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O’FALLON – HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is honoring all their colleagues with a weeklong “We Are HSHS” Week which combines the celebrations of National Nurses Week (May 6-12) and National Hospital Week (May 7-13). As a unified organization, HSHS is combining this week to celebrate collaboration and provide St. Elizabeth’s Hospital administration an opportunity to thank and recognize all those who serve patients and their families each day with respect, care, competence and joy. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital is comprised of doctors, nurses, security, health techs, therapists, food services colleagues, environmental services colleagues, administration, spiritual care and much more. HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital President and CEO Chris Klay shared, “I am extremely proud of our team of colleagues who provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients and area communities. We Are HSHS Week celebrates how the collaborative efforts of

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Let your soul breathe. Experience the essence of belonging through the paintings and poetry of Angela L. Chostner.   This art exhibition provides opportunity for self reflection with interactive elements.

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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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Salsich delivered a passionate performance of "Have a Little Faith In Me" on Monday night but was unsuccessful in winning over coach Kelly Clarkson.

Kristen Taylor, 37, is still in disbelief that recreational marijuana is legal in Missouri and Illinois. "I can't believe it happened in my lifetime," she says.

Leah Sage came across an interesting new app on Facebook three years ago. The app, SudShare, boasted that "sudsters" could make up to $20 per hour by washing strangers' laundry.

Tuesday is the 300th anniversary of the Illinois National Guard. It dates back to 1723, when the Illinois militia first mustered at Kaskaskia, Illinois.

The effort began after firefighter Ben Polson, 33, was killed while responding to a fire in a vacant building.

Date of sighting: April 27 Location: Locust Street and North 10th Street

“The current Supreme Court is a lawless institution that is dangerous to our democracy,” Bush said Monday.

The St. Louis native who started his career as a background dancer for Janet Jackson, Usher, Beyonce, and Justin Bieber returns to his hometown for a show tomorrow.

Carl Phillips, the author of several books of poetry and an English professor at Washington University, has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Despite oodles of regulatory favors and millions of dollars in spectrum sales, Sinclair Broadcasting is shuttering what passes for local “news” in another five markets, continuing a wave of layoffs making an already bad problem worse. You might recall that Sinclair’s long been under fire for heavily consolidating a very broken local news sector, often […]

A man was shot and killed, and a trooper is recovering from injuries after an early Tuesday morning shootout.

One in 1,000 Americans are affected by secondary lymphedema. It’s a chronic disease when there’s an increased collection of lymphatic fluid in the body that causes swelling. Those with cancer are known to develop lymphedema, which can lead to skin and tissue changes, according to the National Institutes of Health. Sometimes those with lymphedema can inherit the disease, known as primary lymphedema, which is much rarer. You can be born with lymphedema, develop it during puberty, or later. There’s no cure for lymphedema. It’s a disease, and one like diabetes that you have to manage through treatment. Treva Haney, a supervisor in Rehabilitation Services at OSF HealthCare, says her team works through different treatment plans with patients to meet their specific needs. “Usually the plan of attack for treating lymphedema is complete congestive therapy,” Treva says. “This involves compression bandaging and a special, lymphatic massage.”

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