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On June 18th, a shooting at an unsanctioned party at an empty office building in downtown St. Louis left 11 teens injured and one 17-year-old dead, sparking outrage and calls for action to address youth violence. Two St. Louis teens, Justin Boyle and Jeremiah Miller, say they need more than extended hours at recreation centers to feel safe, and they share their lived experiences as young Black men as they offer ideas on ways local leaders can better engage young people about preventing violence.

ALTON - Calvary Baptist Church in Alton is hosting their 2023 "Rise Up" Calvary Children's Music Camp later this summer from Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4. They describe the camp as a great way to tune out distractions while learning about God’s word in a fun environment. Each day of the camp will run from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and registration is open for children ages 3 before September 1, 2022 through those that have completed fifth grade. Music Leader and Senior Adult Pastor Brent Syder joined Children's Pastor Mike Harrelson on a recent episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to discuss the camp and the mission behind it. One of their goals for the camp was to keep it affordable for families - the cost is $40 per child or $60 each for two children, and Snyder said the “max” cost is $75 for larger families. Harrelson said the camp includes songs and videos from Seeds Family Worship , a “music-based ministry,” which

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A man from a Chicago suburb has been charged for allegedly sharing a sex video featuring a former St. Louis County official, filmed in his office at the county government building in Clayton.

SPRINGFIELD - God is Alive, produced by Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, available to watch for free In a world full of selfishness, hardships, and despair, more and more people are asking, “God, are you up there?” God is Alive , an original documentary, created and produced by the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, answers that question in an adventurous, impactful, and local way. Andrew Hansen, host of the Catholic podcast Dive Deep , editor of Catholic Times , and former television personality on ABC, NBC, and FOX affiliates in Central Illinois, teams up with Father Michael Trummer, parochial vicar of St. Boniface Parish in Edwardsville and chaplain at Father McGivney Catholic High School in Glen Carbon, in a journey across Central Illinois, as they find five incredible stories of faith/miraculous events in five cities that will show God is alive and help move people to put their faith in action. “If you are full of faith, clinging to faith, o

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Florissant to co-host Big Shark Bicyling Tours through Old Town Mayor Tim Lowery has announce that the City of Florissant will be co-hosting with Big Shark Bicycle Company, USA Cycling and the Missouri Bicycling Racing Association (MOBRA) the 2023 Missouri State Championship Bicycle Races on Saturday, Aug 5 in Old Town. This event will bring […]

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ALTON - Too many community-building practitioners cling to the notion that jobs alone build community. But, are jobs enough to attract and retain talent? Workforce training, manufacturing plants, and warehouses are touted as solutions. Creating a day labor center is not community-building. There is more to livability than a job and there is more to community-building than roads, workforce training, and the next Toyota plant. Downstate Illinois continues to bleed population. One side argues the cause is lack of opportunity, while the other sides argues it’s taxes. But maybe, just maybe, downstate Illinois isn’t paying enough attention to livability. Some regions in downstate Illinois have the bones to host the best bedroom communities in the Midwest, if we can recognize and appreciate the connection between community-building and destination-building. Instead of prioritizing blue-collar employment centers and giving handsome tax breaks to encourage large out-of-state

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If you’re a Techdirt reader, you’re surely familiar with Cory Doctorow: we’ve written about him often, he’s appeared on the podcast several times and, of course, he’s a prolific science fiction author whose books brilliantly engage with many of the subjects we cover. Next week, if all goes according to plan, Cory will be joining […]

The reaction to Tishaura Jones' texts was often a pearl-clutching surprise that an elected official would use such language. It was a bad first take.

One suspect pulled a gun on the victim while the other stole the pizzas.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) - A former Maui Jim employee was sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud and wire fraud. After pleading guilty in March, Erica L. Hornof, of Bradford was ordered by a federal judge sitting in Peoria to pay $125,472.48 in restitution to Maui Jim. While employed [...]

The video showed the former chief of staff for St. Louis County Executive Sam Page engaged in a sex act inside his county office in Clayton.

Well, this is weird. A few years ago police investigators found out that four state troopers in Connecticut had been entering fake traffic tickets into an internal police database: Four troopers had collectively entered at least 636 fake tickets into the state police computer system over a nine-month stretch to make it appear they were ...continue reading "Need to improve your racial profiling image? Just issue a bunch of fake tickets to white people."

David Lee Roth is channeling Napoleon Dynamite for his latest video. The former Van Halen frontman just posted a video of him dancing to Jamiroquai’s “Canned Heat,” the same song featured in Jon Heder’s climactic dance scene…

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The university first purchased the Goodwill buildings in 2019 for development into a "hub to nurture both businesses and individuals as they advance and grow in the St. Louis innovation ecosystem,” the university said in a statement.

An acquaintance of a former St. Louis County chief of staff was charged in connection with the dissemination of a sex tape involving the man and an unidentified woman last year. Calvin Harris was St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s chief of staff. The boyfriend of the mother of Harris' child was charged in connection to the incident, allegedly sharing the tape with Page’s political enemy in 2022. Rodney Leger, 51, of Glen Ellyn, Ill. was charged with three counts of nonconsensual dissemination…

The deal gives gives Nickelodeon the first chance at picking up the studio's major animation projects, while giving the local company the chance be the animator-of-choice for certain Nickelodeon projects.

Another new grocer threatens to take more market share from local brands, which still believe they have a significant edge.