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QUINCY - Fifty-four years after United States Marine Corps Corporal David Gary Redenius made the ultimate sacrifice for his nation, his dog tag will be returned to his sisters Carolyne Redenius and Beverly Warning after being found by Canadian educator and tourist Christian Dumont. Corporal David Gary Redenius, United States Marine of Hancock County, served in the 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, “Charlie” Company. He lost his life at Khe Sanh SW of Hill 689 on April 16, 1968 at the age of 20 and is the recipient of the Purple Heart. His remains were returned to his family in Quincy, Illinois where he was laid to rest. The efforts of this unit, referred to as the “Walking Dead,” earned its place in Marine Corps history. Fifty-four years later, on a visit to Vietnam, Christian Dumont discovered a dog tag in the dust of Hill 689. His research revealed that Corporal Redenius was from Hancock County, Illinois. Mr. Dumont reached out to the Illinois

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SPRINGFIELD – Bridges and buildings throughout the state are once again turning orange for National Work Zone Awareness Week and to honor those who have died in work zones as another road construction season gets underway in Illinois and across the country. “The color orange has come to symbolize that we all can play a role in making work zones safer and driving down the number of fatalities to zero,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. “The effort to ‘Go Orange’ each year is gaining momentum. We deeply appreciate the contributions of our partners to help save lives.” Among the participants that will be turning their lights orange at night: Peoria’s Murray Baker Bridge. Quincy’s Bayview Bridge. Rockford’s Morgan Street Bridge. Rockford City Hall. Embassy Suites Rockford Riverfront. Rock Island’s Centennial St. Bridge. Interstate 74 Mississippi River Bridge in the Quad Cities In 2020, the most

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Craft Alliance is pleased to present Other Ways of Knowing, a solo exhibition with Kansas City-based ceramic artist Casey Whittier.   Like so many of

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Alice Cooper has announced dates for a new fall leg of his 2022 U.S. headlining tour. The new dates of the shock rocker's Detroit Muscle tour kick off with a…

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Mind, Art, Experience: 10 Years of Chess & Culture in Saint Louis celebrates the best chess, art and culture from all 50 exhibitions held at

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Impressionism and Beyond traces the complex and generative encounters of artists with modern life, highlighting the diverse conversations between tradition and innovation, representation and abstraction, and

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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and

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Admission to the Missouri History Museum and this special exhibit is free.   Women, often portrayed as secondary characters in the city’s formation, were actually

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How's this for a grunge supergroup? Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil and Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron have released a new album together as the new band…

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A years-long impasse over increased funding for charter schools was finally broken in the Missouri Senate, leaving proponents optimistic the legislation could finally make its way to the governor’s desk. …

The Fun Bun Tempting though it was to name this post “Bao, Wow!” or even “Holy Bao,” I resisted the temptation. On the restaurant website, the place is called The Bao. But whatever it’s called, their white, puffy, steamed buns are scrumptious and addictive. Huffington Post referred to the Asian delicacy as, “the best sandwich you’ve... 

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Miso Robotics said the robot uses artificial intelligence to monitor key coffee metrics and combines them with predictive analytics to make a quality cup of coffee.

A man died during a house fire in south St. Louis Tuesday morning.

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Multiple people were shot Tuesday morning at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, the city fire department said.

As Russia has faced a flood of sanctions for its brutal invasion of Ukraine, many telecom companies, like Lumen and Cogent, also stopped feeding and financing key Internet transit routes into the country. Other companies, like domain registrar Namecheap, made the choice to stop doing business with any current residents of Russia. While severing Russia […]

New performers find both support and critique at the Thursday night talent show hosted by Janessa Markstone-Mornett Highland.

Keith Carnes was released after prosecutors announced Friday they would not retry him in the 2003 shooting death of a rival drug dealer in Kansas City.