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A longtime St. Louis alderwoman has not shown up to any of her assigned committee meetings since June, and she refused to discuss it by pushing the microphone away.

Roughly a year ago, we discussed one of a few instances of a company filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against its own employees as a retaliation tactic for those employees forming a union. In this specific case, it was the company behind Medieval Times, an organization that builds fake castles and sells food and drink […]

The mayor of St. Charles says a program to have citizens take pictures of vehicles with illegal temp tags and send them to the city is going far better than he anticipated.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School senior William Wojcieszak was awarded the Excellence in Edwardsville Award at last night’s City Council meeting for his generous donation of more than one ton of food to a local food drive. Cathy Hensley, communications coordinator for the City of Edwardsville, said Wojcieszak is “driven to succeed” and driven to help those in his community. “If you want to have a successful food drive, you need to have someone on board who is driven to succeed,” Hensley said. “Fortunately for the organizers and recipients of multiple food drives in Edwardsville over the course of the past couple of years, there's an incredibly driven, compassionate, and resourceful Edwardsville High School student who has made it his mission to stock the shelves of area food pantries and subsequently, the home pantries of those in need.” Last month, she said Wojcieszak donated 2,280 pounds of food for the Tackle Hunger Foo

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A tent city that had been growing outside St. Louis City Hall in recent weeks came to an end Tuesday evening. Fencing surrounded the building on Market Street by 7 p.m. Signs along the locked, metal gates read, “Park Closed for Restoration.”

Should Democrats have provided Kevin McCarthy with the votes he needed to stay on as Speaker of the House? After all, it's not as if they're likely to get someone better in his place. I think Matt Yglesias has the right read on this: My view on this is that Democrats should have been willing ...continue reading "No, Democrats shouldn’t have helped Kevin McCarthy"

Mothers often face multiple barriers to breastfeeding that contribute to disparities across social and economic groups.

The Mars Volta, a progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, will perform live at The Factory on Oct. 3 with special guest Teri Gender Bender.

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The roughly 400-square-foot store is located on the way to the main casino entrance.

“In my 20 years of doing this I’ve never seen anything like this,” the coroner said. “This has been going on at least a couple of years.”

Stop in every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 for Trivia Night with Mack and Mace at Steve's Hot Dogs. Stop at the table to sign up. Come back every week, […]

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Dr. Dan Smith was a beloved member of St. Peter's Christian United Church. He was confirmed as a permanent pastor in July 2023.

The music industry stars aligned by pure happenstance when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins came together for an impromptu recording session at Sun Records in […]

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Local information technology services company Hits Corp. has acquired a firm in Indianapolis, adding to a string of recent M&A deals.

Plant of the Week: Persimmon Tree Tree Specific Events — 3-6 pm Friday, October 6th, Forest ReLeaf Native Tree Giveaway at Scott Joplin House, 2700 Samuel Shepard Dr 1 pm October 21st Missouri Prairie Foundation Members Field Trip: Bellefontaine Cemetery Fall Tree Walk Nonprofits: Order Free 3 Gallon Native Trees & Shrubs from Forest ReLeaf and Project … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Recently Jim Kirchherr, executive producer of Nine PBS’ “Living St. Louis” did a walk-around segment at the Gateway South Innovation District. Accompanying him were Greg Gleicher, founder and CEO of Good Developments Group, the developer of the project and Chauncey Nelson, president and CEO of the Gateway South Innovation Community, the nonprofit that will be […]

From NJ Spotlight News:  In the mid-1990s, Chris Lalevee worked as a crane operator building high-rises in Jersey City. The construction industry was strong, he said, and the jobs were good. But the Union County native, in his mid-twenties at the time, began experiencing anxiety and panic attacks that led to sleepless nights — all […]