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Sisters Anya and Irina, who are three months old, were born at the zoo April 21. Their species is critically endangered.

EDWARDSVILLE - Kathy McKinnon, President/CEO of SIUE Credit Union, will be retiring after 38 years of service on June 30, 2022, and will be succeeded by Matthew Parrott as the new President/CEO. Kathy became the 3rd president of SIUE Credit Union on December 1st, 2006, succeeding Maxine Callies. Kathy began her career in credit unions in 1972 working for the American Steel Federal Credit Union and then started at SIUE Credit Union in 1984 as Vice President of Operations. Kathy has been instrumental in the growth of the credit union from 9 million in assets in 2006 to over 30 million in assets in 2022. During her tenure, Kathy has implemented many products and services for the benefit of its members. Kathy also served as a Director on the Epcor payment systems board for more than 15 years. Epcor provides payments expertise through education, advice, and member representation. Matthew Parrott succeeded Kathy McKinnon on July 1, 2022. Matthew has been in the financial industry for more

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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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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration reminded doctors and other health care providers Monday that a federal law protects them if they provide abortion services to save a patient’s life …

Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, your inflation rate for June: As usual, I'm less interested in the headline number and more interested in core CPI, which dropped another tenth of a point last month, ending at 5.9%. It has now declined 0.6% since February. If you want a sense of how inflation is running ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Inflation in June"

What do pro-life lawmakers do to improve infant and child health in Missouri?

Bishop Michael McGovern chose pregnancy care after the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion.

Surging prices for gas, food and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, further pressuring households and likely sealing the case for another large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, with higher borrowing costs to follow.

If you’re a publicly traded company, it’s not enough to make a decent profit selling products people like. You have to deliver endless quarter over quarter improvements to please investors. So countless companies engage in an act of self-cannibalization, where they begin to cut back on things like customer service (see: U.S. telecom), or annoy […]

“There are some real tragic impacts that we are going to see in the coming days, weeks and months,” said Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer for Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri.

The victim is expected to survive.

A law professor took Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) to task yesterday, and the nation got to watch through the wonders of C-SPAN. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on legal concerns in a post-Roe America, University of California, Berkeley Law Professor Khiara Bridges promptly pulled a “Not today, Satan” moment with Hawley. Throughout her testimony, Bridges used trans-inclusive terminology when discussing the legal impacts of the overturn of Roe v. Wade and highlighted how the decision would impact Blacks and “people with a capacity for pregnancy."

There's no way of knowing how many LGBTQ farmers there are in the U.S. The USDA doesn't include sexual orientation or gender identity in its Census of Agriculture. But many are making a difference in rural communities.

The council on Tuesday also voted 5-1 to give first-round approval to 12 weeks paid parental leave for full-time county employees, up from the two weeks currently available.

A proposal by the city of Manchester to annex a large area of unincorporated St. Louis County is drawing criticism from the St. Louis county executive.

HARDIN - Johnathan E. Myers, 35, faces a number of charges after a traffic stop and a court-authorized home search in Hardin, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday. At 10:02 p.m. on July 9, 2022, the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Park Street near Main Street, Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Johnathan E. Myers, age 35, of Hardin, Illinois was arrested on the following charges: Disobeying a Traffic Control Device, Driving While License Suspended, Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. On July 10, 2022, the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office followed up with the criminal investigation and executed a court-authorized search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of South Park Street in Hardin. Subsequent to the execution of said search warrant, law enforcement officials discovered items used to manufacture an explosive or incendiary device,

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His name tag said he was a candidate for U.S. Senate, but you wouldn’t have guessed Spencer Toder was running for anything. As he made his way through the Black Wall Street 314 Festival in Wellston Loop in St. Louis last month, Toder spent nearly all his time asking questions instead of asking for votes. […]

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