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Within the last months, there have been an unprecedented number of shootings, fatal and non-fatal, in the south St. Louis area.

BELLEVILLE - Shannon Stelling with the Home Builders & Remodelers Metro East Association gave some early insights into the biggest Home Expo on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. Featuring over 100 vendors, giveaway prizes, products, info, and more for homeowners, the Expo is set for the weekend of March 8-10, 2024. The 2024 Home Expo will be free to attend and will also have free parking available. The event will be held at the Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Expo Center in Belleville. Stelling said the venue is undergoing an extensive remodel this spring to make it a more family-friendly venue and draw more traffic to the area. Stelling said the Home Expo is the perfect place for homeowners to “get back out there” to see products and have conversations with experts in-person. “The Expo gives them an opportunity to talk to a lot of experts in the industry, see the cutting-edge products that are available to homeowners,” Stelling said. She added

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This is an LBB, a little brown bird. There's nothing special about him except for excellent lighting and exceptional sharpness. So he is your bird of the day.

ALTON - The Explorers’ sophomore Owen Page has continued to improve throughout the season and ranks as one of the Explorers' top cross-country runners. Page is a multi-sport athlete and will also be a member of the Marquette basketball team later this year, followed by the track and field team. The Explorers’ sophomore is a Tucker’s Automotive Repair & Tire Male Athlete of the Month. On Saturday night, Page ran a strong race at the East Alton Wood River Invite, an evening race, and recorded a time of 20:31.8 for a 5K, a p.r. He had a solid race on Tuesday at Father McGivney Catholic and finished with a time of 20:54.9 for the Gateway Metro Conference Championships. He had another memorable race on Sept. 20, 2023, at the Alton Cross Country Invite when he recorded a time of 20:49.4. He said he was shooting for a p.r. again on Tuesday, but he said he thought he ran “a good race.” Pace said he is also looking forward to basketball season, followed by

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KISS is playing one less show on their End of the Road tour. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers were supposed to headline Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on Friday, October…

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The pandemic in hindsight was a "blessing in disguise," Simone Faure said, as it offered a reset and allowed her to make some necessary operational changes at Chouquette, like launching an online store and paring down its menu.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher ended months of speculation about his political future Wednesday, officially announcing his candidacy for lieutenant governor. Plocher, a Republican attorney from Des Peres, joins state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder and Franklin County Clerk Tim Baker in the GOP primary. All three are vying to replace Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, who is running for governor. Democratic state Rep. Richard Brown is also running. During his time in the legislature, Plocher has championed bills…

The new vaccine for RSV is recommended during pregnancy to protect newborns. But actually getting the vaccine can be a major challenge.

Last week, we highlighted how it appears that exTwitter’s ad revenue remains in freefall. We noted that exTwitter CEO-in-name-only Linda Yaccarino had just gone on stage at the Code Conference to try to dismiss the idea that the ad revenue was in trouble, claiming that reports of a 60% decline were “months and months old” […]

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher ended months of speculation about his political future Wednesday, officially announcing his candidacy for lieutenant governor. Plocher, a Republican attorney from Des Peres, joins state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, Franklin County Clerk Tim Baker and St. Louis County resident Paul Berry in the GOP primary. All four are vying to […]

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Today on TAP: Why did it take so long for other presidents to appreciate the power of these regulatory counterweights?

Springfield businessman Mike Hamra on Tuesday formed a campaign committee with the Missouri Ethics Commission to run as a Democrat for governor in 2024.

A new kind of Costco is coming to St. Louis this month. The retailer is set to launch it’s newest Costco Business Center in St. John on Oct. 24.

There's something special about seeing the moon blot out the sun — for a few minutes, at least. Which explains why, year after year, crowds gather around the world to do just that, with some even traveling for the pleasure. This weekend, the U.S. will experience a solar eclipse, and Missourians can check out the phenomenon for themselves — and won't even have to travel to do so.

Walgreens has hired a health care executive who at one time led one of St. Louis' largest public companies as its next CEO.

Fees first came to 5 On Your Side in 1998 and spent 15 years working in a freelance capacity for all shifts and shows.

Elton John and husband David Furnish are trying to help artists get paid. According to Sky News, the pair is part of a new group of investors in Audoo, a music technology company trying to…

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