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The Chinese lantern festival Animals Aglow will return to illuminate the Saint Louis Zoo with dozens of new, towering lanterns and light displays this spring. Running from March 12 to […]

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GODFREY - Whether you are looking to start a vinyl album collection, looking for that rare album not found on subscription services, or you just want to talk music with true fans, RiverBend Records is your record shop. Unlike subscription music services like Pandora and Spotify, you can get advice from true music professionals. RiverBend Records can help you start or upgrade your music collection. In addition, they help you find the best equipment to play your favorite music. The store opened in October of 2020. Owner Billy Hurst had a career in doing photo shoots for area schools and local sports teams. When the COVID scare brought about a cease of school activities, the need for taking pictures became mostly unnecessary. At that point, Mr. Hurst decided it was a good time to pursue his dream of owning a record shop. It was also about the same period that the current location became available. With the acquisition of the property, Tara Hurst, wife, desired the store to be somethin

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Kelley Chase, a former St. Louis Blues player and broadcaster, is set to host a charity event on April 4 at the Centene Ice Center to support cancer research.

A FOX 2 News crew caught up with police officer-turned-suspect Preston Caruso as he left the St. Louis County Circuit Court with a decision from a judge granting him some leeway in his bond release.

An investigation into a deadly shooting involving police and a chainsaw-wielding man at an Illinois nursing home has found no wrongdoing on the part of the officers.

Several metal vases have gone missing from grave sites at Mount Hope Cemetery in Lemay.

The Justice Department said Cortney Merritts filed fraudulent applications to collect more than $20,000 in government funds.

A March 14, 1925, article in the Alton Evening Telegraph announced that a meeting of Alton sportsmen had been called for the following Tuesday night (March 17) at the Mineral Springs Hotel in order to organize a local chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America. “The Isaac Walton League is an association of sportsmen fostering good sportsmanship and looking after legislative matters pertaining to game and fish. It has over 100,000 members in various parts of the United States.” A group of sportsmen in Chicago who wanted to protect fishing opportunities for future generations founded the Izaak Walton League in 1922 (Chicago Chapter No. 1). They named the League for Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683), an English biographer and author of “The Compleat Angler.” The book contains poetry, prose, quotes and a fishing manual. Walton published the first edition in 1653, and five revised editions before he died. It has remained continuously in print

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“What’s Next” is the theme of Construction Forum’s 2024 annual report, which you can access by clicking this link. The report will be available in print form shortly. To order a copy email info@constructforstl.org. “With rededication to its position as the industry’s premier communication, collaboration, and convening channel; strong program metrics; and innovative new initiatives, […]

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ST. LOUIS — A 29-year-old man was given a seven-year prison sentence Thursday in the shooting death of another man in 2022 at a homeless encampment in the city's Old North St. Louis neighborhood.

The Ferguson Police Department (FPD) announced today that it has plans to move forward with making its community safer for residents. 

COLLINSVILLE – A Collinsville man faces multiple felonies after devising a scheme to steal $50,000 through a fraudulent “sale” of tablet computers. Matthew L. Leonard, 30, of Collinsville, was charged with theft (a Class 2 felony) and wire fraud (a Class 3 felony) on March 14, 2025. Leonard allegedly told the victim he had 2,000 tablet computers for sale at a price of $50,000 and had them send the full amount via wire transfer. However, Leonard did not actually have any tablets computers for sale, thereby obtaining the money by deception. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office presented the case against Leonard, who was granted pretrial release from custody. All individuals charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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SIU Edwardsville guard Ray'Sean Taylor broke down in tears after his team was routed by Houston in the NCAA Tournament. It wasn't that the game was lopsided, though the 78-40 margin was certainly that. It was that the opportunity to play meant that much to him.

A bakery chain opened another St. Louis-area location Thursday.

St. Louis developer AHM Group Thursday shared new renderings and an updated timeline for construction on a 29-story, mass timber residential tower planned for Downtown West.

ALTON - Alton Pride invites you to get “loud and proud” with a bingo fundraiser. From 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at SportsTap, community members are invited to enjoy bingo, prizes, a 50/50 raffle and performances by D.J. MEGO and drag queens Roxie Valentine and Moxie Cotton. Tickets cost $30 or $225 for a table of eight, and all proceeds go back to Alton Pride and their mission to support the local LGBTQ+ community. “We are planning to sell out the event,” said Kole Harre, one of the organizers. “We want to promote Alton Pride as a not-for-profit in the area. But also, it’s a community event for us. It’s gathering people and having a good time, and it’s in the title, ‘loud and proud.’ We want to make sure that we're prevalent in the community and the community is accepting of us, and that people that identify as LGBTQ know they have a place.” Harre explained that the bingo games will begin

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