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GRANITE CITY – The Granite City High School cheerleading program has showcased a mix of talent across its varsity and junior varsity teams this winter, as well as a special group designated for game day support. Granite City placed first recently in the Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Association state qualifying meet at Highland. The team secured two third-place finishes and qualified two members for ICCA state competition. The girls are Stillwater Senior Living Female Athletes of the Month for the Warriors. Granite City High School cheerleaders showcased a successful performance at the 40th Annual Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic held during winter break. Tiffany Kimmel is the head Granite City cheerleading coach. The cheerleaders are now excited and preparing for the upcoming ICCA state competition. The girls are Stillwater Senior Living Female Athletes of the Month for the Warriors. These are lists of both the Granite City Varsity and Junior Varsity Cheerleading

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City homicide detectives are investigating the death of a woman in her 70s that was found dead Monday in the back of a home in Dutchtown, police said.

The high-stakes primary season and a general election full of impactful ballot initiatives will shape Missouri politics and policy for years to come. And while the election wasn’t as monumental in Illinois, there were several contests that could reverberate throughout the Metro East. On the latest episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum welcomes the St. Louis Public Radio’s politics team to discuss the top stories of 2024.

World Wide Technology, the St. Louis region's second-largest private company, has agreed to buy a publicly held Canadian software business.

A man was stabbed in the abdomen and carjacked while stopped at a stop sign in the city's Midtown neighborhood.

Here are my top ten wishes for 2025. I guess you could call it a bucket list. I expect none of them to come true. Waymo sells me a driverless car. Price is no object. Medical boffins invent a cure for multiple myeloma. AI writes my blog for me. Cheap fusion demonstrated at scale. Vladimir ...continue reading "My top ten wishes for 2025"

When Alex Van Halen released his memoir, Brothers, in October, the book failed to include anything about the Sammy Hagar years of Van Halen, with Alex only writing, “[W]e had a lot of other…

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MISSOURI — New Year's Eve celebrations are just a few days away and if your plans involve going to a friend's house or hitting the town it is important to have a safe and sober ride home. This New Year's Eve, hundreds of Missourians will have the opportunity to get free rides through a promotion [...]

I continue to be a little dumbfounded by the reversal of Joe Biden's fortunes among liberals. Less than a year ago he was being hailed as the best president since FDR, a guy who had unexpectedly exceeded every expectation for his progressive accomplishments. Today he's derided as an almost epic failure. The proximate cause for ...continue reading "Biden never finished his biggest projects. That’s a good thing."

Police are seeking help identifying a woman and two men after allegedly carjacking a Cadillac from a man at a Dutchtown gas station.

District Three Detectives are investigating after officers were dispatched to a “Hold-Up, In Progress” at ‘Get Plugged’ in the 2600 block of Cherokee.

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Named the No. 2 brewer in the world by RateBeer, Side Project Cellar will transform its Maplewood location at 2657 Lyle Ave. into the Polar Patio Pop-Up this holiday season. […]

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ALTON — James Gray, a prominent figure in the Alton community and former long-time president of the Alton Branch of the NAACP, died on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, at the age of 90. Gray celebrated his 89th birthday in the spring of 2023, coinciding with the dedication of a street sign in his honor in Alton. The event drew a large gathering of family, friends, and community members who recognized Gray's decades-long contributions to civil rights and youth advocacy. Gray served as the president of the Alton Branch of the NAACP for more than 25 years, during which he was instrumental in various initiatives aimed at improving the lives of impoverished children in the area. Alton Alderwoman Rosetta Brown praised Gray, calling him "a legend in our community," and highlighted his significant impact on youth, civil rights, and local organizations. "Jim Gray has been the consummate servant to the people of Alton," Brown said. "He was front and center on many issues over the years." In additio

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