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There is an urgent call for donations ahead of the holidays after a fire damaged a Salvation Army location in Jefferson County.

The feds on Wednesday indicted a former Circus Flora board president, George Pace, accusing him of embezzling more than $120,000 from the nonprofit, which now says it needs help.

The former president of the Circus Flora board of directors was indicted Wednesday for embezzling more than $120,000 in three different scams between December 2022 and September 2023.

As usual, The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular has lined up some big-name guest stars for musical performances, and this year that includes Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Elton…

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The man was found shot about 3:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in an alley in the 700 block of Goodfellow Boulevard, near Delmar Boulevard.

More than 21,000 people are projected to go through TSA screenings on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and that number only rises as the week wears on. If you’re wanting to bring a turkey on board, TSA has all the answers you need.

Radiation exposure advocate groups and Missouri lawmakers are hoping a $5 billion cap on a RECA bill will help nuclear waste victims get compensation.

It looks like Dallas, Texas residents aren’t going to wait around for the courts to react to marijuana legalization. They’ve (overwhelmingly) decided to answer one of the legal questions legalization creates by adding the answer to the ballot measure itself. (h/t Jacob Sullum, Reason) Shall the Dallas City Charter be amended by adding a new […]

Groups aim to stop state from enforcing a law that requires health insurers in Illinois to cover abortions and abortion medications at no cost to patients.

Authorities in Clayton and St. Louis City have determined their investigations into an early morning abduction and a fatal shooting are connected.

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is unlike any other place on earth, and this year, it’s bigger, brighter and merrier! More than four million shimmering lights, electrifying special effects and whimsical worlds […]

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An upscale national hotel brand is opening its first Missouri location in the St. Louis region, targeting both business and leisure travelers.

WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats largely reserved judgment Wednesday on President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Linda McMahon as his nominee for Education secretary, even as they raised concerns about Trump’s plans to eliminate the department. In interviews Wednesday, Democrats in the U.S. Senate mostly did not raise the sorts of objections to McMahon — the co-chair of […]

ALTON — The Alton High and Marquette Catholic High School boys soccer teams united for a cause greater than competition and on Tuesday night, Nov. 19, 2024, their efforts concluded. The boys sold T-shirts during their annual rivalry match to raise funds for the Alton Police K-9 program. The proceeds from this initiative will honor Officer Odin, a K-9 who was killed in a shooting earlier in the year. The boys donated $1,100 to the Alton Police K-9 unit. Greg Nasello, head boys soccer coach at Alton High, emphasized the importance of community engagement through sports. “Kids need to learn life lessons out of sports," Coach Nasello said. "Giving back to the community is just as important as taking from it. I think our kids do a good job of that.” This year marks another time that the Marquette Catholic and Alton's boys soccer teams have sold T-shirts for their rivalry match and donated to a cause. According to Amy Lombardi of the Alton Athletic Association, last year's

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Agents are investigating the illegal act in Macon County, the Missouri Department of Conservation said.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) spoke from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in honor of Rural Health Month to call out predatory drug middlemen called Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) for squeezing out rural community pharmacists through unfair and anticompetitive business practices. WATCH: Budzinski Calls Out Predatory Drug Middlemen on House Floor Earlier this month, Congresswoman Budzinski hosted a roundtable with independent pharmacists, pharmacy students and faculty at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of Pharmacy to discuss PBMs. One local pharmacist who spoke at the roundtable was Michelle Dyer, the owner of Michelle’s Pharmacy in Carlinville, IL. In 2009, Michelle expanded her business to Gillespie and in 2016, she opened a pharmacy in Bunker Hill – a community that had been without pharmacy service for over 25 years. However, as PBMs consolidated and poached patients

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