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Win Mascoutah Home or $300K Cash While Supporting Make-A-Wish and Home Builders Org

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MASCOUTAH - Community members have the chance to win an $800,000 custom union-built home in Mascoutah. The Home Builders and Remodelers Metro East Association has collaborated with local unions to build the house, which will be raffled off this spring. Proceeds from the raffle will go to Make-A-Wish Illinois and Make-A-Wish Missouri to support kids with critical illnesses. “The house is still under construction. It’s not completed yet. But tickets are on sale,” said

St. Louis police say 'no evidence' any officer ever spotted monkeys

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In FOX 2's recent coverage of Vervet monkeys on the run around St. Louis, the St. Louis Department of Health shared that a St. Louis police officer reported seeing at least one of the monkeys. Now, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is pushing back on that claim.
Joey Schneider

The History of Journals and Diary Keeping

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A diary is often treated like a private little habit—something you do when you’re emotional, bored, or trying to “be more mindful.” But for much of history, keeping a journal wasn’t about feelings at all. It was a tool: to track money, record weather, log ship routes, confess sins, or prove you were telling the truth. That shift—from record-keeping to self-keeping—is the real story behind journals and diaries. The pages people filled over centuries sho

This Day in History on January 22: Peaceful March Turns Deadly in St. Petersburg, Russia

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On January 22, 1905, a peaceful march in St. Petersburg turned into a turning point for Russia and, in time, for much of the world. Thousands of workers and their families, led by a priest named Georgy Gapon, walked toward the Winter Palace to ask Tsar Nicholas II for better wages, safer working conditions, and a voice in government. Soldiers fired on the crowd in what became known as “Bloody Sunday.” The shock broke the long-held belief that the tsar was a protective father figure