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After being diagnosed with stage IV esophageal cancer and told she wouldn't live to see her 30th birthday, a Maryville, Illinois woman beat the disease and then nearly died while giving birth. Andrea Miller is celebrating her 45th birthday on Sunday, July 24.

This week, both our winners on the insightful side are replies to a comment asserting that the internet has existed all this time without net neutrality. In first place, it’s BernardoVerda with an explanation of why that’s the wrong way to look at it: Nah, the Internet was built on net neutrality; it was specified […]

A St. Louis man was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 170 Sunday morning.

Nearly 2,500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837, which represents workers at three Boeing Defense locations, voted Sunday to strike in the St. Louis area. “Our members have spoken loudly and with one voice,” the union said in a statement.

EDWARDSVILLE - Owen Gruben, who swam the 2022 Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association season for the Sunset Hills Country Club in Edwardsville, had a very good SWISA Championship meet on July 17 at Edwardsville High School's Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center, placing second in three events, which was among the best performances for the Stingrays at the meet. In an interview conducted during the meet, Gruben also felt he was performing well and looked forward to what was to come later on in the meet. "I've done fairly well," Gruben said. "I've got second in two events so far, I've got one left. It's going pretty well, I think I'm going get third place high points, so that would be a nice finish for the year." Gruben enjoys the summer swimming season very much, with its great competition while everyone is very friendly with a relaxed atmosphere. "Yeah, the summer season's always great," Gruben said. "I like it a lot out here. Great competition, everyone's always fun to race against and

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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace (IAM) District 837 union workers voted Sunday to strike Boeing in regards to workers' contracts.

EDWARDSVILLE - Karis Chen enjoyed a very good Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association championship meet July 17 at Edwardsville High School's Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center, winning the 100-yard breaststroke, while also placing second and third in two other races in helping the Marlins win both the girls and overall championships in the meet. Chen also felt she did well in her races, swimming a pair of best times in her races and helping the team do well. "It was a good meet," she said. Chen felt she had a good summer season, moving up an age group to compete in the 15-18 division and was able to hold her own against new competition. "I think it's been a pretty good season," Chen said. "I just aged up, it's the 15-18 age group, so new people, but it's been pretty good." Chen also swims for Edwardsville High during the high school season, and she feels the summer season will help her prepare for the much more competitive high school season. "Definitely," Chen said. "I have been going

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Inspired by a Twitter conversation last night, here's the answer: As of now, about 3 million people work for the federal government; 5 million for state governments; and 14 million for local governments.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. …