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Services will be held next week for two Missouri soldiers who died when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine nighttime training exercise in Kentucky.

Letter To The Editor: In my most recent letter to the editor, I wrote that the city plans to build a $10,000 flood wall along Broadway. I omitted three zeros. The projected cost of the wall and rebuilding of Chessen Street is $10 million, not $10 thousand. While 10 million dollars is a lot of money, is it enough to build a wall that will protect downtown Alton? I heard a rumor that the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it would cost $50 million to build an effective flood wall. I could be wrong here, too. To clarify any misunderstandings and help the City Council make informed decisions when they vote on the flood wall design in the next few months, perhaps the Alton Riverfront Commission will invite the Army Corps and other river experts to its next meeting. Libby Reuter, Alton

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An audience member from St. Louis on The Jennifer Hudson Show did a backflip after sinking two baskets during the “Make It And Take It” segment. Dance teacher Robert Crenshaw dazzled the crowd with his performance.

A Florissant foot doctor with a practice in East St. Louis, Illinois, appeared in federal court last week and pleaded guilty to health care fraud.

A federal judge’s ruling against the most common medication abortion drug could have a “devastating” effect on Missourians, according to a Missouri abortion advocate. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump-appointed judge, ruled that the Food and Drug Administration didn’t properly approve mifepristone 20 years ago.

Springfield, Illinois legislator aims to create good working relationship with conservative Republican lawmakers who also represent Southern Illinois.

In all, 728 families were adopted by donors, provided household necessities or gifts they requested or direct cash assistance, according to the United Way.

I’ve been meaning to cover this for a few days now, but it’s finally off the backburner! And back on the afterburner! I have no idea what any of that means other than this is bad, bad, incredibly bad news for Fox News and (possibly) its parent corporation. Donald Trump and his voting bloc refused […]

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JERSEYVILLE - Two Missouri individuals have been arrested in Jersey County over the past week, according to recent court filings from the Jersey County Circuit Clerk’s Office. One was arrested on a weapon charge while the other was arrested on a meth possession charge. Penny Lou Dyer, 57, of Spanish Lake, Mo., was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. According to court documents, Dyer was in possession of “a black 800 type direct-current ultrahigh voltage taser.” She was also charged for driving with no valid registration, and both charges were issued on April 2. Dyer was charged with a Super Class 3 felony for the weapon possession charge. Her bail was set at $25,000. Her arraignment hearing has been set for May 15, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. and more information and updates on this case can be found here . Shayne L. Mundy, 51, of Montgomery, Mo., was charged on April 4 with unlawful possession of methamphetamine. He was charged with a Class

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When Mitchell Dering got off work on Tuesday, March 14, he had an itch to go fishing. Dering went to Duck Creek Conservation Area with his bow and scanned the waters on one of the ditches.

Over the weekend I observed that conservatives have been notably silent about the flaky legal reasoning behind Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's nationwide ban of the abortion pill mifepristone. Today, National Review's Michael New takes a different approach: instead of trying to defend Kacsmaryk's ruling on legal grounds, he claims that mifeprestone is, in fact, more dangerous ...continue reading "Pro-life group shows that mifepristone is safe"

On April Fools's Day, those watching the St. Louis CITY SC game got a huge dose of on-screen cuteness when the camera panned to T-Rav Baby. She was wearing a ravioli pillow and pink headphones and cheesing for the camera. Of course, we had to celebrate her and tracked down her dad, Chris Buerke, to find out more about how T-Rav Baby came to grace our screens.

The members of ABBA have taken to social media to pay tribute to their longtime guitarist Lasse Wellander, who passed away at the age of 70 on Friday, April 7. "Lasse was a…

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MONDAY, APRIL 3 CNN is back on its bullshit, providing wall-to-wall coverage of a failed former real estate developer soon to be arrested in New York. Y’all know things are happening in statehouses across America that have far more impact on our lives? Let’s start with Jefferson City.