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You don’t often see blackmail victims extending offers to their blackmailers to sit down and discuss political issues, but that’s what happened when CBS — who recently paid off Trump to settle a lawsuit the broadcaster could have won — invited Kristi Noem to talk out of her perfectly coiffed ass for most of an […]

This weekend's concert of Sexyy Red in her hometown of St. Louis has been rescheduled to a later date.

The nonprofit Green House Venture broke ground today on the construction of a new 9,500 square-foot Education Center at 3966-3968 DeTonty Street in St. Louis that will provide innovative urban agriculture, bioscience, nutrition and dietetics learning opportunities for hundreds of 4th – 8th grade students at four nearby schools, with plans to eventually expand to […]

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Today on TAP: Retargeting an old anti-war chant to meet current threats

The first album ever to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart is getting a 50th anniversary edition release this fall.Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, originally released…

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From TCT Magazine: Two ‘fire-resistant’ homes have been built with A1-rated 3D printed concrete walls in Buena Vista, Colorado by VeroTouch and South Main. The walls of the ‘VeroVista’ houses are said to offer the highest level of fire resistance and do not fuel combustion at any stage. This was a pre-requisite for the houses […]

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COLE COUNTY, Mo. - The Missouri NAACP has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Mike Kehoe in an effort to stop a special session on congressional redistricting, calling the move unconstitutional. On Wednesday, Missouri lawmakers convened for a special session Gov. Kehoe called last week to redraw the boundaries of the state's eight congressional districts and [...]

From KMOV: Linda Moore said her walk down Count Drive in Castle Point is filled with vacant, unkempt properties. “It’s really terrible looking over here,” she said. “It looks pretty bad because a lot of them don’t have the upkeep on them.” Tuesday marked the start of St. Louis County’s work to address the eyesores. […]

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Neil Young debuted the new protest song “Big Crime” during his concert in Chicago on Aug. 27, and now he’s officially released the track.The song, recorded with his band The Chrome Hearts during soundcheck…

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz and Kansas counterpart Lance Leipold spent some time this week not as football coaches teaching the X's and O's but as history professors delivering to their teams the story of free states and slave states. After all, therein lies the foundation of the Border War. One of [...]

ALTON - The Alton Police Department is investigating a shooting that injured a woman early Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, on Tara Avenue. At approximately 4:12 a.m. on Sept. 3, 2025, officers responded to multiple calls reporting shots fired in the 300 block of Tara Avenue in Alton. Alton Police said upon arrival, they found a female victim who had been struck by gunfire inside her residence. Emergency medical personnel from the Alton Fire Department provided care and transported her to a hospital in the St. Louis area. She has since been discharged. Officers secured the scene and collected several items of evidentiary value. Detectives from the Alton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Crime Scene Investigators from the Illinois State Police assisted with the investigation. Preliminary findings indicate the victim was not the intended target, and investigators believe the individuals involved were familiar with one another. Alton Police said the investigation

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Today, Mayor Cara Spencer announced a plan to invest the remaining $12 million in allocated Rams interest funds for tornado relief, with the vast majority going to debris removal and housing. “Private property debris removal and intermediate housing remain top priorities for the Recovery Office,” said Mayor Spencer. “These funds are a starting point to […]

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GRANITE CITY – Local authorities have charged residents of Maryville and Frisco, Texas in separate cases of domestic battery filed in Madison County. Anais C. Elliott, 33, of Frisco, Texas, was charged on Aug. 25, 2025 with one count each of aggravated battery (a Class 3 felony) and domestic battery (a Class A misdemeanor). On Aug. 24, 2025, Elliott allegedly struck one victim, a household or family member of Elliott’s, about the head and face with her hands before cutting another victim’s arm with a knife. The Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to deny Elliott’s pretrial release from custody in the case presented by the Granite City Police Department. According to the petition, Elliott became angry with the first victim while drinking and struck him about the face and head before the second victim attempted to intervene. Elliott then reportedly cut the second victim’s arm as they were trying to stop the battery.

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SPRINGFIELD - As a part of his Driving Change campaign, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias hosted a third virtual Town Hall for Metro East residents Wednesday evening to discuss the skyrocketing cost of auto insurance. Between the first three virtual Town Halls, over 600 Illinoisans have participated to learn more about the issue and share their stories. Residents shared their first-hand accounts of auto insurance rates increasing due to a recent move, a poor credit score or advanced age – reasons that have nothing to do with their driving record. This was the third of a series of virtual Town Hall meetings that the Secretary of State’s office is conducting over the next several weeks to gather feedback from Illinoisans to help inform state legislation for members of the General Assembly to consider. Eight of the 10 highest rates of uninsured drivers in Illinois are found in Metro East ZIP codes, which also rank among those with the lowest average credit

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