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Since its founding in 2008, SWAP has distributed about $116,042 worth of merchandise and diverted 10,273 items, or five tons of waste of material, from landfills as of 2025.

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, IL. - Five people were injured in an apartment fire overnight Monday in Belleville. The fire occurred around 2 a.m. at an three-story apartment building on N. 46th St. According to firefighters on the scene, the fire broke out in the building's middle floor. When officials arrived, they found several occupants stuck [...]

After years of budget chaos, Republican infighting and historically low productivity, Missouri lawmakers are entering the final week of session with something that has often been missing from the Capitol: a sense of normalcy. State Sen. Stephen Webber, a Columbia Democrat who served in the Missouri House from 2009 to 2017, said this year’s session […]

Energy demand has been growing and is expected to shoot even higher in the coming years, but the debate over how to pay for new nuclear power plants is likely stalled in the Missouri legislature for now. As electricity demand has increased, so have utility bills — which has caught the attention of customers and […]

Bolstered by a justice system that has unabashedly taken off its blindfold, national and state Republican leaders are moving full-speed ahead to disenfranchise Black Americans, and their meaningful participation in the political process. Denying and diluting the power of the Black vote in Missouri and in many states has taken on new life. The recent […]

Since last year's deadly tornado, residents in the impact zone say frustratingly little progress has been made. While St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer has repeatedly blamed chaos at the federal level, St. Louis Public Radio’s Kate Grumke and Kavahn Mansouri have been working to understand what happened at the local level.

ST. LOUIS - After clouds and spot showers lingered on Sunday, Monday will bring clear skies and warmer temperatures. Top afternoon temperatures Monday will climb into the mid to upper 70s. A warm day Tuesday with morning wake up temperatures in the 50s and highs in the low 80s. Our next rain chance arrives with [...]

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Tracks from Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Santana, Heart and more are featured on the soundtrack to the upcoming Netflix series The Boroughs, which premieres May 21 on the streaming…

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Headlines from the May 11, 1926, front page include: Amundsen starts in dirigible to cross pole and land in Alaska.

This year's Carnival resulted in 1.4 tons of beads, beer cans, and other trash along the city’s parade routes — the highest total on record.

  Landon loves KSHE 95 because it’s a great radio program, rockers get the reputation of being tough, everyone is positive and kind, and it’s healing this country with head...

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GLEN CARBON - Mira Ahlvers has taken the next step in her soccer career, signing with Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois, to continue playing at the college level. Ahlvers said she is “just super excited to play at the next level and to continue to play because of my love of the sport.” She said she chose Lincoln Land in part because “I really liked the coaches at Lincoln Land and the environment seems super good.” Ahlvers said her major will be