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One man died and another was seriously injured when the car they were riding in struck a guardrail and overturned, ejecting both men.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior cross country and track runner Ben Perulfi finished seventh in the men's Mud Mountain fund-raising race for the Edwardsville middle schools and high school cross country and track programs in July at the Mud Mountain cross country course at SIU-Edwardsville. He is expected to be one of the premier runners for the Tigers this boys cross country season. He is a Johnston's Law Office Male Athlete of the Month for the Tigers. Perulfi held on for the first half of the race quite well and in the final mile, picked up the pace and finished in the top ten. "I held on for 1.4 miles, which is further than I expected, to be honest," Perulfi said. "But I fell off and I picked it up again over the last mile. So I did pretty good with that." Needless to say, Perulfi is looking forward to his senior year competing for the Tigers and is looking ahead to big things for the team this season. "Yeah, I'm really excited for this year," Perulfi said. "I think the team

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A former Missouri respiratory therapist who pleaded guilty in the deaths of two hospital patients has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Paul Goldschmidt homered, Richie Palacios hit a two-run single and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 7-3 to avert a four-game series sweep.

June's drop in Southwest border crossings is no more. In July we were back up to 183,000: Of these, CBP reports that 132,000 were illegal crossings and 51,000 were requests for asylum. Both are up from June.

On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Dekalb County Sheriff's Office executed a search warrant at 163 North 2nd Street in Union Star, Missouri.

Paul Goldschmidt had three of their 15 hits, including a two-run homer, as the Cardinals snapped their four-game losing streak.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 shook the Los Angeles area Sunday afternoon, just as Tropical Storm Hilary was drenching the region with torrential rain.

SYDNEY (AP) — Spain was celebrating its first Women's World Cup trophy Sunday after an impressive display proved too much for England in a 1-0 victory for La Roja. Olga Carmona scored in the first half of the final and Spain held on to cap the month-long tournament. After the final, the player learned of [...]

Police said Charles Kelly, 22, had a gun and some of the victims' stolen property when he was taken into custody.

Jamal Harris, 32, was found in an overgrown vacant lot on Kossuth Street, between Peck Street and North Grand Boulevard. Police said he died at the scene.

The CDC is warning people to not get too close to pet turtles due to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning across the country.

The 34-city "28 Years of Son Volt" tour spent two nights in St. Louis this weekend.

ALTON - Alton Community Boxing Club recently announced its partnership with - and relocation to - YWCA Alton. The boxing club’s Co-founder and Vice President Kaletha Anderson described the nonprofit organization as a “family,” mentorship program, positive outlet for aggression, and much more. Anderson said the Alton Community Boxing Club is much more than just a new sport or club - she described it as a “family.” They welcome members of all ages above 6, and Anderson said the older members often act as mentors for the younger ones. “We wanted to bring something different to the kids and give them a second home, a place to feel safe, a place to let their aggression out, and also to discipline the aggression,” Anderson said. “I would describe it as a family. We teach - we don’t want it to just be considered a club. A lot of our older boxers, we have them come down early and do Big Brother partnerships with the younger kids,”

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