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Midwest Members Credit Union Names January Shell Of the Month Students

1 year 6 months ago
WOOD RIVER – Midwest Members Credit Union is proud to sponsor the “Shell of the Month” program at Roxana High School. Students from each grade level are selected each month by members of RHS faculty. Each student is awarded a certificate and a Subway gift card. The Seniors selected each month will have the opportunity to compete for a “Shell of the Year” scholarship at the end of the school year. January Shell of the Month winners are: Senior- Aidan Briggs & Aubrey Wiegand Junior- Maurice Sparks & Audrey Springman Sophomore- Trenton Hollaway & Alexis McMillian Freshman- Emiliano Sanchez & Elizabeth Clouse. Congratulations to all the recipients Midwest Members Credit Union has been serving your community for over 89 years. To find out more information about Midwest Members Credit Union and what they are doing in your community, please visit www.midmembers.org

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4-alarm fire burns warehouse in downtown St. Louis

1 year 6 months ago
Fire crews worked to contain a four-alarm warehouse fire Saturday morning. Eighty-five firefighters were called to the scene of the five-story building that partially collapsed. The building was vacant at the time of the fire. "This is one of those where we surround the structure, and basically, I don't want to say surround and drown, but that's essentially what it is," said Garon Mosby, a St. Louis Fire Department captain. "Large amounts of water from the exterior – not committing resources…
Anne Stegen and Mercedes Mackay

New Haven Police Dept. dissolved

1 year 6 months ago
The New Haven Police Department has been dissolved. According to FOX 2's partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, it comes after Police Chief John Hallquist resigned last Friday, just weeks after taking office.
Reggie Lee

St. Louis Startup Makes AI Listen to Government Meetings So You Don't Have To

1 year 6 months ago
As the former chief of staff for Kansas City Mayor Quenton Lucas, John Stamm knows just how tedious local government meetings can be. But he's also aware of just how important they are — and that's why his brand-new startup is aimed at cutting through the tedium and getting people the information they need about what their government is up to. Stamm's company is called Hello Citizen, and the premise is pretty simple: He trains artificial intelligence to listen in on the meetings of local government, many of which are now helpfully posted online.
Sarah Fenske

City Museum Highlights Black St. Louis Artists in Blessed by the Ancestors

1 year 6 months ago
A new art exhibit celebrating the talent of Black artists in St. Louis has opened at Beatnik Bob’s (750 North 16th Street) inside City Museum. The exhibit can be viewed during regular City Museum hours (Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.) with purchase of a general admission’s ticket ($20). 
Paula Tredway

State still hasn’t implemented law aimed at helping Missourians transition off public benefits

1 year 6 months ago

A law enacted last year aimed at helping individuals transition out of public assistance programs remains in limbo, with Missouri’s social services agency saying it can’t implement the change without a huge infusion of state funding.  The impasse is, in many ways, unsurprising. The legislation, which was approved with bipartisan support, came with a fiscal […]

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Clara Bates

The bizarre conspiracy theory that turned Taylor Swift into an antihero to the GOP

1 year 6 months ago

A pop icon falling for one of the NFL’s preeminent superstars may seem like a slice of Americana — a scene from a small-town high school magnified by a factor of 10 million. But this is America in 2024 so, of course, nothing magical stays that way. To be clear, public opinion data suggests that most […]

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Matt Harris