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A small, but popular locally-owned movie theater in St. Charles is planning to reopen soon, several years after a devastating fire and COVID-19 delays.

GODFREY - The brand-new Scooter's Coffee location held a grand-opening ribbon cutting ceremony Friday morning. The new store is located at 5330 Godfrey Road and will be open 5:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday - Friday and 6 a.m. - 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For owners, Bob and Lindsey Semptimphelter, this has been the day they've been waiting for since the plans were first released back in October. "It's so exciting," Lindsey said. "When Bobby decided to bring Scooter's to Illinois, Godfrey was always one of our targets, so we're really excited to finally have it here and be a part of the community," she said." The location on the ever-so-busy Godfrey Road "just made sense" to Bob and Lindsey. "It's very similar to our Glen Carbon location. It felt familiar, it felt right," Lindsey said. The Semptimphelter's also own a Glen Carbon location at 4208 Illinois Route 159. The store had a soft opening last Monday and has been busy since. "The community has been very open to trying us out. We'v

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Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley has undergone quadruple bypass heart surgery. In a statement posted to Bayley's Instagram, the musician's management writes, "Blaze is out of surgery & we…

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What could possibly go wrong? Earlier this week we wrote about an Arkansas bill, SB396, which was modeled after Utah’s recent unconstitutional social media bill, and tries to ban kids from social media. Except, as we noted, it appeared to explicitly exempt pretty much all of social media, except for maybe Facebook and Twitter. The […]

St. Louis’ Pagan Picnic is a summer tradition that is beloved by all who attend and side-eyed by all who haven’t yet attended. The event describes itself as a place to go if you’re “seeking deeper community” and it’s an event that aims to “offer education about Paganism to the public in hopes of increasing understanding and promoting harmony.” What is a pagan?

Munchin’ and Musin’ at Mochi’s My grand-dog is named Mochi. So it wasn’t hard for me to remember the name Café Mochi when it was recommended to me by a friend. The lunch stop fit in perfectly with my goal to work my way down South Grand this year—or should I say “eat” my way.... 

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The annual LGBTQ+ film festival runs May 4-10 at the Hi-Pointe Theatre.

A man faces felony charges several months after a deadly hit-and-run crash in St. Louis.

The World Bank and IMF are asking developing countries to do more with less.

Metallica Day continues with the premiere of the video for "Sleepwalk My Life Away," a track off the band's just-released new album, 72 Seasons. The clip finds the "Enter Sandman"…

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A woman claims a driver pinned her between two cars out of spite after a Battlehawks game in St. Louis last month.  Twitter user TizzyEnt described the incident and shared footage of it in a now-viral video.

The St. Louis Blues wrapped up their 2022-23 season with a shutout road loss Thursday, paving the way for their worst full-season finish in 15 years.

President Joe Biden has named The Eagles’ Joe Walsh to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.  The committee was founded in 1982 to advise the president on enhancing federal support for the arts,…

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OVERLAND, Mo. -- Police are investigating an armed robbery in at the Save-A-Lot on Midland Boulevard in Overland. A Loomis "money truck" was robbed at gunpoint. Two suspects were armed and robbed the truck. One suspect dropped his gun at the scene and left it. The two men got away in a Black Jeep Cherokee [...]

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced the Attorney General’s office has charged a Granite City man with allegedly possessing and reproducing child pornography. Raoul’s office charged Ralph D. Hailey III, 46, of Granite City, in Madison County Circuit Court with reproduction of child pornography, a Class X felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison; and possession of child pornography, a Class 2 felony punishable by up to seven years in prison. Hailey’s bond was set at $300,000. Raoul’s investigators, with the assistance of the Granite City Police Department and the United States Secret Service, conducted a search of Hailey’s residence in the 30 block of Steelecrest Drive in Granite City and arrested him after discovering evidence of child pornography. Attorney General Raoul’s office will prosecute the case. Hailey is employed as a computer science teacher for Gibson Elementary School in St. Louis. The case is part o

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Kim Hudson signs off for her final FOX 2 News at 9:00 a.m.

If you go to the QuikTrip on Bryan Road and Veteran's Memorial Parkway in O'Fallon, you may have encountered the overly friendly parking lot ducks.