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With an ID, all Steves can receive 50% off their meal Friday to celebrate Steve Ewing's birthday.

The sweeping Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Sunday takes on an issue that Americans have been screaming about for years: The high cost of prescription drugs. But while it will bring immediate relief to millions of seniors, several experts have said it may dampen development of new drugs and […]

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For much of the last decade, Vladimir Putin has attempted to compensate for various shortcomings (like a less sophisticated real world military) by launching cyber and propaganda attacks on much of the world. And while this, for a while, resulted in a mythology that Russia was in a league of its own when it comes […]

Fire crews continued to pour water over empty shells from a burned recycling factory in Madison on Thursday. A five-alarm fire Wednesday at Interco, which recycles old electronics on Fox Industrial Drive, sent one warehouse employee to the hospital with minor injuries and prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents from Wednesday into Thursday afternoon. Madison County Emergency Management lifted a shelter-in-place order for residents closest to the smoke Thursday, citing overnight air monitoring…

A parent group in St. Charles County has posted links to file police reports against school employees.

There's a reason St. Louis was selected as the best beer city by USA Today for two years in a row. We have got the goods.

There's a reason St. Louis was selected as the best beer city by USA Today for two years in a row. We have got the goods.

Hopskellar Brewing Company 116 East Third Street, Waterloo, Illinois; 618-939-2337 hopskellar.com Hopskellar is a lesson in perseverance.

Hopskellar Brewing Company 116 East Third Street, Waterloo, Illinois; 618-939-2337 hopskellar.com Hopskellar is a lesson in perseverance.

The Gods dropped a new supermoon last night and, man, it is lit. Say hello to the “Sturgeon Moon” — a name that originates with the Algonquin peoples who called it such because it happened during peak time for catching sturgeon in the Great Lakes.

In the tiny town of Edgar Springs, Rebecca Varney recently won a small victory in her fight to access city records, though a final resolution of the long-running dispute isn’t in …

At first glance, you might think the two dumplings, with their jutting lacy wings of rice flour, are not food but art. One is set within what appears to be a small, round box and the other rests on its gold lid, which is slid ajar so both offerings are visible.

This month I am proposing a resolution to the county board that the county changes its outside auditing firm every 6 years. This is on the agenda for the Wednesday, Aug 18, Executive Committee meeting. For more than 20 years Madison County has had the same CPA firm auditing its books. This is the "best practice" of the State of Illinois and many of the best-run counties. The following counties changed (hired new and different) outside auditors beginning with these fiscal years: Champaign – 2016 Lake – 2017 McLean – 2019 Peoria – 2016 Sangamon – 2017 Winnebago – 2017 Franklin County, Missouri – 2020 St. Charles County, Missouri – 2021 St. Louis County, Missouri - 2020 Major counties that did not change auditors within the last 5 or 6 years are usually with very large, often international, accounting firms. Independence is the reason for changing outside auditors. It's possible that over years of working together, relationships may

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St. Louis police officers will be returning to their normal eight-hour shifts earlier than expected after spending summer weekends working mandatory 12-hour overtime shifts to deal with a reduced roster during the warmer months. Recently retired St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden began the 12-hour shifts on June 10 and said they would continue through the end of September as crime typically rises during warmer weather. Interim Chief Michael Sack sent a memo departmentwide Thursday…

A fast-growing California-based insurance brokerage acquired a St. Louis insurance agency that was formed to reach the growing Balkan and Eastern European community.

Some of the items pilfered are surprising, to say the least.

Confusion surrounds a federal program allowing people fleeing war-torn Ukraine to temporarily stay in the U.S. They don't qualify for the benefits other refugees receive, making it difficult for sponsors in the St. Louis area to help.