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When it comes to big-budget American action films, the Mission: Impossible franchise has been the gold standard for almost a decade and a half. Earlier entries have their admirable qualities — iconic set pieces, stunning camera work, Philip Seymour Hoffman — but Ghost Protocol (2009) ignited a new era of formal virtuosity and “how-did-they-do-that” audacity for the franchise.

Rodney J. Leger, 51, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, has been charged with three counts of sharing sexual images without consent. The video showed Cal Harris, Ccounty Executive Sam Page's chief of staff, having sexual encounter in his Clayton office

A Hazelwood man appeared in St. Louis County Circuit Court on Tuesday and admitted to having inappropriate sexual contact with two children over a period of several years.

Here is a mystery. Ever since the pandemic, Black men have been increasing their participation in the labor force. By March of this year they had increased their participation rate to match white men for the first time in history. Then, in a single month, participation for Black men suddenly tumbled by 2.7 percentage points ...continue reading "Why did Black men suddenly abandon the labor force in April?"

"Jackpot" features "Right Thurr," "Holidae In" and "One Call Away" and sold more than 3 million copies.

The program is expected to start taking clients in July 2024.

Join us for the 6th season of this playable, artist-designed, nine-hole mini golf installation, designed to be inclusive, family friendly and accessible. All proceeds from Golf the Galleries support The

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Sundqvist is returning to the Blues after a season split between the Detroit Red Wings and Minnesota Wild.

Two Missouri state representatives plan on holding a press conference Thursday at the Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center.

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The head of the Fon Du Lac Park Police said the six dogs recovered from a disabled boat last week are doing fine and should recover. Police Chief Chance Barlow said the dogs are "fighters" and with the care given by Peoria County Animal Protection Shelter, they should recover. "They [...]

MADISON COUNTY - Madison County Housing Authority (MCHA) will be accepting applications for Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8 rental assistance), and other programs, on the dates listed below. Applications for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and other programs, will be accepted at: Bernard Long Elementary School, gymnasium, located at 1003 Farrish St., Madison, IL 62060, on Saturday, June 29, 2023, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, and Alton Middle School, Annex gymnasium, located at 2200 College Ave., Alton, IL 62002, on Saturday, August 5, 2023, from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. Applications for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and other programs, can be accepted at the MCHA Central Office, located at 2 Eastport Plaza Drive, Collinsville, IL 62234 on Monday, August 7, 2023, through Friday, September 29, 2023, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday. There are after-hours application boxes located at the MCHA Central Office. Applications may also be accepted at any MCHA developments located throughou

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A Union, Missouri, woman was killed in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon along a rural highway less than 10 miles south of Warrenton.

This article originally ran in The Illinois Business Journal on July 10, 2023.  The Illinois Department of Transportation unveiled a plan on Friday for spending nearly $41 billion in federal, state, and local funds over the next six years to repair and upgrade roads, bridges, airports, rail lines, and other infrastructure throughout the state. The latest version of the plan, which […]

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If there’s one thing nearly everyone on Capitol Hill can agree on, it’s that the federal government just isn’t interfering enough with social media services. The Democrats think social media services should be regulated because they’re allowing too much hate and misinformation to spread. The Republicans think social media services should be regulated because not […]

GLEN CARBON - A bid of over $2 million for a large-scale sewer project in Glen Carbon was unanimously approved by the Village Board at their July 11 meeting. The Nickel Plate Interceptor Sewer Project will extend the sewer from behind Fire Protection District Station 1 to Iron Mountain Lake Drive and reduce the pump stations in the area from four to one. Charles Juneau, president of Juneau Associates, Inc. spoke at the meeting and said the project would eliminate four existing pump stations, including the one at Meridian Road, with a proposal for a new pump station. He said the new pump station is also necessary for a developer planning a project off of Glen Carbon Road north of 270, who has agreed to contribute $100,000 toward the sewer project. “This is a very necessary project, eliminating four existing and one new pump station,” Juneau said. “It’s a very large pump station that will be sewered by gravity - that entire area of Summerset and the

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Oskar Sundqvist, a gritty forward and a key piece in the St. Louis Blues' 2019 Stanley Cup championship, will rejoin the roster next season.

More Clarence Thomas weirdness today. His top aide, Rajan Vasisht, was responsible for collecting payments from guests to Thomas's annual Christmas party: Vasisht’s Venmo account — which was public prior to requesting comment for this article and is no longer — show that he received seven payments in November and December 2019 from lawyers who ...continue reading "Clarence Thomas: It’s Christmas, so pay up"

How should men think about masculinity in the 21st century? Phil Christman ponders.

On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until July 24, “Killing The Buddha”: Reconstructing Zen is the 2023 Arthur Greenberg Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship exhibition, located in the Teaching

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