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ALTON - Alternative solutions to the problem of “vicious” cats and dogs in Alton were brought before the City Council on Wednesday, prompting a discussion which turned heated when one resident criticized Public Works Director Mike Parsons for referring to animals as “things” at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday. Resident Bill Gilbreth introduced himself as a “lifelong pet owner” and said he took offense to Parsons saying that “things have to be euthanized so you can make room for other things” at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday. “You don’t have an opinion about considering animals to be ‘things’ to be euthanized?” Gilbreth asked the City Council members. He said he’s called the Mayor’s office to ask his opinion on the comment, but hasn’t received any response. “I have an opinion about ‘things,’ I sure do.” Parsons replied. When Gilbret

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Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Baseball and Kermit the Frog  – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum.   Housed in a restored 1896 building, the

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The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms

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ST. LOUIS - The deceased in a recent homicide in St. Louis County has been identified as Latoya Brown, 36, of the 10200 block of Ashbrook Drive in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo., 63137. St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 10200 block of Ashbrook Drive in Bellefontaine Neighbors which resulted in the death of an adult female. On July 25, 2023, at 10:51 PM, police officers from the City of Bellefontaine Neighbors responded to a call for service for a shooting in the 10200 block of Ashbrook Drive. Arriving officers located an adult female suffering from an apparent gunshot wound inside a residence. The female was transported to an area hospital for life-saving treatment but succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased. City of Bellefontaine Neighbors officers requested St. Louis County Police Department assume responsibility for the investigation. Preliminary investigation has revealed this shooting

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The move ends a 14-year reign as CEO of the company, which has grown from around $20 million in revenue to nearly $1 billion thanks, in part, to an aggressive growth-by-acquisition strategy.

Green Door Art Gallery is pleased to partner with Bobby Lessentine, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, in presenting Inspiration and Expression, The Art of MaryJo Clark.   The exhibit includes collage,

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Car prices are up, inventory is down — and no one sees “normal” coming back.

Leading the Wild Life My father used the expression “eating off the fat of the land” to describe a bountiful meal from his garden.   With that in mind, last weekend I planned a dinner based on eating from the land. (Today’s sniffy chefs would call that a “vegetable forward menu.”) But as Robert Burns... 

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Crime continues to top the headlines in St. Louis and across the country.

A new cirque show is coming to the big top at the St. Louis Galleria, but this isn't your average show.

Brothers Alex and Jeff Henry plan to open El Molino Del Sureste, which will serve Mexican-inspired dishes and drinks at night and function as a mill that turns corn into masa for tortillas, tortilla chips, and other products by day.

The St. Louis Art Museum's first exhibition of contemporary and modern works by Native Americans involves elements of Indigenous culture. It runs through early September.

A woman died after she was shot late Tuesday in a Bellefontaine Neighbors home.

Giant automakers continue to try and scuttle a popular Massachusetts law aimed at making repairing your own cars easier and more affordable. And they’re once again using some familiar, misleading tactics to do it. In late 2020, Massachusetts lawmakers (with overwhelming public support) passed an expansion of the state’s “right to repair” law, requiring that all […]

Technology that police say has helped reduce crime along Chicago area expressways is coming to the Metro East. Illinois State Police began installing license plate reader cameras on Chicago area expressways following the enactment of the Tamara Clayton Expressway Camera Act on January 1, 2020. Clayton was on her way to work in February 2019 when she was shot and killed while driving on Interstate 57 near Cicero Avenue in Chicago. Between 2021 and 2022, shootings dropped by 47% and homicides dropped…

Latoya Brown, 36, was taken to an area hospital and later died as a result of her injuries.