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Starting Wednesday, the county library system is partnering with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to offer free tickets to new audiences.

A global packaging business, one of the St. Louis region's fastest-growing private companies, has expanded its footprint in Australia with an acquisition.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to advance a short-term spending bill, but both chambers of Congress must approve the legislation before a Friday funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 68-13 procedural vote moves the bill toward a final vote in the Senate in the coming days, […]

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Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Upon Further Reflection, a collection of oil and cold wax paintings by Mark […]

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A new lawsuit accuses barbecue juggernaut Salt + Smoke of accidentally causing a catastrophic fire that ravaged nearly an entire block of the Central West End — and then failing to cover the costs of the condo association with whom it shared a building. The lawsuit was filed January 12 in St. Louis Circuit Court on behalf of the Euclid East Condominium Association and several related limited liability companies and board members. They say they own 11 units in the building at Euclid and McPherson.

BELLEVILLE - Shannon Stelling with the Home Builders & Remodelers Metro-East Association recently emphasized the importance of the trades, highlighted this month’s Trade Student of the Month, and discussed the upcoming 2024 Home Expo as it gets closer from March 8-10, 2024 at the Belle Clair Fairgrounds in Belleville. In addition to thousands of dollars worth of giveaway prizes - including an $18,000 hot tub - the event will feature about 130 vendors, pet adoptions through the Belleville Area Humane Society, hourly performances from local school groups, bands, choirs, dance teams and more, as well as several local celebrities and radio personalities on the following dates and times: Tim Ezell and the Studio STL Crew: Friday, March 8, 2024, 12-1 p.m. Favazz, KSHE 95: Friday, March 8, 2024, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Courtney Landrum, 106.5 The Arch: Saturday, March 9, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Billy Greenwood: Sunday March 10, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees who

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SOUTH ROXANA - South Roxana Mayor TJ Callahan and the South Roxana Police Department have shown a heartwarming display of community solidarity in a fundraising campaign for Wyatt Owens, an 18-year-old area resident battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The South Roxana Police Department has committed to making a donation, setting a precedent for others. Wyatt is a beloved high school senior, who has been sidelined from his favorite sport - hockey - because of his chemotherapy and physical challenges, and the treatments have been a huge financial burden for his family. Mayor Callahan said this is more than just a donation, “It’s a statement of our community’s compassion. The support from the Village of South Roxana is a beacon of hope, inspiring others to contribute to this noble cause.” The DAWG Nation Hockey Foundation is at the forefront of the fundraising and has a 3-to-1 match for donations up to $2,500. Mayor Callahan encourages community members to join

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Missouri circuit courts have cleared more than 100,000 marijuana charges from people’s criminal records so far — a mandate that was a big selling point for those who voted to pass the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana in 2022. However, court officials said it’s hard to determine how many more charges are left because […]

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For nearly two decades, Tona Henderson collected newspaper articles, letters and photographs documenting who in the small town of Emmett, Idaho, was diagnosed with cancer, including her own family. The result is a wall in her home covered in pictures and pages displaying the names of community members who may have been exposed to lethal […]

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After CITY won the Western Conference in 2023, expectations are significantly higher for the club as it enters Year 2.

Road crews are responding to a water main break in north St. Louis County.

The body of a 10-year-old boy discovered in a garbage can was partially burned, according to Rock Island County Court transcripts obtained Tuesday by Our Quad Cities News. The 38-year-old mother of a 10-year-old boy whose body was found in a garbage can pleaded guilty Jan. 4 to a felony charge. Sushi Staples, of Rock [...]

While the telecom industry did manage to successfully defang U.S. consumer protection regulators for the better part of the last decade, they’re still facing some notable headwinds. Broadband growth has dramatically slowed, cable TV customers are leaving in droves, and while they are getting a ton of new subsidies via the infrastructure bill, a lot of that money is […]

The planned “Empowerment Campus Project” for the Caleres property appraised at $33.5 million was met with swift backlash from civic leaders and residents.

The effort is meant to counter abortion-rights initiatives. But with the clock ticking, a campaign by abortion rights groups had yet to materialize.

Opening arguments were set to begin Tuesday, but a prosecutor fell ill, and defense attorneys said witnesses were unavailable if the trial were to be pushed back this week.

The adviser will lead a quality review in response to the inflight malfunction of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 that lost a piece of its fuselage.

The St. Elizabeth Republican hasn’t been shy about expressing his disdain about high-profile infighting within the party but says the decision to leave Congress after 16 years is based on a desire to stop working.

It was a game of a lifetime that these ladies could not have imagined in their 'wildest dreams.'