EDWARDSVILLE - On Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024, In Crowd hosted their fundraiser “Blooming Where We Are Planted” to benefit Habitat for Humanity. In Crowd is a professional development organization that aims to connect professionals throughout the Riverbend community. They decided to sponsor a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, and all proceeds from the brunch, 50/50 raffle and live and silent auctions will help fund the organization’s tenth build starting in the spring. “In Crowd reached a point where they’re really wanting to impact the community and they just reached out and said, ‘Hey, we want to do this for you. This is how we decided we wanted to impact the local community,’” explained Marc Gibbs, president of the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Habitat for Humanity chapter. “And it just got us on this journey of just having conversations, planning this event, starting here and then kind of seeing where it goes from here for year
It’s extremely weird that we’ve somehow normalized the fact that scammers, scumbags, debt collectors, and marketers have made the U.S.’ primary voice communication platform largely unusable. There is some good news: according to data from the YouMail Robocall Index, U.S. consumers received just under 3.8 billion robocalls during the month of December, a 16.3% decrease […]
A St. Louis County not-for-profit that gets millions in federal funding has programs to help St. Louis County residents, especially the elderly, survive the bitter cold.
A Midtown St. Louis restaurant that's received national recognition for its fried chicken sandwiches has closed permanently.
Southern closed its doors for the last time at 4 p.m. Sunday, according to an announcement posted Monday morning on its website and social media. The restaurant did not share its reasoning behind the closure.
"This was a very difficult decision," the announcement said. "We will miss our amazing staff. While small, they were dedicated and did their best every day."
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The region didn't break any record low temperatures Monday, but the windchill persisted, pushing temperatures to subzero levels and creating life-threatening conditions.
The National Weather Service says the frigid temperatures over the past few days have broken a temperature record from the late 1800s. Forecasters say a warm-up is expected over the next couple of days before the temperatures drop again over the weekend.
Legislation that would require developers applying for incentives to be current on all city property taxes was one of the bills introduced in the new legislative session of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
The St. Louis Business Journal is currently accepting nominations for its fifth annual Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies. You have one week left to submit a nomination.
Road crews are busy on both sides of the river Tuesday morning, trying to clear slick roadways after our latest snowfall. MoDOT and IDOT officials told FOX 2 that there are slick spots in multiple areas that could make for some dangerous driving conditions. Caution is really the word of the morning.
Expect a few flurries in the early morning hours of Tuesday, but the snow is mostly done. The heavier band of snow ended up setting up right across the heart of St. Louis, bringing one half to one inch of snow.
The Puppy Bowl is back again for its 20th year with two St. Louis pups taking the field. Sadie, a Humane Society of Missouri rescue, and Indigo, who lived at Five Acres Animal Shelter in St. Charles, both will be on Team Ruff where they will take on Team Fluff for the Lombarky trophy.
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