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Mark Eckert, a former four-term mayor of Belleville, died Wednesday of cancer. He was 67.

Local control. What a concept. St. Louis could use it with gun restrictions.

An expansion of MidAmerica St. Louis Airport has almost doubled the size of its terminal. Its part of a $34 million upgrade.

Gateway Global, a nonprofit, is renovating two buildings at the former Most Holy Trinity Catholic School for its program.

Gateway Global, a nonprofit, is renovating two buildings at the former Most Holy Trinity Catholic School for its program.

The Bi-State Development Agency received roughly $7.4 million for efforts to expand the city’s MetroLink train system.

Lighthouse Point, a $323 million marina and waterfront development proposed for the banks of the Mississippi River, has already been granted a special district, tax abatements, and sales tax exemptions.

A project that won funding from federal stimulus programs during the Obama administration is finally paying off on the Amtrak route between Chicago and St. Louis.

The schedule change, implemented Monday after a delay of more than three years, trims about 15 minutes off a typical journey of up to 5½ hours.

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