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Letter To The Editor: I want you to know about a gun battle that took place on October 12, 1898, in Virden, Illinois. This year is the 125th anniversary of that event. On October 8, in Union Miners Cemetery, located at 5585 Mt Olive Rd, Mt Olive, IL, a commemoration of the battle will be held at noon. A recap: The coal mines in IL and the region had refused to bargain fairly with their UMWA-represented workers. One of the miners' demands was an 8-hour workday. The mines all settled except for the Chicago/Virden mine, so the strike became a lockout. The mine recruited unsuspecting miners from Alabama. Their advertisement said they wanted black coal miners. Virden was not prejudiced, but companies trying to sow division among workers is a tactic that continues into modern times. It is a tactic the UMWA has faced many times. A self-appointed UMWA organizer, “General" Alexander Bradley, had a contingent of miners at Virden when the train arrived carrying the replacement workers.

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St. Louis County officers are investigating after two students were allegedly caught having sex in a classroom at Hazelwood Central High School.

The city filed a motion for a temporary restraining order earlier in September seeking to stop the drilling of an extraction well at Ameren's Huster Road substation.

From Oct. 1 through Oct. 10, St. Louis residents are encouraged to install purple light bulbs in their porch lights.

Deoman Reeves, 31, was convicted in the fatal shooting of David Anderson in the 1100 block of Kinglsand Avenue on Oct. 21, 2019.

EAST ALTON - The Village of East Alton is hosting a first on Sunday - a Fall Food Truck Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Van Preter Park at 500 Playground Park in East Alton. Organizers have more than eight food truck vendors on location for people to bring their families and relax in the beautiful fall weather of East Alton Park with delicious offerings. Mike Moore and Robin Carlton have organized the event. Both have been involved in many of the community events that have added life to the village. Jeremy Sheppard, owner of Street EATZ from Rosewood Heights, helped organize the event, Moore and Carlton said. "We worked with him and went back and forth and he helped us get some food trucks organized in quick fashion," Moore said. "He has done a really good job with his food truck and has gone about a year now and is from the East Alton area. We are trying to keep it local and local vendors." High school art classes competed for designs of a T-shirt for the event. Gray Entertainment

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Round up your family and friends and head to Eureka, Missouri, for its annual, shall we say, party. Eureka Days features carnival rides, a parade, a beer garden, a firework […]

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The second of three episodes of The Continental: From the World of John Wick is now streaming on Peacock.  Set in "the hell-scape of 1970s New York City," it was up to…

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GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College’s College for Life (CFL) program hosts their coffee stand four days a week in Reid Memorial Library to fill a need on the Godfrey Campus and to serve as a learning experience for students. Aptly named “Coffee for Life,” the stand features Bunkhouse Joe’s “Icy Joe” iced coffee, hot coffee, and bottles of water. Hours are Monday and Wednesday, 9:45 – 10:45 a.m., and Tuesday and Thursday, 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. What started as a fun idea in 2020, Coffee for Life officially opened its “doors” in 2022 and has continued to grow since its inception. The program allows CFL students to learn and practice job skills while serving the campus community. The students work on skills such as marketing, money management and customer service. “Most of the students already have jobs, so we want to let them showcase those skills,” said CFL instructor Katelyn Baahlmann. “It gives

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Thousands are expected to attend Urban Chestnut Brewing Company’s Oktoberfest. This festive block party will have live music, dancing, lots of games, stein holding, food and obviously plenty of beer.  

St. Louis native Norbert Leo Butz’s latest album is a conversation with his eldest daughter. He celebrates the release of “King of Hearts” with a homecoming concert Friday night at the Sheldon. Butz has won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical for his roles in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Catch Me If You Can.” He’s also appeared in TV shows and films.

As a Walled Culture explained back in 2021, open access (OA) to published academic research comes in two main varieties. “Gold” open access papers are freely available to the public because the researchers’ institutions pay “article-processing charges” to a publisher. “Green” OA papers are available because the authors self-archive their work on a personal Web site or institutional repository […]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office issued charges on Friday, September 29, 2023, on suspect Trevor White, 41, of the 500 block of Deer Pointe Court in Fenton, Missouri 63026, for Attempted Enticement of a Child and Sexual Misconduct Involving a Child. White has been a youth athletic coach for over 10 years. White is being held on a $100,000 cash-only, no 10%, bond. Please note, charges are merely an accusation and Defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law. The probable cause statement reads: On or about September 28, 2023, Defendant texted with a person he believed to be a child under the age of 15. The defendant asked if he could pick the child up so they could engage in sexual activity together." Investigators suspect there may be more victims. If you have information, please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210, or to remain anonymous or potentially receive a reward, please contac

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Adam Wainwright, one of the most prolific pitchers in recent St. Louis Cardinals history, will retire after the team's final home series this weekend.

Things haven't been going well for Team Trump in the Georgia election fraud case. Several attempts to move the trial into federal court have failed, and today one of the co-defendants broke ranks and agreed to a plea deal: Scott Hall, a 59-year-old bail bondsman from the Augusta area who prosecutors alleged played a wide-ranging ...continue reading "In Georgia, one down and 18 to go"

Trevor White, 41, has been a youth athletic coach for over 10 years. Investigators said they believed there may be more victims.

Former Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin has released the brand new song "Oklahoma" from his upcoming album, Rio, which will be his first solo album of vocal material in 34 years. Rabin says the song was…

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BETHALTO - This weekend is the 27th annual Wings-N-Wheels Fly-In Festival, both Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the St. Louis Regional Airport in Bethalto. Both days are full of fun for the whole family, between free flights for kids, tarmac tours of various planes, a car show, and much more. “It’s a nice community event. We like showing off the airport, we love showing what we do,” said Danny Adams, general manager of the St. Louis Regional Airport. “We like showing the airplanes off and that’s our prime opportunity to do it.” Here’s what’s happening on the first day of the Fly-In on Saturday, Sept. 30: “Behind the fence” tours of local pilot planes, military aircraft, and more on the airport tarmac. The Speed Demons Car Show, featuring live music from the band Cruise Control Kids Zone with bounce houses, barrel car rides, and more (sponsored by the Bethalto Chamber of Commerce) Bethalto’s

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