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Goodbye, summer. Hello, fall! Meteorological fall, that is.

As shoppers, we can find ourselves looking at our spending or our bank accounts asking ourselves "where did all my money go?"

One week after releasing their 2023 regular season schedule, the St. Louis Cardinals have officially announced their spring training schedule for next year.

During the pandemic, Jay's International Foods (3172 South Grand Boulevard, 314-772-2552) decided to do a bit of a face lift. The shop now jokingly says it needs to be called Trader Jay’s after adding a new floor and redoing the front entrance. “People have loved it so much,” says JoJo Prapaisilapa, whose family owns the store.

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White tested negative for the COVID-19 virus and has returned to work at the James R. Thompson Center. Last week, Secretary White tested positive for the virus. He experienced mild symptoms and worked from home while in quarantine. White is double vaccinated and twice boosted.

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ALTON – OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony’s Health Center in Alton has a vision of strengthening the Riverbend community by providing accessible, affordable high-quality health care to all. In line with that vision and a recently-announced strategic affiliation with SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, OSF Saint Anthony’s, and OSF Medical Group - Pediatrics will be holding a free open house to highlight pediatric services. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 17 th , at the OSF Medical Group – Primary Care office in Godfrey (6702 Godfrey Road). Parents can learn about resources and best practices related to safe sleep, injury prevention, healthy eating, sports care, psychology, and other outpatient services for children. Parents can also learn about how to put a car seat in a vehicle safely. The Alton Police Department will be giving away gun locks to help keep kids safe at home. Free food will be available. First Mi

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ST. LOUIS - On the heels of his historic MTV VMA performance as the first male country artist to perform on the show, Multi-Platinum, 5X AMA award-winning entertainer Kane Brown today announced his Drunk or Dreaming Tour will arrive in the US next year. Produced by AEG Presents, the US tour will kick off in Grand Rapids, MI on March 16, 2023 and hit 23 US cities along the way before wrapping in Greenwood Village, CO at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre on Saturday, June 10 . The Drunk or Dreaming Tour will make a stop in St. Louis on April 14. During the tour, Brown will perform his first solo headlining arena show at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on March 31. The international leg of the tour will wrap up in Stockholm on January 31 after hitting cities including Sydney, London, and Toronto. The new tour follows the success of Brown’s Blessed & Free Tour in which he visited all 29 NBA basketball arenas, making the “breakthrough entertainer” ( AP) the

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ST. LOUIS - Imo's Holding Company of Imo's Pizza announced a new chief executive officer Wednesday. Mark Miner has assumed the role. Miner is replacing Carl Imo, who has been president since 2014. Previously, he was the senior vice president of operations and senior vice president of sales for Arcobasso Foods/Golding Farms Foods, Inc., a [...]

The St. Charles County Police Department is asking for the public's help with finding two missing teenagers.

A Kansas City man who was involved in two separate shootings on the same day was sentenced Tuesday in federal court for illegally possessing firearms.

ST. LOUIS - Today, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones will sign a proclamation declaring August 31, 2022, International Overdose Awareness Day in the City of St. Louis. The City joins the White House , St. Louis County, and other municipalities across the country in raising awareness about the dangers of opioid abuse and overdoses. “Opioid abuse and overdose take a heartbreaking toll on St. Louis families and communities,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “Addiction is a root cause of crime, and addressing it will make our neighborhoods safer in the long run. From funding for community violence intervention programs to the pivotal work at the City of St. Louis Department of Health, my administration is working to educate residents about opioid addiction while taking steps to prevent it from taking hold in our communities. County Executive Page and I have discussed how we can work together on this issue, and I’m ready to collaborate with all of our regional partners to protect

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SPRINGFIELD – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), along with the entire Illinois Congressional delegation, sent a letter to President Biden requesting that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provide federal assistance to the State of Illinois to help St. Clair County respond to significant damage from the flash floods on July 26. “We write in support of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s request for federal assistance for the State of Illinois to help St. Clair County to recover from severe flooding that occurred last month. Governor Pritzker has indicated that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response and recovery are beyond the combined capability of the state and local governments. As such, he requests Individual Assistance for St. Clair County to help the residents clean up and rebuild amid this large-scale flood damage,” the lawmakers wrote. In their letter, the lawmakers

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CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul sent a letter to the administrators of Illinois colleges and universities highlighting new guidance from the U.S. Department of Education that allows students to be paid through the Federal Work-Study program for working to register voters. The Federal Work-Study program provides part-time jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial needs, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to the student’s course of study, whenever possible. The department’s new guidance allows students to be paid with work-study funds for participation in voter registration activities. “As we approach the 2022 election, it is vital that young people have a voice in the direction of our nation by exercising their fundamental right to vote,” Raoul said. “This guidance offers a way to engage students in the democratic process and instill a lifelong

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A big-time arm could return to the St. Louis Cardinals rotation soon in the final weeks of the team's postseason push.

The suit is the first civil case against David Smock, who was charged late last year with more than a dozen counts of child sex crimes.

More than nine years of news cycles ago, the initial Snowden leak dropped. The next few years were filled with lawsuits, extensive news coverage, reform efforts (some better than others), the unplanned retirement of one bulk collection program, and an uptick in public outcry against large-scale government surveillance programs. Nearly a decade later, the NSA’s […]

Chef and owner Logan Ely is not sure what to call the main dishes served at Press (2509 South Jefferson Avenue), the Fox Park restaurant he opened with his business partner, Brian Schuman, on August 25th. Pizzas? Calzones?

On Wednesday, the St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office said positive identification has been made now of Randy Moore, 13, and Chase Curry, 9.

ST. LOUIS - Cardinals designated hitter Albert Pujols is pursuing a historic milestone, nearing Alex Rodriguez's career-homerun mark of 696 for 4th all-time on the list of the game's greatest long-ball hitters. Drafted in 1999, Pujols erupted on the scene in 2001, batting .329 while hitting 37 homeruns in his first season with the team. [...]

Unemployment has plummeted everywhere: Unemployment rates were lower in July than a year earlier in 383 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 5 areas, and unchanged in 1 area, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Well, almost everywhere. So who are the five unlucky areas that managed to beat the odds and ...continue reading "Unemployment is down everywhere except Indiana"