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SPRINGFIELD - Secretary of State Jesse White unveiled a new ad campaign featuring Phillip Hanks, an organ recipient who received five lifesaving organs from a single donor. The campaign marks the beginning of National Donate Life Month in April. “Phillip’s story shows how organ and tissue donation saves lives,” said Secretary White. “Phillip was able to be there for the birth of his granddaughter and he now works as an advocate for my office with the organ/tissue donor program. He reminds us that by registering to become an organ donor that you, too, could help change someone’s story.” Phillip needed the transplant because after a liver transplant in 2007, an extra valve in the liver produced scar tissue blocking an important vein, which required the five-organ transplant known as a multivisceral transplant. In April 2021, Phillip received a new liver, small and large intestine, stomach, pancreas and kidney. In the public service announcement

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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request by five counties and health departments to quickly hear arguments and review a case that they say “upended the longstanding public health framework” in Missouri. The decision means an appeal of a Cole County judge’s November ruling will have to first go through the Western District […]

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In his first State of the County Address, St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page touted the county’s response to the COVID pandemic, addressed plans for money from the NFL-Rams settlement, and heralded the efforts of government employees.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, IL. - Yesterday, Sierra Club Illinois and Prairie Rivers Network joined the Illinois Attorney General’s Office in their lawsuit against Sugar Camp Energy, LLC by filing a Motion to Intervene. Sugar Camp Energy is a subsidiary of Foresight Energy, which is the largest privately-owned coal company in the country, and operates Sugar Camp Mine, which is the country’s 7th largest coal mine , in Southern Illinois. Attorney General Raoul’s office filed their suit in January 2022 after mine operators dumped 46,000 gallons of firefighting foam , including at least 660 gallons of concentrated PFAS-based foam, deep into the underground coal mine in an unsuccessful attempt to extinguish a fire. While the Attorney General’s lawsuit describes Sugar Camp’s violations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, Sierra Club Illinois and Prairie Rivers Network assert that Sugar Camp Energy also violated the Clean Water Act and Sugar Camp’s National

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Charter customers now have access to a new St. Louis news network.

Justice Sonia Sotomayer spoke to Washington University students Tuesday afternoon at the school's St. Louis Field House.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt fought to keep Keith Carnes in prison despite evidence of innocence.

GiftAMeal has developed an app that provides a meal to someone in need each time a user takes a photo on its app at a partner restaurant.

The fire was reported about 7:30 a.m. in the 6700 block of Glades Avenue.

The garden is open on Wednesdays until 7:30 p.m. in April with the last entry at 7 p.m.

Global real estate firm EQT Exeter is developing a warehouse with 800,000 square feet of space in the Gateway Commerce Center in Edwardsville.

The latest version of the budget includes close to $2 billion in federal funding to help K-12 schools recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plus, how to watch the game if you don't have tickets.

Back in January DirecTV announced it would be kicking the fantasy and conspiracy channel One America News (OAN) off of its satellite TV lineup, removing the biggest distribution avenue for the “news” channel. Despite the endless coverage the channel gets for its baseless conspiracies, it’s a channel relatively few people actually watch. DirecTV executives simply didn’t […]

ST. LOUIS - A two-story building in the Franz Park neighborhood of St. Louis City was on fire Wednesday morning. The St. Louis Fire Department said the building is located in the 6700 block of Glades Avenue. The department said firefighters saw "heavy fire on the first and second floors" of the building when they [...]

This story was originally published by The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has food safety inspectors in every large meatpacking plant in the country. Just like the industry’s workers, the government’s inspectors entered the high-risk work spaces almost every day during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonny Perdue, USDA’s leader during the […]

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A man was shot in a residential area in north county. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died from his injuries.