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A Lemay, Missouri, man was sentenced Thursday in connection with a 2020 murder in St. Louis City's Bevo neighborhood.

From founder Maxine Clark and CEO Sharon Price John to Baby Yoda and Mike Tyson, those who played a role in Build-A-Bear Workshop's growth to a $468 million toy retailer and entertainment business chronicle its 25-year history in the new documentary “Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story."

In addition to shelters being overcrowded, the number of stray dogs and cats on the streets continues to grow. Shelter leaders Weng Horak of CARE STL and Alisha Vianello of Gateway Pet Guardians share what animal shelters are going through and what you can do to help.

While we're on the subject of declining life expectancies for high school dropouts, here's another look at things: This is for people with low incomes, which is not the same thing as dropouts. Still, it's in the same ballpark, so this chart tells us a few things: Income for the poor has gone up fairly ...continue reading "Stagnant life expectancies for the poor probably aren’t related to health care"

The St. Louis community is honoring the life and legacy of the late Austin Layne Jr., the longtime president and founder of the funeral home that bears his name.

EDWARDSVILLE – Mayor Art Risavy announced the City has received a generous donation for the expansion of Edwardsville’s Plummer Family Park from Robert and Donna Plummer. “This substantial donation will allow the city to continue building out our 83-acre sports park,” Mayor Risavy said. “We are excited this additional funding will kick-start phase 2 of the park that will include four full-size baseball fields and other potential additions, such as more pickleball courts, sand volleyball courts, an expanded parking area and other features. “This next phase will be a literal game-changer for families seeking top-level sports options so close to Edwardsville’s restaurants, hotels, stores and attractions,” Mayor Risavy said. Plummer Family Park already boasts four turf youth baseball/softball fields, 12 pickleball courts and six multipurpose fields that regularly accommodate soccer, field hockey, flag football and other games and tournaments.

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A St. Louis man appeared in U.S. District Court on Thursday and admitted to several armed robberies in 2021.

Elon Musk really seems to hate paying legal bills (or, really, any bills), but now he’s got a few more to cover. Bloomberg reported earlier this week that Kathaleen McCormick, Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery (who is quite familiar with Elon Musk and Twitter) has ruled that exTwitter has to cover the legal […]

Promised changes are coming with a series of cold fronts.

ROXANA - Roxana’s football team is red hot with six consecutive wins and on Friday night at home may have its biggest test to date against Breese Central in a 7 p.m. start. Breese Central enters Friday’s game 5-1 overall. The game will be live on Riverbender.com . Four keys to Roxana’s success this season have been its stellar Fearsome Foursome linebacker crew of Evan Wells, James Herring, Braden Johnson and Nick Newton. Roxana Head Football Coach Wade DeVries said sometimes the defense doesn’t get the attention it should, but this group of boys has been phenomenal throughout the 2023 football campaign. The linebacker crew are Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athletes of the Month for Roxana. Wells is a four-year starter on offense, who is starting his first year on defense as well and has been outstanding in both his roles on defense and offense, the coach said. “Herring had a tremendous off-season,” Coach DeVries added. “He is a three-year

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Illinois will get a $16 million federal grant to help small municipal and co-op utilities improve power grid reliability and help mitigate the impacts of extreme weather, the governor's office announced Thursday.

Fans attending St. Louis Blues games at Enterprise Center this season will notice new names on entrance gates, additional food options and upgrades to the facility that might normally go unnoticed.

Pastors and police officers are working together to combat crime in the Illinois Metro East, building bridges between law enforcement and local residents with special Faith & Blue events.

Classic rock band Three Dog Night has postponed a show originally planned at The Factory this weekend due to virus concerns.

That includes building more renewables, selling more electric vehicles, and fixing up more buildings.

Mayor Jones, who called for the change, says the new chief medical officer and support personnel will work with a yet-to-be-chosen private company that will handle some jail health care duties.

ALTON - It’s been a warm autumn so far, but that won’t stop the Grandpa Gang — they’ve been decorating for Christmas since September. The Grandpa Gang is a group of retired Alton residents who organize the Christmas Wonderland lights and display at Rock Springs Park in Alton every winter. Board President Dick Alford said the gang started decorating in the first week of September and will continue to work four hours a day, five days a week until Thanksgiving. They’re looking forward to putting on a great display and benefiting local organizations. “Pretty much everybody there is a grandpa in some way,” Alford said. “It kind of brings that holiness to it, to know that your grandpas are out there putting this up for your grandkids and your children.” Despite the name, he emphasized that you don’t actually have to be a grandfather to join them. The group is made up of 25 men who have some extra time and want to decorate “for

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A downtown St. Louis office building is up for sale, after its landlord sued the sole tenant earlier this year for allegedly not paying rent.