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This series of posts explores how we can rethink the intersection of AI, creativity, and policy. From examining outdated regulatory metaphors to questioning copyright norms and highlighting the risks of stifling innovation, each post addresses a different piece of the AI puzzle. Together, they advocate for a more balanced, forward-thinking approach that acknowledges the potential of technological […]

ROXANA - Wyatt Doyle of Roxana, a Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for Roxana, recently completed an outstanding high school track and field and cross country career. Doyle, who has committed to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), earned the recognition following a demanding training season and record-setting performances. Doyle recorded the second-fastest 800-meter time in Roxana history with a mark of 1:59.41 in 2024. He described this past year as his hardest training season, reaching up to 55 miles per week in preparation for the past year's spring season at Roxana and upcoming collegiate competition at SIUE. "This was my hardest year of training, up to 55 miles a week at points, and I am ready for SIUE," he said. In addition to his 800-meter success, Doyle holds the third-fastest all-time Roxana time in the 1,600 meters with 4:42.9 and the second-fastest 3,200 meters time at 10:00.7, both achieved in 2025. He is also part of Roxana’s

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ROXANA — Incoming sophomore Paityn Lucas has emerged as a standout freshman athlete in Roxana High School’s girls track and field program this season, tying the school’s pole vault record in 2025 at 6 feet 6 inches alongside teammate Bailey Schallenberg-Decker. Julie Akal, the Roxana head girls' track and field coach, praised Lucas’s potential not only in pole vaulting but also as a valuable member of the relay teams and track and field squad in general. She is a Midwest Members Credit Union Female Athlete of the Month. “She has a lot of potential in the pole vault event and also on relays,” Akal said. “Paityn is a good relay member; she likes the 4x400 and has been working hard this summer to be ready for the 4x400 relay next year.” In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Lucas has also participated in pole vault training during the winter to establish the event with the Shells girls team in 2025, Coach Akal said. Lucas’s

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EAST ST. LOUIS – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced lane closures on eastbound Interstate 55/64 between the Poplar Street Bridge and 1 mile east of the bridge. Starting at 5 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, the left two lanes of eastbound I-55/64 will be closed to allow for the installation of highway lighting. All lanes are expected to reopen by 5 p.m. the same day. Motorists should expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes during this closure. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on the social media platform X at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com .

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On Friday, Boeing St. Louis Vice President of Air Dominance Dan Gillian addressed the company’s latest contract offer to members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837.

John Lennon took himself out of the spotlight for five years in the 1970s to raise his son Sean Lennon, but during that time he was "insanely jealous" of his…

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Back in 2011, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Jake Holmes, who wrote the song "Dazed and Confused" in 1967, settled a copyright infringement lawsuit that would lead to Zeppelin's rendition of…

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Saint Louis County's Pet Adoption Center issues an urgent appeal to the community to provide foster or adoptive homes for 60 dogs.

The United Football League (UFL) is set to undergo significant market changes, but due to its success in St. Louis, the Battlehawks will be unaffected. 

A new Las Vegas residency isn't the only thing that Def Leppard has planned for 2026.The band tells USA Today that they're working on a new album for release next…

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Clifton Booze Jr., of Hazelwood, was facing a possible sentence of 10 years to life.

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has quietly joined the parade of tech giants rolling back basic protections for transgender users, removing explicit prohibitions against deadnaming and misgendering from its hate speech policies this week. The change, first spotted by the nonprofit Open Terms Archive, eliminates language that previously listed “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as examples of […]