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MARYVILLE/SAINT LOUIS - Community members are invited to support a local nonprofit that provides education, healthcare and housing to children in Zambia. African Vision of Hope, based in Maryville, will host their 25th anniversary gala on Sept. 25, 2025, in St. Louis with special guests Dennis and Laura Quaid. Judi Bertels, who started African Vision of Hope with her husband 26 years ago, shared that the gala aims to raise $200,000 to build more classrooms while finding 40 new monthly donors to support Zambian students’ higher education. “We’re about four things: a Christ-centered education, rescuing children, allowing them to grow up healthy and safe, and also just giving them some critical life skills,” Bertels said. “What I love about working with these children and adults is, they don’t have any expectations. Everything they get is a gift, and every gift they get, they multiply.” Two decades ago, Bertels volunteered to house

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By noon, union spokesman DeLane Adams said that members had rejected it.

Smashing Pumpkins are taking off with the release of a song called "Chrome Jets."The track was originally recorded during the sessions for their 2024 album, Aghori Mhori Mei, and is billed…

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This news — you know, the stuff that shows National Guard troops aren’t exactly happy to be expendable pieces in Trump revenge schemes — is unsurprising. No one signed up for this, but Donald Trump and a bunch of suck-ups scattered across a handful of red states have made Trump’s War on DC the new […]

GRANITE CITY – A Granite City man accused of stabbing a juvenile and another city resident charged with battering an elderly victim both face felonies in separate cases of battery. Garrett E. Redden, 19, of Granite City, was charged on Sept. 2, 2025 with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony. Redden allegedly stabbed a 14-year-old juvenile victim in the abdomen with a knife on Aug. 31, 2025. According to the state’s petition to deny his pretrial release from custody, the victim told authorities that he and his mother “went to a neighboring apartment to pick up his sister, who was at that location intoxicated.” “Victim reported that his mother confronted the defendant (who is 19 years old) about why her underage daughter was intoxicated at defendant’s residence,” the petition states. “During that confrontation, victim reported that he was in an altercation with defendant, who stabbed him in the abdomen.” The petition

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Pink Floyd is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, by reissuing the album with a whole host of bonus material.Wish You Were Here 50 will be released…

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Three Missouri men have been sentenced on charges connected with elk poaching, illegally killing and abandoning a bull elk in 2023.

Saint Louis County Announces Extra Office Hours to Resolve Incomplete Senior Tax Freeze Applications Saint Louis County Executive Sam Page today announced the Department of Revenue will add extra office hours beginning Monday to ensure that seniors with unresolved Senior Tax Freeze applications have ample support to complete their applications. Next week, additional employees will […]

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GRAFTON - Community members and firefighters with QEM Fire Protection District climbed 2,071 steps to honor the first responders lost on Sept. 11, 2001. On Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, the QEM Fire Protection District’s burn tower was set up so firefighters could climb the stairs 34 times, or the equivalent of 110 floors. Firefighters from Medora and Centralia joined the QEM firefighters, and a few community members also participated to honor 9/11 first responders. “It’s just honoring all those that gave their lives for strangers, complete strangers,” said QEM Firefighter Cameron Mank. “We just thank you guys for taking time out of your evening to come and honor those people, and then also just to support us. It’s a lot going up and down the stairs, and when you get gassed and you look at people watching you, it’s like, oh, this is why we do this.” Firefighter Victoria Westfall echoed Mank. She expressed her admiration for the first

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Fairmount Park Casino & Racing Celebrates 100 Years with FanDuel St. Louis Derby Sept.19   Celebrating a Century of Horse Racing, Tradition, and Entertainment with a $250,000 Purse This month marks a historic milestone for Fairmount Park Casino and Racing in Collinsville, Ill. as it celebrates a century of horse racing, tradition, and entertainment in […]

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     Stunning fall color drives, outdoor adventures, haunted    fun, festivals and fairs highlight the Autumn season Hop in the car and take a road trip to southwest Illinois this fall and discover authentic small-town charm coupled with stunning fall color drives, scenic and historic guided tours, adventures in u-pick orchards, corn maze adventures […]

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Face-to-face assistance is available at the Disaster Recovery Centers.

Board of Aldermen return from legislative recess, announcing new public engagement tools to help residents stay informed.