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EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville junior receiver Kellen Brnfre enjoyed some success as a sophomore for the Tigers football team in the 2021 season, catching 25 passes for 330 yards and three touchdowns and also ran 13 times for 144 yards and a touchdown, scoring a total of five touchdowns on the season. His breakout game was against Belleville East. where he caught seven passes for 69 yards and also ran for 35 more yards in the Tigers' win over the Lancers. Brnfre felt that the summer season went well for himself and his teammates, overcoming a slow start to keep improving throughout the offseason. "Yeah, it was a good summer," Brnfre said. "It was a little slow, but I think we're starting to pick up the speed and pick up the pace." Brnfre feels that setting the bar high at the start will set a good example for younger players on the team. "Yeah, we work hard," Brnfre said. "We've got to set the bar, me and two other of my teammates, we've got to set the bar for the younger kids looking

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WOOD RIVER - Senior football lineman Richard Seitzinger is one of the key linemen that East Alton-Wood River High will be depending on when the Oilers open their 2022 football season on Aug. 26 at home against Harrisburg. Seitzinger is one of the team's hardest workers, both on the field and in the weight room, leading by example for his teammates while encouraging them to work together to be successful. For his efforts, Seitzinger has been named a Midwest Members Credit Union male Athlete of the Month at EAWR. Seitzinger, who plays for head coach Garry Herron, has played football for nearly a decade and enjoys both working with and helping out his teammates. "I've been playing football for eight years," Seitzinger said, "and the most I like about football is being with my friends and working together in tough situations." Seitzinger thanked his family for their support in his football endeavors. "I would like to thank my mom, dad, sisters and brother-in-law for pushing me to the

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The Ladd Brothers operated a service station at Bellevue and Manchester.  This I know for certain.  I don’t know for how long.  They must have been successful for they built a modern four-bay building that survives until this day. I first ran a blog post featuring these photographs in 2012.  Thanks to our Community Development […]

Scott Maddox of Olathe, KS joined the Real Rock Army today

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LGBTQIA+ communities have been contributing to St. Louis’s history for centuries. Now the Gateway to Pride virtual exhibit will begin to uncover the rarely-shared or

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The Washington Post gets us up to speed today on the latest meme/vibe/tiktok taking over the business world. It's called "quiet quittting": Kathy Kacher, founder of Career/Life Alliance Services, said that “quiet quitting” is a new term for an old concept: employee disengagement. But it’s arriving in a moment of “unprecedented burnout,” Kacher said. It’s ...continue reading "“Quiet quitting” is the latest half-witted workplace meme"

EDWARDSVILLE - The BuseyBank Edwardsville Rotary Criterium Festival bicycle road race series in Edwardsville was once again a community success. The race takes an abundance of volunteers and crew and once again they all came through like clockwork. There were 170 volunteers who took part this year. The records set in both pre-registration and racers competing are a great testament to the growing popularity of the event, and Race Director Brian Mulhill has a theory on why. "You know, I think it's just delivering a consistent, safe course," Mulhill said, "year in and year out. And the riders, when they know they show up, they're going to be treated professionally and with great courtesy, and efficiency and the crowd's going to be huge. They'd rather have that than the payouts. And I've learned that in the last year, listening to a lot of meetings with directors, these racers anymore are much more about the environment than they are about winning 50 bucks, or even the pros, maybe winning

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Nolan Arenado hit a two-run single in the seventh inning and finished with three RBIs, helping the St. Louis Cardinals stretch their winning streak to seven games with a 6-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

St. Louis families are getting students ready to head back to school this week. Some families are doing that while still dealing with the aftermath of July's historic flooding.

The Chinese tech giant said "we do not collect keystroke or text inputs using this code," but open-source research shows it has the capacity in place

A boat crash on the Lake of the Ozarks claimed the life of a Byrnes Mill, Missouri man.

A driver is facing several charges after running from the scene of a crash Sunday afternoon in St. Peters.

Ballwin police are investigating after a large amount of jewelry is stolen from a store on Manchester Road.

"We have always experienced cooperative, welcoming projects with our municipal partners. This is very foreign to us," Monarch Fire Chief Cary Spiegel said.

The AMBER Alert for two Kansas City girls was canceled after police found the girls and said they are safe. Police are still looking for the girls' The girls' father, Jordan Owsley.

The 200X scratchers game still has more than $37.6 million in unclaimed prizes, including the $2 million top prize.

Missouri star freshman Luther Burden is making his mark on Columbia before his first college football game.