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“We are thankful to the Tedricks for generously sharing their talents and treasures,” Mahony said.

The surviving dogs were taken to the Humane Society Of Missouri's St. Louis headquarters for veterinary treatment.

GODFREY - On Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, you can find great items and support a great cause at a “pop-up garage sale” to benefit the nonprofit Pride, Incorporated. Karen Wilson, a board member for Pride, Inc., will host the garage sale from 9 a.m. to noon at her State Farm branch at 225 Tolle Lane in Godfrey. Wilson explained that all proceeds from the sale will support the Pride, Inc. nonprofit and their beautification projects throughout the Riverbend area. “Our junk is your treasure,” Wilson joked. “It’s just a way to recycle things that we’re personally not using anymore but that somebody else could find use for, and then it goes towards beautification projects in the area. We can always use those — helping fight litter and pull weeds and brighten a few spots in the community.” Pride, Inc. regularly organizes city-wide cleanups, restoration projects and landscaping updates in Alton and Godfrey. They rely solely on

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The labor industry says there aren't enough trade workers to go around, and this concern comes as the large Interstate 70 project gets underway.

COLLINSVILLE - “My story is not a pleasant story. It’s not a pretty story. But it’s an American story.” So began Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr.’s keynote speech at the Illinois Higher Education Equity Symposium on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Parker spoke to Southern Illinois University students and faculty about his experience growing up in the Jim Crow-era South and how he has learned to live after witnessing the abduction of Emmett Till, his best friend and cousin. Parker is the last living eyewitness to the kidnapping before Till was tortured and lynched in 1955. Wheeler’s keynote address kicked off the two-day symposium, which aims to facilitate conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion in all schools in the Southern Illinois University system. The SIUE Gospel Choir performed before Parker took the stage to share his story and speak about his book, “A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin an

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CVS is getting ahead of the curve: CVS Health is pulling some of the most common decongestants from its shelves and will no longer sell them, after advisers to U.S. health regulators recently determined that an ingredient doesn’t work. The products contain oral phenylephrine, an almost-century-old ingredient in versions of decongestants and over-the-counter pills, syrups ...continue reading "Public service announcement: Phenylephrine nasal sprays work fine"

Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Keith Richards are among the artists set to appear on the upcoming live release Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 Live At The Hollywood Bowl, dropping December 15.  The live album features performances from…

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Cayrin Tabby, of Florissant, and Jainaya Times, of Jennings, are both charged with roles in the Oct. 15 death of a 19-year-old man.

“By any means necessary” has been determined to be the same thing as “minimal intrusion” by far too many courts. When cops are searching for suspects, they’re pretty much free to destroy anything that stands between them and their (wanted) man, even if it means a wholly innocent house gets leveled in the process. It’s […]

Biden’s funding request is likely to be around $100 billion over the next year.

Winter is just around the corner. But with potential snowfall not too far away, it’s time for road crews to start their preparations. The Missouri Department of Transportation’s Winter Operations Snow Drill is even more important this year.

Parents make many important decisions each and every day for the children. The responsibility of deciding when it's appropriate to leave children home alone is a significant consideration.

Surveillance video obtained by FOX 2 shows the moments after an overnight shooting, in which the two victims flee to a local gas station for help.