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The contest draws 34 candidates, including at least one bona fide ‘RINO.’

A Christian Hospital Emergency Medical Services paramedic died during an early morning workout at a gym in St. Charles, police said.

(The Center Square) – Nineteen students, a teacher and a second adult were killed Tuesday in an elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. It was the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut that left 26…

The San Francisco Giants baseball team is once again back to celebrating Metallica Night. After a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual event returned Tuesday at SF's…

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Everyone is ready to make this a summer to remember. There are rivers to be floated, stars to sleep under, coolers to pack and concerts and events to attend.

Meredith Shadwick isn't completely sure if the story of how Tropical Moose (150 East Argonne Drive, Kirkwood) got its name is true. Still, it's the legend everyone tells.

If you find yourself on the banks of the Huzzah donning a pair of frayed jorts (homemade, obviously) and hunched over the back end of a canoe trying to push off from the gravely landing, you've already reached peak St. Louis summer. However, as any seasoned sailor of the low seas knows, this quintessential experience can be made or broken based on the refreshments.

Yes, St. Louis summers are hot, sweltering even. But we also have some of the coolest outdoor events of the year over the summer.

Summer is a great time to be outside, but it's also hot. One of the best parts about summer is cooling off — either poolside or by staying indoors.

Green Door Art Gallery proudly presents Botanicals & Blooms II, A celebration of all things floral and botanical. The exhibit features sculptural gourd vessels by

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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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Each dinner will include five courses and wine and cocktail pairings, with proceeds going toward the James Beard Foundation’s Open for Good initiatives.

A federal judge sentenced a Belleville man to 25 years in prison today after authorities caught him attempting to have sex with an underage boy. Kenneth Rogers, 24, traveled to Brentwood in 2020 thinking he was about to meet a  14-year-old boy but ended up in handcuffs instead. A St. Louis County Police sergeant posing as the boy’s older brother on Grindr made arrangements with Rogers to have sex with the purported 14-year-old.

GLEN CARBON – When Girl Scout Cadettes focus on an issue they care about, learn the facts, and take action to make a difference, they gain the confidence and skills that will catapult them to lifelong success. It all adds up to the Girl Scout Silver Award – the highest honor a Cadette in grades 6-8 can achieve. Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois is pleased to announce this year’s class of Silver Award Girl Scouts who were honored at the annual Recognition of Excellence ceremony on Sunday, May 15. Congratulations to all our Silver Award Girl Scouts! Troop #74 from the Belleville/Swansea area Project: Encouraging Students to Recycle Aria Brown Troop #74 from the Belleville/Swansea area Project: Preserving Pollinators Kyleigh Bagby Troop #121 from the ClinClair area Project: Humane Society Enrichment Walk Isabelle Tripp Elizabeth White Kate Wittenstrom Troop #163 from the O’Fallon/Shiloh/Fairview Heights area Project: Busy Blankets

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A report published Monday by a federal watchdog sheds new light on the scope of missing foster children in Missouri, an issue that infuriated state lawmakers last year and led …

ALTON - Tackling any task – from a child walking to an adult learning a new job – starts with a first step. The same goes for taking care of your mental and behavioral health, but even the experts admit it may be daunting to ask for help. In the midst of Mental Health Awareness Month , experts are reminding you there are resources to bridge the gap between “What do I do?” and “I have the care I need.” Katie Koeller is a behavioral health navigator (BHN) at OSF HealthCare in Alton, Illinois . BHN is a free, ministry-wide service at OSF HealthCare, but you don’t have to be an OSF HealthCare patient to use it. The program helps people in areas like depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol use, and problems with work, school, or relationships. The BHN talks to the patient – either at a provider’s office or over the phone – about what care they need, and they point the person to that care as close to home and as soon as possible.

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