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Energizer Holdings confirmed Monday that it is moving its headquarters from Town and Country to Clayton, days after the Business Journal reported that it had signed a lease.

It seems that, nowadays, you can’t open a social media app without seeing zodiac content about specific sun signs or having folks worried about Mercury going into retrograde. But for millennia, the practice of astrology was more than pop culture fodder to consume. Astrologer Jade Moore tracks the cosmos personally and professionally at her store Sincerely, the Craft in Midtown. She joins the show to give a crash course on astrology’s history, culture and practice.

​The release said Michael Sloan Jr. admitted to setting the fire knowing Susanne Tomlinson was inside.

A Troy, Illinois, man faces up to 50 years in state prison after pleading guilty to murder for a 2022 fatal arson.

Novelist and educator Ilyasah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, will speak at a Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tribute Jan. 18 at St. Louis University.

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EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine announced Monday that a Troy man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the fire-related death of a woman in Troy. Michael E. Sloan Jr., 41, of Troy, pleaded guilty to the charge during a hearing Monday before Associate Judge Neil Schroeder in Circuit Court in Madison County. Sloan faces up to 50 years in prison. His sentencing hearing is set for Feb. 26. “We intend to seek the full 50-year term,” Haine said. “This was an especially heinous and cruel crime.” Sloan admitted that he set fire to the home of 69-year-old Susanne Tomlinson in the 500 block of Wood Thrush in Troy on Sept. 22, 2022, knowing that she was inside. The fire resulted in the death of Tomlinson. Assistant State’s Attorney Lauren Maricle, in outlining the case to the court, said evidence and testimony would show that Sloan poured gasoline in Tomlinson’s duplex and doused her with gasoline.

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The former mayors called the plan “unwise to the extreme” in a letter sent over the weekend to the Clayton Board of Education and Superintendent Nisha Patel.

It went up for auction in September.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush called for an investigation into the closure of Northview Village Nursing Home, the St. Louis facility that shut down without notice last month.

ALTON – February is recognized as American Heart Month – a time when the nation spotlights heart disease, the No. 1 killer of Americans. Since heart disease continues to be the greatest health threat to Americans and is still the leading cause of death worldwide, OSF Saint Anthony’s Health Center (1 St. Anthony’s Way, Alton) is hosting an upcoming Healthy Workplace Lunch & Learn program providing important steps to achieving a healthier heart. This lunch & learn program, titled “You Can’t Beat A Healthy Heart,” will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. in the hospital’s Perpetual Help Center and led by Laurinda Harjai, DNP, FNP, RN-BC, nurse practitioner specializing in cardiology. The program is free and lunch will be provided, but registration is required. Registration can be completed by visiting: https://AltonHealthyHearts.eventbrite.com . In most cases, heart disease is preventable when people adopt

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Dyhr comes to St. Louis from FC Midtjylland of the Danish Superliga

Rocker Ace Frehley has announced some new tour dates for 2024. The former KISS guitarist will be hitting the road starting January 25 in Frankfort, Kentucky, and he's just announced new shows in New York,…

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More than 70 years after workers first realized barrels of radioactive waste risked contaminating Coldwater Creek, the federal government has started work to put up signs warning residents. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement Monday that it was working with the Environmental Protection Agency to add signs along the creek to […]

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A St. Louis-based information technology services provider has expanded its data center holdings with an acquisition.

A St. Louis man is accused of carjacking a woman at gunpoint in the Southampton neighborhood and abandoning her vehicle in Forest Park.

EDWARDSVILLE - Layne Logan, a junior forward with the Edwardsville High girls basketball team, has stepped up in the last few games and made a positive contribution to the Tigers during the team's five-game winning streak that's helping the team to turn its season around. On Jan 4, 2024, Logan scored only two points, but made many positive plays in a 58-36 home win over Collinsville, and two days later, on Jan. 6, 2024, she was part of an Edwardsville 59-53 overtime win over Wentzville, Mo., Holt at the St. Joseph's Academy Shootout in Frontenac, Mo., which extended the Tigers' winning streak to five and made their record now 8-9. Going into the game against the Indians, Logan has been averaging 1.3 points and 0.8 rebounds per game, with two assists and two steals, but has come off the bench to make many positive contributions to the Tigers. "I'm just glad our team is finally picking it up," Logan said during a postgame interview following the win over the Kahoks. "I think we're hitting

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Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK) last month opened its fifth location in the St. Louis region in Des Peres, as the New York-based fast casual restaurant says it has evolved its stores to better fit changing consumer habits.