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CARLINVILLE - Every spring, Blackburn's International Business course offers students the opportunity to participate in a global business competition called X-Culture. Students from around the world from international teams meet initially online and, finally, in person to finalize their work on solving a real business problem for real companies. In 2022, more than 11,000 students representing 120 countries across more than 300 colleges and universities graduated from the program. This year, Sophia King, a rising senior marketing major of Godfrey was among five Blackburn students invited to attend the annual X-Culture Global Business Symposium, which brings participants together and chooses from the best of the best. Dr. Christina Langwell McCurley, professor of business and coordinator of the program for Blackburn, believes this competition is critical to helping students understand international business strategy comprehensively. "The project challenges students academically,

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The Court of Honor at the downtown Soldiers Memorial was updated to include 254 new names of local soldiers

We're hours away from Temp Tag Tuesday in the City of Ferguson, a new campaign to get expired temporary tags off the streets.

The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church’s St. Louis County Greek Fest has seen record crowds this weekend, thanks in part to this beautiful weather. Festival goers enjoyed the atmosphere in person for the first time in three years.

From St. Louis County to the city, Memorial Day commemorations were held in honor of fallen soldiers this year, which meant something extra special for veterans who have served in the Vietnam War.

The 17-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was shot while trying to pick up his younger brothers in April.

Police sources tell 5 On Your Side the man was suspected of melting copper near the riverfront.

Gabrielle Mitchell-Bonds, a senior at Rosati-Kain High School Mitchell-Bonds, will start this fall and pursue a degree in sociology and African American studies.

Choose a belief system that cancels hopelessness and anchors you in something significantly bigger than yourself.

A beloved St. Louis icon has gone to the great carpet store in the Sky. Becky "Queen of Carpet" Rothman died yesterday at age 67. Her legendary commercials for Becky's Carpet & Tile Superstore imprinted on generations of St. Louisans, who saw her as a local legend as famous as John Goodman or Jon Hamm.

Mike Brennan from the National Hurricane Center explains what to expect during the upcoming hurricane season that begins June 1.

The 14-year-old football star was shot and killed by a stray bullet in 2019.

GRAFTON - Whalen-Hill American Legion Post #648 hosted Grafton’s Third Annual Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at noon on Monday, May 29, 2023, at the Post’s WWI Monument overlooking the cemetery and it was once again a captivating experience with Mike Morrow, a retired Army Colonel, as the keynote speaker. Post Commander John Hughes introduced CW4 (Ret.) Terry Day who emceed the ceremony. Father Marty Smith, a former member of the 82 nd Airborne Division and an Iraqi Freedom Veteran gave the invocation. This was Mayor Morrow's Memorial Day Speech: “On Memorial Day we remember those who lost their lives in the service of our nation. It is a day set aside to honor those military men and women who paid for our freedom with their lives. The Honor Guard of this post, the Whalen-Hill American Legion Post #648 assembled early this morning, put on their uniforms, gathered their gear, and traveled to each of the local cemeteries in our region. At each stop

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Police said the victim died at the hospital.

Jevon Westoland hosts Off the Wall: Open Mic!   MX Movies & Bar will be serving up a full bar, kitchen items, and of course fresh popcorn while you enjoy

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