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In the coming months, the country's first over-the-counter daily birth control pill will be on store shelves. 

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is celebrating a significant milestone. This past May, the hospital’s Washington University Heart Center performed its 600th heart transplant, a nationwide record in pediatric care.

"These experienced attorneys have the skills to prosecute our most serious violent felonies," Gabe Gore said in a news release.

Josh Hawley sent a letter to Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Sen. Joe Manchin calling for a hearing.

Munsok So's So Hospitality Group on Friday opened the third location of Korean fried chicken restaurant Kimchi Guys and, it will open a new location of Drunken Fish, a sushi and Japanese dining spot, on Aug. 3.

How a person of interest who was in handcuffs managed to escape from St. Louis City police officers remains a mystery. However, investigators said that person is no longer wanted for questioning in connection to the murder of a gas station clerk.

A south St. Louis County family is without a home but grateful to be alive after a car went airborne and crashed into their house along Kingston Drive.

The other concept, a café called Good Press, is expected to open alongside the hotel itself on Aug. 8.

The trail system will be called the Deer Creek Greenway Connector.

ALTON - Funky Planet Toys & Gifts will be marking two years in business with a celebration event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, July 22. Funky Planet Co-Founder Sage Macklay discussed everything attendees can expect at the event, as well as the store’s backstory, on a recent episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . Local musician, author, and illustrator Steph Plant will be there at noon for a free concert and book reading. Copies of her newest children’s book, “Slithery Snake,” and albums of children’s music will both be for sale at the event. “We’re going to have sales in the store all day, we’re going to have a pop-up shop from Apple Creek Sugar Mill - they make cotton candy with like 50 different flavors,” Macklay said, adding cotton candy will be available starting at 10 a.m. After the Steph Plant concert at noon, Macklay said they’ll be hosting “a free Kids’ Yoga Class” at

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EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville swimmer Madison Popelar demonstrated great potential during the summer SWISA season for Montclaire and finished with several high places in the meet that concluded the season this past Sunday in Granite City. Madison was third in the 200 free at SWISA (2:50.7), third in the 50 freestyle (32.13), third in the 200-meter medley relay with the rest of the Marlins (2:32.88), and fourth in the 50 butterfly (36.38). She is a Johnston's Law Office Female Athlete of the Month. She had a strong meet for the Marlins in the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association opener at Summers Port Swim Club in Godfrey, taking the girls 15-18 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:29.95 and finishing second in the 50-yard freestyle, coming in at 28.79 seconds in helping the Marlins win the girls meet. In Montclaire's home opener on June 15 against the Collinsville Swim Club Gators, formerly known as Splash City Swim Club, Popelar enjoyed success in the meet. "I'm feeling great,"

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EAST ST. LOUIS – Illinois State Police announce June 2023 charges granted by the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office (SCCSAO) in cases investigated by ISP Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 6 Public Safety Enforcement Group (PSEG). There were 25 charges stemming from these cases, 23 felony and 2 misdemeanor. PSEG is a joint effort between the Illinois State Police and the East St. Louis Police Department (ESTLPD) for violent crime investigations within the city of East St. Louis (ESTL). These charges resulted from the following cases. FELONY CHARGES: On January 29, 2023, PSEG agents investigated a case involving 19-year-old Dennis Ross. Ross was taken into custody during an incident in the 1100 block of N 13 th Street in ESTL. On June 15, 2023, Ross was charged with Unlawful Use of Weapon and Possession of a Defaced Firearm. Bond for Ross was set at $35,000. On April 5, 2023, PSEG agents responded to a shots-fired call in the 1300

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Senate Amendment 218 would give federal lawmakers the power to compel information that they find embarrassing, inconvenient, or politically damaging to be removed from the internet.

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A new proposal in Congress would give lawmakers the power to censor information about themselves online. As we explain in Tech Policy Press, Senate Amendment 218 would be a disaster for public oversight of Congress by journalists, watchdog groups, activists, and constituents:

Not only is Amendment 218 unconstitutional and opposed by a broad coalition of civil society organizations, it also foolishly trusts social media companies to moderate content well and to act in the best interests of users and the public. If passed, this proposal will make investigative journalism harder and lead to the removal of news and other important speech about lawmakers from the internet. Protecting lawmakers from actual threats to their safety is important, but giving Congress the power to censor the internet isn’t the right approach. Congress should not bundle legislation prioritizing its own privacy over the public interest into the must-pass defense bill.

Read more at Tech Policy Press, here.

22-year-old Iyaz Ahmed was shot in the head and killed Tuesday morning while working at the BP gas station off Hampton Avenue.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville swim sensation Cohen Osborn concluded his boys summer SWISA season for Montclaire Swim Club with a dynamic performance - three firsts. Cohen was first in the 200 free (2:01.10), 100 medley (1:03.20, and 100 back (1:02.97). Cohen is entering his senior season for the Edwardsville High School boys swim team. He is the first Johnston's Law Firm in Edwardsville Male Athlete of the Month. "I'm feeling pretty good," Osborn said during an interview. "My times have been pretty decent so far this season, and I am glad we had a good year." The summer season is always more relaxed and laid-back than the winter season, where Osborn had a very successful year for the Tigers, qualifying for the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke in the IHSA state meet and also was part of the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relay teams that went through to the state meet. "Yeah, this is when we just kind of have fun," Osborn said about summer swim. Osborn also agreed that

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A new docuseries that explores the music of San Francisco is set to premiere in August on MGM+, formerly EPIX.  San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time focuses on the Bay…

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