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Maryville Driver Severely Injured After Deer Collision Seeks Help

5 months 2 weeks ago
MARYVILLE — Maryville's Taylor Hollenback is seeking assistance after a collision with a deer left her car severely damaged and she was seriously injured. Now it has complicated her ability to get to work. Hollenback recounted the incident, saying, “I was driving home, and out of nowhere, a deer darted right in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes, but there was just no avoiding it so I ended up sliding on all gravel. The car’s pretty banged up, like, totally banged up.” The accident has left Hollenback without reliable transportation, prompting her to reach out for financial support. “If you’re able to chip in, even a little bit it would mean the world to me and get me back on the road,” she said. She also expressed willingness to work in exchange for help, and said, “I’ll do anything to work for a new car or anything that helps.” Hollenback can be contacted through her Facebook profile under her name, Taylor

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Worker Safety is in Jeopardy if We Don’t Protect NIOSH

5 months 2 weeks ago
From Construction Dive:  On April 1, thousands of Health and Human Services workers arrived at work to find their identification badges failed to let them into their jobsite. They were placed on administrative leave with a letter of termination set for June 2. Employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health were among […]
Dede Hance

Country Star Jake Owen To Headline Illinois State Fair Grandstand

5 months 2 weeks ago
SPRINGFIELD – Country music hitmaker Jake Owen will headline the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on Friday, August 8, 2025. With 10 No. 1 singles and more than 2.5 billion U.S. on-demand streams, Owen is a standout performer in the country music scene. His laid-back style and chart-topping songs like “Barefoot Blue Jean Night,” “Beachin’,” and “The One That Got Away” have made him a household name. “August 8 is Agriculture Day at the Illinois State Fair, and this is the perfect way to celebrate,” said Jerry Costello II, Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. “Country artists are a crowd favorite in central Illinois, and we are excited to bring Jake Owen to the Grandstand.” The gold and platinum-selling recording artist, and ACM award winner, has released nine studio albums. He also appeared in the film Our Friend (2019). Jake is currently in the recording studio preparing to release two new projects

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St. Louis Rallies to Fund Life-Saving Research and Patient Care Services at Susan G. Komen® MORE THAN PINK Walk

5 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS – Susan G. Komen® , the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced it will host a MORE THAN PINK Walk this spring. The 2025 Komen Greater St. Louis MORE THAN PINK Walk will take place on Saturday, June 7, 2025 uniting survivors, families and advocates in a powerful movement to fund research, provide patient support and drive meaningful change for those impacted by breast cancer. Every 12 minutes, a woman in the U.S. dies from breast cancer, and new data reveals a troubling increase in diagnoses among younger women. In 2025 alone, an estimated over 6,000 women in Missouri will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 1,000 will lose their lives to the disease. While we've made tremendous progress—the breast cancer death rate has dropped 44% since 1989 —far too many lives are still being lost. In fact, experts estimate that one-third of breast cancer deaths could be prevented if every patient had access to timely, high-quality care

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No Foreigners at Harvard!

5 months 2 weeks ago
Today on TAP: Trump, Miller & Co. tell Harvard it can’t admit foreign students, for fear they may increase our store of knowledge.
Harold Meyerson

St. Louis Firms Rush to North City: ‘Helping People Get Secure’

5 months 2 weeks ago
From St. Louis Business Journal:  With public services pushed to the limit by the May 16 tornado that hit St. Louis, some of the region’s largest companies are pitching in to do what they can to help in the immediate aftermath, especially in North City. The Regional Business Council, a business advocacy group, immediately donated […]
Dede Hance

Charges Issued for Assault, Fleeing a Stop, Kidnapping

5 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued?charges?on suspect Jack Roper, 56 years of age, of the 800 block of Woodland Avenue, Festus, MO., 63028, for two counts of Assault – 2nd Degree – Special Victim, and Aggravated Fleeing a Stop or Detention, and Kidnapping – 2nd Degree. A booking photo of Roper is not available. Roper is being held on a $500,000 cash only, no 10% bond. ? Please note,?charges?are merely an accusation, and Defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.? ? The probable cause statement?for Roper reads:? Officer attempted to stop a Chevy pickup truck bearing plates for an Audi. The officer then activated his lights and siren attempting to pull over the defendant's vehicle, the defendant failed to pull over and the officer gave pursuit, calling in for additional support. During the pursuit, the defendant swerved at an officer vehicle, containing

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Volunteers help tornado-hit St. Louis amid wait for federal aid

5 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS — Kevin Hines has been living in a house without a roof in the days since a tornado devastated his community. He has seen some of his neighbors sleeping in their cars. A different man has spent untold hours on a bench. In the aftermath of the May 16 tornado, Hines, 60, has […]
Cara Anthony, Bram Sable-Smith

Court order blocks Trump from eliminating US Education Department

5 months 2 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education must temporarily reinstate the hundreds of employees laid off earlier this year and cannot follow through on an executive order from President Donald Trump seeking to dismantle the agency, a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled Thursday.  The ruling stems from a pair of March lawsuits — one from a […]
Shauneen Miranda

Centerstone to Host Mental Health Awareness Tailgate at Gateway Grizzlies Ballpark

5 months 2 weeks ago
SAUGET - Centerstone will commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month with a tailgate at an upcoming Gateway Grizzlies game. On Wednesday, May 28, 2025, community members are invited to the Grizzlies Ballpark in Sauget for the pre-game tailgate at 4:30 p.m. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the game starts at 6:30 p.m. Centerstone’s Jennifer Schulz explained that the organization looks forward to welcoming the community for a mini resource fair and fun at the ballpark. “We are super excited about this,” Schulz said. “It’s the first time that we’ve done a partnership of this kind. It’s going to be a really exciting day.” Local mental health resources and providers will be at the tailgate to provide more information about their services. Centerstone will also be on hand with a table detailing their work to combat mental health and substance use disorders. Schulz emphasized that Centerstone is eager to collaborate with other organizations

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Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X

5 months 2 weeks ago
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. One of Elon Musk’s employees is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle the federal agency that regulates two of Musk’s biggest companies, according to court records and a financial disclosure report obtained by ProPublica. […]
Mike Masnick

FOX 2-St. Louis 11 GM and VP presents donation towards storm recovery

5 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - FOX 2 and St. Louis 11 General Manager and Vice President Kurt Krueger joined the morning show Thursday to present a donation to the American Red Cross to support victims impacted by last week's deadly tornado. During the appearance, Krueger presented a donation of $5,000 on behalf of the Nexstar Charitable Foundation [...]
Nick Gladney

Daily Deal: The Complete Circuit Design And Simulation Super Bundle

5 months 2 weeks ago
The Complete Circuit Design and Simulation Super Bundle has 19 courses on electronics, 3D simulation, and PCB builds. You’ll learn what tools you need to set up your own home lab, how to build your own Arduino board, how to solder, how to create a customized printed circuit board, and more. It’s on sale for […]
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