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ALTON - For a unique and successful blend of talents in band, theater and engineering, our most recent Remarkable Redbird, junior Wesley LeBrun, will be leading the way. Wesley said during a recent interview that "Alton High is a great school and he is proud to attend." Wesley has been a member of the Marching Band, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble and also the Marching 100 at Alton High. He has played a number of different percussion instruments including the snare drum, xylophone, kettle drum and marimba during his three years at Alton High. To participate in the Illinois Music Educators Association contest, Wesley submitted a video performance at a District Festival for a chance to perform with the top high school percussionists in the state of Illinois which he did during a contest in Peoria earlier this year. He was a member of the pit orchestra for the musicals his first two years at Alton High in playing for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and also Annie, but after talking

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The sudden death of a major capital improvement bill in Missouri's legislature has left numerous St. Louis-area construction projects hanging in the balance.

We've likely all heard of the term "heat lightning" on a summer evening when those strong bolts of electricity can be seen, but there's never any thunder to follow. What many don't know is that there's actually no such thing.

A St. Louis man appeared in St. Louis Circuit Court on Wednesday and admitted to fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2020 as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.

"I'm just thankful and grateful he is getting out so that we can heal together," Marshaun Futrell's father, Tracy Futrell, said after the hearing. "It's been terrible for the whole family."

Today on TAP: Trump and his appointees are making the airport mess worse. But it would be a mistake to pin this crisis entirely on him.

Tyrone Mason, Ariel Eastling and James Rodriguez were all shot dead at James Carter's home.

Clayton is considering whether to allow Airbnb rentals in its downtown, reversing part of its current policy. The potential change has been prompted by a proposal from a familiar St. Louis family.

Bi-State Development has named a new operations chief for Metro Transit, the public transportation system in eastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois.

Three dozen people were arrested during a violent crime crackdown last week in St. Clair and Madison counties, the Illinois State Police announced Monday.

The animal is found throughout most of Missouri since its range began expanding in the 1850s. Armadillo corpses along the side of roadways had boomed with it.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 24-year-old Jullian Boling on Wednesday with aggravated fleeing a stop or detention following a high-speed police pursuit on May 12. Boling, who resides on the 8300 block of Washington Street in St. Louis, faces the charges after officers observed a vehicle traveling eastbound on Chambers Road exceeding the 35 mph speed limit by reaching speeds over 60 mph. The vehicle, which lacked a front license plate, was seen weaving from the right lane into the center turn lane to bypass traffic. An officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop by activating lights and sirens, but the vehicle continued to speed past numerous vehicles and pedestrians. The vehicle was later identified as wanted through a license plate reader system. On May 13, officers located the vehicle parked in front of a Conoco gas station at Bellefontaine Road and Chambers Road. When an officer approached, Boling was found in the

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Bob Dylan returned to the road Tuesday night and treated fans to some tunes he hasn’t played in a while.Dylan is part of Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival this year.…

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A Florissant dispensary's lawsuit is pushing the Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether incorporated cities and counties may both impose a 3% marijuana sales tax under the state constitution.

FOX Sports and IndyCar have rescheduled the race from August to June and moved the daytime race to a primetime event.

ST. LOUIS - The Festival of Nations is set to return to Tower Grove Park in 2025 after the event was briefly paused due to cuts in federal funding. The Festival of Nations is an annual event from the International Institute of St. Louis that showcases and celebrates food, music, culture, and goods from more [...]

The Trump administration is methodically implementing every element of Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 censorship playbook, and Democratic leadership’s response is… to help them? Earlier today, Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal joined MAGA Republicans to reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) — a bill that Heritage itself has proudly proclaimed as central to its strategy […]

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