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A 13-year-old boy arrived at a St. Louis hospital just before 3 a.m. Saturday with a gunshot wound to his elbow.

A 19-year-old was killed, and a 16-year-old was injured Friday afternoon in a shooting in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood.

Bag Phones, Brick Phones, Blackberries, a Satellite Phone and more – these are some of the cellular telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone

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BENTON - An Oblong man and Robinson woman pleaded guilty on Thursday, August 4, 2022, to breaking into cars, stealing checks and IDs from vehicles, and committing identity theft in order to obtain thousands of dollars from local banks by fraud. According to court documents, Zachary Patrick, 30, of Oblong, Illinois, and Briana Blair, 31, of Robinson, Illinois, stole checks and personal identifying information from a series of victims, often by breaking into the victims’ vehicles. Patrick and Blair then used the victims’ information however they could, writing and depositing fraudulent checks, forging victims’ signatures, and withdrawing and spending thousands of dollars as they traveled around eastern Illinois and western Indiana. The pair even opened a bank account using one victim’s stolen information. The pair was eventually caught in a hotel parking lot in Brazil, Indiana, breaking into yet another vehicle. Patrick and Blair initially identified themselves

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EAST ALTON – For over a decade, volunteers with the Illinois RiverWatch program, part of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC sm ), has been monitoring mussel populations in the Upper Sangamon River. Last year, in collaboration with the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy, the Missouri Botanical Gardens and the St. Louis Zoo, the Illinois RiverWatch program started a new 10-year project with funding from the Living Earth Collaborative. “This summer, volunteers are needed to help collect and identify mussel species,” said Danelle Haake, Illinois RiverWatch Director and Stream Ecologist. “For this project to be successful, 20 to 50 volunteers are needed to help collect mussels during each of the sampling dates.” Each mussel collected will be identified, weighed, measured, photographed and released. Genetic sampling will also be done on two focal species in the river basin, the pistolgrip and round pig-toe mussel. The

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Endangered Missouri Moderates gather, and wonder what happened. And can Senate election fix it?

Architect firm Barnett, Haynes & Barnett designed 27 Washington Terrace to be fireproof. The mansion was constructed entirely of brick, concrete, steel, and stone.

Founded in 2002, the award-winning Ferguson Farmers’ Market is now celebrating its 21st delicious season. This Saturday morning tradition brings you fresh fruits and veggies,

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Equifax issued the wrong credit scores on millions of potential borrowers in the U.S.

It may be wise to book those holiday travel plans now.

A new survey uncovers the single greatest barrier to buying an electric vehicle and it's not the cost.

Another warm and humid start out there.

St. Louis Public Schools are also hosting their Back to School Festival this weekend.

If you have kids, you probably know how the sneaker industry has exploded in popularity in recent years.

CareSTL Health will host the third Project O- Opioid Awareness Day Walk/Run in Forest Park at the Upper Muny Parking Lot Saturday from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Multi-Agency Resource Centers for flood victims have been slammed with people needing assistance all week.

A woman was killed in her home in midtown St. Louis.