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This will be a short one, but the reputation rehab project for Third Culture Bakery has begun. If you don’t recall that name, it’s a baker business in California that somehow convinced the USPTO to issue it a trademark for “mochi muffin“. Mochi is a rice paste popular in Japan for making small baked goods […]

Cahokia High School spent its fourth consecutive day on lockdown after a frightening week of threats.

"I don't know what's happening," he said when describing the shootings. "I'm there, but I'm not there. It's like looking through somebody else's eyes."

After several hours of testimony punctuated by occasional sobbing fits, a St. Charles man acknowledged that he killed his girlfriend, her two children, and their grandmother, but told the court that he was not in control of his actions that night.

Prosecutors called the plan “thirty pages of mischief.”

As many people who work in the construction industry will attest, it’s always exciting to witness a new building rising out of the ground. The Tarlton Corp. team on the $28 million, 48,000-square-foot renovation and expansion project at Logan University in Chesterfield, Missouri, knows this firsthand. Tarlton, a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management […]

Kansas City students were given the unique opportunity on Sept. 20-21 to learn about careers in construction, plus gain hands-on experience contributing to a Target store remodel at the “I Built This!” event sponsored by ConstructReach, KAI Build, and Target. ConstructReach is a workforce development company and social enterprise founded in 2018 by CEO Paul […]

The now 24-year-old woman wants the story of her childhood abuse to serve as a sign of courage to anyone who is or knows someone who is affected.

On the departures board at Terminal 2 at St. Louis Lambert International Airport Thursday afternoon, there were four canceled flights to Florida.

JERSEYVILLE - Jersey County Sheriff Mike Ringhausen announced early Thursday afternoon that a wanted man - Devin A. Kreuger of Jerseyville - is in U.S. Marshals' custody in St. Louis. Krueger, 26, was wanted on multiple felony warrants in Jersey, Greene, Macoupin, and Madison County. He was wanted for questioning in multiple residential burglaries and possession of a stolen vehicle. Krueger’s last address was in the 20000 block of Tuetken Road in Jerseyville. Sheriff Ringhausen said now the judicial process will begin and eventually, Krueger will be tried on this side of the river. “We are very happy U.S. Marshals got him in custody in St. Louis,” he said. “We can’t thank them enough. He seemed to have an almost ‘catch me if you can philosophy.’ People’s last hope of safety is their home and when you violate the sanctity of someone’s home, a person doesn’t feel safe anymore. It is up to us to ensure things like that don’t

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Former St. Charles residents hunkered down at a Sarasota FEMA shelter for Hurricane Ian.

R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills is among several noteworthy musicians slated to participate in an upcoming U.S. tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of #1 Record, the debut album by the short-lived…

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WASHINGTON — The eldest grandson of President Harry Truman pulled down a black cloak to unveil a towering bronze statue of his late grandfather during a Thursday ceremony at the U.S. Capitol to dedicate the sculpture honoring the 33rd president. “My grandfather was a modest man,” Clifton Truman Daniel said. “And, frankly, slightly embarrassed by […]

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GOP candidate for US Senate highlights rising prices in campaign ad.