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O’FALLON, Ill. — Rake leaves – check. Store lawnmower for winter – check. Buy Thanksgiving turkey – check. Schedule lung cancer screening – what? Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is encouraging all eligible adults to add a lung cancer CT scan to their November to-do list since this month is also Lung Cancer Awareness Month. A lung cancer screening can detect nodules or spots on a lung, which may be an early indicator of lung cancer. Individuals aged 50 or older who have a history of smoking – at least a pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years – are at risk of developing lung cancer. More people in the United States die from lung cancer than any other form of cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet the national screening rate for lung cancer stands at 6%, according to the American College of Surgeons – far below screening rates for colorectal and breast cancers, which rank 70% and

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MARYVILLE - The Pavilion for Women’s Birth Equity team received accolades for its contributions to maternal health at the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ILPQC) conference held recently in Chicago. The recognition highlights the team’s ongoing efforts to improve health outcomes for women and infants in Illinois. Since its inception in 1993, the Pavilion for Women has been a vital resource for expectant mothers in the community, delivering thousands of babies. The facility emphasizes patient-centered care, adapting to the evolving needs of the community it serves. “Our focus is to continue to offer care based on the patient’s desires and needs for her delivery,” a representative from the Pavilion stated. The ILPQC, established to enhance the quality of care and health outcomes for infants and women across the state, launched its Birth Equity initiative in 2021. This initiative aims to address maternal disparities and promote equitable care in

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GRAFTON - At the Grafton Country Music Festival, Seed to Sewn shared their work with the Riverbend community. As a business, Seed to Sewn creates direct-to-film custom shirts, hoodies and more. They have collaborated with the City of Grafton to design products for the National Memorial of Military Ascent (NMMA) and other Grafton projects like Witches on the Water and Music in the Park. “We’re proud to support Grafton, the memorial, Music in the Park, the Country Music Festival, Witches on the Water,” said owner Joellen. “I think Grafton is a great town with a lot of great people. Can’t think of a better cause.” Seed to Sewn was selling products during the Country Music Festival, with donations going to support the Grafton Chamber of Commerce to help build the NMMA. Co-owners Joellen and Chris noted that they are eager to help out local projects and causes by donating percentages of their sales. For example, during Grafton’s

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GLEN CARBON - This month, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Many will be cooking turkeys, baking apple pies, pumpkin pies, and sweet potato pies. It is important to get together with family and friends. As we celebrate, let us reflect back on how blessed we are. Let’s not allow food and football to make us forget the reason we celebrate this day. We have many reasons to be thankful. I often find myself reflecting back on giving thanks. My mother always believed that you can learn a lot about a person if you sit down and share a meal with them. I think of our Savior - during a meal, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to others. Then after supper, He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to others as well. Let us all be people with grateful hearts to others and let us show acceptance and appreciation. Maya Angelou once said: “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” Being thankful brings the power of gratitude

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ST. LOUIS - The Saint Louis Zoo has launched a new conservation initiative that will support research, field work and outreach to help both wild polar bears in the Arctic and the people that live among them. The Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Polar Bear Conservation is the first new conservation center created by the Zoo since 2019. It will be an adaptable conservation program dedicated to safeguarding the species. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and faces significant threats including loss of sea ice habitats due to climate change. “It's incredibly important that we better understand and protect this species now more than ever,” said Center Director Julie Hartell-DeNardo, who also serves as the Kevin Beckmann Curator of Carnivores at Saint Louis Zoo. “We hope deepening the Zoo’s longstanding support of this species can make a real impact for these magnificent bears.”

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The bank made a goal to lend an additional $200 million over five years in St. Louis-area neighborhoods that have historically struggled to gain access to capital.

Attorneys representing a St. Louis area-resident and credit union have reached a class-action settlement over a lawsuit that alleged “deceptive” auto repossessions.

JINGLE! will give St. Louis an extra dose of joy this holiday season. The spectacular, multisensory experience will completely transform O’Fallon’s CarShield Field with an immersive holiday light maze made […]

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Return to a time when steamboats ruled the river. The one-hour narrated riverfront cruise aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch explores the history of downtown St. Louis, including the […]

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The discovery of several military medals in a pile of trash in Valley Park has prompted Harry Chapman to find their rightful owner. 

A protest was held at St. Louis City Hall Friday, with demonstrators demanding urgent action to address what they call "deadly and inhumane" conditions at the St. Louis City Justice Center.

"My brother would still be alive if they had attended to him and got him the care he needed," said Carman Weber.

Experience World-Class St. Louis Artists Live at The Dark Room $10 Cover ALL Night! - GA SEATING 9:30pm Doors/10:00pm Live Set Kitchen until MIDNIGHT Presented by The TownsendX3 Agency Operated by […]

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Missouri's next secretary of state is pushing county clerks to hand count ballots.

It’s amazing just how many of the trademark disputes we see and discuss here at Techdirt ultimately result from the USPTO granting trademarks that never should have been granted in the first place. In the food industry specifically, we saw this recently in the whole “Taco Tuesday” episode, in which the Trademark Office granted Taco […]

In a letter last month, Mayor Tatman called out several board members, including James Thomas, for not working with her to get important city business done.