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ALTON - Alton Fire Department Battalion Chief Derrick Richardson expressed some thoughts in regard to firefighters who are also fathers and grandparents today for Father's Day. These were Derrick's comments: "Most of us in the fire service are parents and grandparents. We choose the fire service because we want to help others, and provide a good life for our family while doing the job we love. We risk our lives to make someone else’s day better. As I like to say, “We risk our lives to make a person’s day better than the moment they needed us”. Derrick continued: "The community appreciates us, and our families appreciate us even more as husbands, fathers, and grandfathers who risk our lives to help others. We treat people, we rescue people, we save people, and we save savable property, and then go home to be with our families. I don’t like to think about how it would affect our families if we didn’t come home one day, but I know our families support

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Callie House walked out of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City on August 1, 1918, and headed back to her five children and job as a “washerwoman” in Tennessee. Her crime …

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Enjoy Sunday brunch at Cafe St. Louis by Pure at the Missouri History Museum.   Please call (314) 659-1872 or email purecateringstl@gmail.com to make brunch reservations.

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A 31-year-old woman was fatally shot Saturday in the Carr Square neighborhood.

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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A pedestrian was struck and killed just after 8:30 p.m. Friday in the city's Penrose neighborhood.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged two men this weekend in connection with a house explosion that killed 4 people.

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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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 - After a cooler weekend with low humidity, heat will be ramping up again for the work week. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 90s for Monday, but since humidity should still be somewhat low, there shouldn't be too much of a heat index factor. By Tuesday, the first official day of [...]

The fastest game on Earth.   HOCKEY: Faster Than Ever explores the science behind ice hockey. Technology, physics and other topics highlight the advances of

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The CDC and FDA have given emergency use authorization to vaccinate kids under 5 against COVID-19.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has long defended its World War II-era pope, Pius XII, against criticism that he remained silent as the Holocaust unfolded, insisting that he worked …

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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ST. LOUIS, MO - City Museum is celebrating all dads for Father's Day with grilling, craft making and free admission. On Sunday, June 19th, all fathers get in for free with a General Admission ticket purchase. You can celebrate Father's Day with a cookout and craft making.  City Museum artists will help kids create Medals of Honor and [...]