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BOONE, Iowa – Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said this week that a U.S. decision to lower certain tariffs on ground beef imports has highlighted the importance of working to bring more U.S. food production on-shore. While at the Farm Progress Show in Iowa on Tuesday, Rollins announced a U.S. Department of Agriculture data modernization […]

The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full […]

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is responding to an outbreak of measles in Douglas County, Illinois, involving at least four cases. An outbreak is defined as three or more cases that are connected by a common exposure source or epidemiological link. IDPH is working with local health departments to identify residents who were exposed to patients during their infectious period and offer vaccination to those who are high-risk, as well as others in the community.

Curtis Sills, 45, was found guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

At 29 years old, Katie Lee arrived at a halfway house on South Broadway in St. Louis with little more than a plastic grocery bag of belongings.

Come Face-to-Fin with Earth’s Largest Creature through The Blue Whale Story at the Saint Louis Science Center! The life story of the largest creatures on Earth will come alive at […]

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St. Louis CITY SC added two young midfield and attacking options Thursday, picking up U.S. international forward Damion Downs on loan from Southampton FC and Canadian midfielder Charles-Emile Brunet on loan from Nashville SC.

The St. Louis Aquarium at St. Louis Union Station presents Summer Shell-ebration June 19th - September 7th! All summer long, the aquarium is exploring the amazing world of shell-bearing animals. […]

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Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum presents the Character Telephone Exhibit! Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Big Bird, and Kermit the Frog – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks […]

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The upcoming special exhibition at the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum explores the myriad ways that different cultures represent plants and gardens through literary media, such as herbals, novels, poems, […]

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The geometric and glowing art of HYBYCOZO is coming to St. Louis this spring and summer, on display for daytime visitors of the Missouri Botanical Garden and during special illuminated […]

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The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open […]

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A Republican legislative candidate in Joplin plotted to plant cocaine and Adderall on his primary opponent in an effort to derail her campaign, federal prosecutors allege. Thomas Ross, who won the Republican nomination for Missouri’s 161st House District by only 32 votes, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. A criminal complaint […]

This Day in Music History: A Festival That Put Music and Technology on the Same Stage On Sept. 3, 1982, the first U.S. Festival opened at Glen Helen Regional Park in Southern California, making an unusually ambitious case that popular music and emerging technology belonged in the same public gathering. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak financed the Labor Day weekend event, while veteran promoter Bill Graham helped produce it. The festival combined major rock, new wave, country and pop performances

MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – The Roxana Education Association and Roxana Community Unit School District No. 1 reached an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. According to the school district, the agreement was reached Monday evening. The announcement comes as the current contract was set to expire Thursday, which was also the earliest date teachers [...]

People often complain about hard work, yet they admire it almost everywhere they see it. That small contradiction says a lot about human nature. Most of us want easier paths when we are tired, stressed, or pressed for time. But we still respect the person who stays late to finish a job well, the athlete who trains when no one is watching, or the parent who works two shifts to support a family. Hard work carries meaning beyond the task itself. It signals effort, discipline, sacrifice, and purpose.

On September 3, one of the most far-reaching events in global history was the formal start of Britain and France’s war against Nazi Germany in 1939. Two days earlier, Germany had invaded Poland, breaking earlier agreements and making clear that Adolf Hitler’s government intended to expand by force. When Britain and France declared war, a regional crisis became a wider world conflict. At the time, the decision mattered because it marked the failure of diplomacy to contain aggression