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Barnes-Jewish Hospital offers patients who make repeat visits to the ER an opportunity: temporary housing, with help to get into a permanent home.

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GRANITE CITY – Granite City Elks Lodge #1063 recognized four seniors from Granite City High School as Students of the Month for November and December. The Elks Student of the Month Program is designed to recognize outstanding young men and women for achievements in school and community life-fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school, club and community service, industry and farming. Nominees are judged on multiple achievements including leadership skills, good moral character, community involvement, extracurricular activities, honors and award and scholastic ability. Each student receives a $100 U.S. savings bond and an Elks certificate of achievement. LYDIA HARRIS - November Two-time Girls Cross Country Captain and Most Valuable Athlete ... Two-time Girls Track Most Valuable Athlete ... The Rock Youth Group volunteer ... Rotary Student of the Month ... Member of National Honor Society and Varsity Club ... Secondary Honors ... St. Louis Rowing Club member ... Daughter

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O’FALLON, Ill. — HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital recently welcomed 40 high school students from across Southern Illinois for its sixth and largest High School Healthcare Bootcamp on Monday, Dec. 30. The bootcamp for juniors and seniors interested in a career in health care gives students a realistic look into various health care roles, while also allowing an opportunity to make connections in the field. “Through these job shadowing experiences, students are able to learn the role of the career, the type of education that is required, skills that are performed and network with our medical professionals,” shared Ericka Mulroy, Nursing Professional Development Specialist for Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS). “These students were able to experience hands-on skill sessions during their time at St. Elizabeth’s and speak directly with HSHS employment specialists about opportunities available to them in the field.” The bootcamp included

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Stores are expected to reopen Tuesday morning.

The Wall Street Journal provides a master class this morning in how to mislead with statistics. The subject is unemployment, and every statement here is 100% true: On average, it now takes people about six months to find a job, roughly a month longer than it did during the postpandemic hiring boom in early 2023. ...continue reading "Unemployment is up, but hardly apocalyptic"

U2 frontman Bono received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday, and in honor of the occasion he’s penned a new essay for The Atlantic, titled The Gorgeous, Unglamorous Work…

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CHICAGO – As 2025 begins and millions of Americans start working to keep their New Year’s resolutions, Attorney General Kwame Raoul is reminding Illinois residents who are seeking GLP-1 medications – including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound – to be aware that many sellers advertising these name brand medications are instead offering unapproved versions of these products that may put people’s health at risk. Weight loss continues to be one of the top New Year’s resolutions among Americans, and Raoul is strongly urging people to obtain prescriptions for GLP-1 medications from a trusted health care provider and to fill those prescriptions at an appropriately-licensed pharmacy. Attorney General Raoul is warning consumers about misleading advertising by med spas, wellness centers, online retailers and social media sellers that states or implies they are offering name brand GLP-1 medications or generic versions of name brand medications, when

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This article was published by the American Journal of Transportation on January 6, 2025. The St. Louis region strengthened its position as a national and global freight hub in 2024 with the advancement of significant regional infrastructure projects and the launch of several new initiatives. The St. Louis Regional Freightway compiled a summary of some of the most significant developments and […]

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Schnucks grocery chain is closing many stores early across Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana on Monday due to dangerous winter weather, with all Indiana stores closed today.

Trish Vincent served as director the Department of Revenue under former Gov. Matt Blunt.

The head of the Missouri Department of Transportation praised residents for staying home on Monday in the aftermath of the winter storm. But he’s asking Missourians for more patience and to avoid traveling for the rest of the day while MoDOT crews clear roads and highways.

One St. Charles legislator says he’s seen passing-lane abuse trigger road rage. “It’s a public safety hazard.”

Rush launched their final tour in 2015, which hit only the U.S. and Canada, and surviving band members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reveal they regret they couldn’t bring their…

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When Elon Musk took over Twitter, one of his primary stated goals was to “bring back free speech” to the platform. He was particularly critical of how Twitter had briefly blocked links to a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020. But now, the self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” is doing the very […]