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Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to announce an investment to improve transportation across the state Friday.

Jeff Beck recently lined up six concerts in the southern U.S. that will feature him supporting ZZ Top, and now the British guitar legend has announced a full North American…

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Let’s start with the absolute best part of the Muny’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: the set. I know that sounds like a diss (the singing and staging are also excellent), but you have to understand the incredibleness of this set. A combination of efforts from scenic designer Edward E. Haynes Jr, video designer Greg Emetaz, and lighting designer Jason Lyons, the set explodes with color, neon lights, twinkling stars and the rippling dunes of a storybook-style Egypt and Canaan.

A Kirkwood woman was shot to death inside her home over the weekend. Prosecutors have charged her ex-boyfriend in connection with the crime.

In addition to reuniting on the stage, Porno for Pyros looks to be reuniting in the studio. In a Facebook post, guitarist Peter DiStefano reveals that the Perry Farrell-led outfit…

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Everything clicked for 18andCounting last summer. The St. Louis trailblazer of experimental hip-hop and art, also known as Stan Chisholm, had made it through a few years of full-time teaching experience and was grooving there. He had finally figured out how to balance his disparate artistic interests, which span many things music to many things visual art, and had gotten comfortable switching gears between all of those things.

CARLINVILLE - Everyone in the community is invited to sign up for the Carlinville Public Library newsletter, which is another way to keep in touch with activities at the library. The monthly newsletter will be distributed by email, and provide a wide variety of information about the library. “It’s a new way for us to keep people connected,” said Director Hannah Miller, the creator of the newsletter. “It will cover anything that’s going on at the library.” All library events, including speakers, demonstrations, and youth programs, will be covered in the newsletter, as well as any new displays and artwork. New books for the month, with highlights on selected titles, will be featured, as well as new apps like the SHARE Mobile Library and the CloudLibrary. Books and programs for children, teenagers, and adults will all be covered in the newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, use the form at the bottom of the library’s website, or email

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Business travel has recovered more slowly than leisure, but Southwest expects improvement in the fall.

East St. Louis School District went back to school Thursday with some new changes implemented.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. One of the nation’s biggest residential “clean energy” lenders has suspended making loans to homeowners in Missouri, citing economic conditions and a new state law that mandated more consumer protections and oversight. Ygrene Energy Fund, based in California, said it will also stop lending in California, but will […]

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Moore most recently served as the director of lifestyle content for Gray Television.

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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In its first days of operation in July, a newly revamped, national mental health hotline was already exceeding Missouri providers’ expectations as a wave of people dialed three numbers: 9-8-8.

In its first days of operation in July, a newly revamped, national mental health hotline was already exceeding Missouri providers’ expectations as a wave of people dialed three numbers: 9-8-8. …

Channel your inner Huck Finn on the STL Riverfront Adventure, a unique and unforgettable tour of St. Louis via the largest river in North America!

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A Hazelwood teenager was hospitalized over the weekend following a watercraft crash on Mark Twain Lake.

Some business and building owners off guard and wondering whether, as intense storms grow more frequent with climate change, such a large project makes sense in an area with a history of flooding.

Andrew Collins has rented his home in Florissant for years. But he suspected that was coming to an end when real estate brokerage firm Main Street Renewals bought his home last year.

The fastest game on Earth.   HOCKEY: Faster Than Ever explores the science behind ice hockey. Technology, physics and other topics highlight the advances of

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