now in the hands of a Missouri federal judge. For nearly two hours Wednesday, attorneys for the six states challenging the plan to forgive almost $500 billion in student debt argued with Department of Justice lawyers over which laws should govern […]

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Workers at a big St. Louis hotel want to be represented by a union and their effort has emerged as an issue in the hotly-contested race for St. Louis aldermanic president.

This is one of the entrances to the Madeleine metro stop in Paris. I was fascinated by the three-tier escalator and tried over and over to get a picture of it. The problem is that it had to be a panorama, and Photoshop continually refused to stitch all the individual shots together. Eventually, on about ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Last night Republican candidate for U.S. Senate and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt tweeted that "American needs a @kanyewest @KidRock tour. Let's go!" Schmitt's decision to reveal himself as a Kanye fan at this exact moment has raised some eyebrows.

GRAFTON - Grafton Police Chief Eric Spanton and Officer Jim Wetzstein were honored by Crime Stoppers at a ceremony in Hardin on Monday evening, October 10, 2022. Each officer was presented with a Lifesaving Award in recognition of their vital role in saving the life of a man who suffered a heart attack on August 25, 2022. “We were in the right place at the right time as part of a coordinated team effort,” Chief Spanton said. The Grafton Officers were instrumental in blocking traffic and providing a police escort to the hospital. The President of Hardin County Crime Stoppers, Terry Woefel, presided over the awards ceremony and recognized several other officers, deputies, and a dispatcher for their roles in helping with this and other lifesaving events. Hardin County Crime Stoppers is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) community organization that makes Hardin county safer. Mayor Mike Morrow and a contingent of Grafton residents attended the ceremony and showed their support and appreciation

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From KSDK:  St. Louis County Police Chief Kenneth Gregory told his fellow commanders he found out construction was going to get started on two new precinct stations when he turned on the news and saw County Executive Sam Page making the announcement on Sept. 21. The projects have been in the works for more than five […]

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Fire Department is hosting its long-running annual open house on Saturday, October 15. The public is invited to attend the event, which will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Public Safety Building, 333 S. Main Street. The open house allows visitors to get an up-close look at the Fire Department’s operations and equipment. A helicopter landing, live fire demonstration, Technical Rescue Team exercise and visits from Sparky, the Fire Dog, also are planned. Free refreshments also will be provided, and kids bicycle helmets will be given away. In addition, Edwardsville Police Department members will display their equipment and be available to answer questions. The City’s police and fire headquarters are both housed at the Public Safety Building, which opened in 2017. The majority of the time, the Fire Department is coming to residents, not the other way around. That’s what makes the open house such a terrific occasion, said Fir

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From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune:  Four Missouri tradeswomen traveled to London to participate in the 2022 Tradeswomen Building Bridges (TBB) conference to inspire more women in the United Kingdom and internationally to build careers in the construction trades. They were among nearly 50 delegates from North America who represented the diversity of women working […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The Bass Pro Shops location that’s under construction is getting bigger, even before it opens. The new store in Sunset Hills, originally projected to open in the second half of 2022, will now take up the entire shopping center at 3600 S. Lindbergh Blvd., with the Springfield, Missouri-based outdoor retailer […]

From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 hosted a ribbon cutting at its state-of-the-art training center at 3755 Corporate Trail Drive to mark the official opening of the facility. The training center opened in the summer of 2020 but with COVID-19 restrictions, the official grand opening was delayed until Sept. 22. […]

Adam Wainwright just completed his 17th MLB season. While the 41-year-old hurler proved durable for most of the 2022 campaign, he had hoped for a stronger finish.