Just about the time that you’ll be recovering from your New Year’s Eve revelry, road blocks will go up if your daily commute is on Highway 40 between Ballas Road and I-170.

Before the morning rush hour on Jan. 2, crews will set up blockades in both directions at Ballas Road on the west and at I-170 and Brentwood Boulevard on the eastern edge of the closure.

Today’s story by reporter Elisa Crouch explains that state contractors will immediately begin demolishing bridges over Lindbergh Boulevard, Brentwood Boulevard, and Clayton and Warson roads.

Once work west of I-170 ends, crews will close…

In a story today by Nancy Cambria, we learn that Lincoln County is the second fastest growing county in the state. Last year, about 840 new homes were built. Its population has increased by 29 percent in the past five years to more than 50,000.

This expansion is taxing the services and infrastructure of Lincoln County, where many roads are still gravel or dirt.

People say they like to get away to the country on the weekends, but increasingly, the “country” keeps getting pushed further away.

With housing costs rising across St. Louis and St. Charles counties, people are searching further…