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Blondie Ott celebrated her 104th birthday on July 4, 2023. What's her secret to living a long life? "The good Lord took care of me. I've just been blessed," said Ott.

Police and prosecutors say a Hazelwood man struck his partner and then prevented her from leaving their home with their two children.

Public safety leaders with the City of St. Louis explained the roles of their 911 systems, dispatch operations and emergency response times after severe storms over the weekend left one woman dead and thousands without power for days.

Erin Morrow Hawley, an attorney and wife of Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, is facing heated criticism after revelations that a high-profile Supreme Court case she was involved in was in part based on a falsehood.  Erin Morrow Hawley serves as senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group.

The relationship between Mick Mars and his former Mötley Crüe bandmates is certainly strained now that they're battling it out in court over money. It turns out, however, they haven’t been on good terms…

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ALTON - A new area code will begin rolling out on Friday, July 7, to some of those in the 618 region seeking new phone numbers or additional lines. The State of Illinois announced last year that a new 730 area code will "overlay the existing 618 area code to address the depletion of prefixes available for assignment within the region.” The 618 area code covers 37 counties in southern Illinois and includes the communities of Alton, Belleville, Bethalto, Carbondale, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Fairview Heights, Glen Carbon, Grafton, Granite City, Jerseyville, Wood River, and more. The state further clarified that 730 numbers may begin appearing after Friday, but most areas will still have some 618 numbers available. “While many individual 618 telephone numbers remain unassigned, an area code is deemed to be ‘exhausted’ when the last available prefix has been assigned. While 730 telephone numbers will begin to appear in the second half of 2023, there wil

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Our most popular post last year was my post attempting to help Elon Musk “speedrun” the content moderation learning curve. People still talk to me about that post to this day. What’s been somewhat surprising to me, however, is that while nearly every other social media site eventually figures out the basics of the content […]

ALTON - This week, because of construction at Riverview Park, the The Alton Municipal Band's Thursday concert is moving to the Alton Amphitheater. At 7:30 p.m. this Thursday, July 6, the Alton Municipal Band will perform at the Alton Amphitheater, with a picturesque view of Clark Bridge and the Mississippi River. "We're excited to get the chance to play at this beautiful facility," Adam Rodgers, board chair of the Alton Municipal Band, said. "It is hard to believe we're already halfway done with the concert series!" Featured this week is the Alton High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Chris Jarden. "These young musicians represent the future of music in our community, and audiences will enjoy their toe-tapping rendition of jazz favorites," Rogers said. "In addition, Lewis and Clark Community College will be on-site, with information about their course offerings and activities. Blazer, the mascot, will be on-hand to lead the famous children’s march." The concert will

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Brandon Jones is being held on a $65,000 cash-only bond.

University of Missouri study shows friends, family, and community support can increase successful breastfeeding rates for moms.

The Doobie Brothers will headline the Illinois State Fair Grandstand.

It was a big weekend in St. Louis for artists with ’80s heydays — first Debbie Gibson on Friday and then Bryan Adams with Joan Jett on Saturday. While Gibson showed plenty of vintage MTV footage on screen during her River City Casino show, legendary VJ Alan Hunter was not on hand; however, Hunter was indeed front and center for Bryan Adams though not as front nor as center as Ralph Morse, a classic rock superfan who wears black decorated bowler hats and scores the choicest seats for every legends show in town these days.

After three consecutive starts that led to brutal blowout losses, St. Louis Cardinals veteran Adam Wainwright has been placed on the injured list once again in his sendoff season.

The Washington Post has a devastating but deadpan story today about the efforts of a private equity firm to buy up anesthesiology practices all over the country and then jack up prices for everyone. It starts in Denver: The multibillion-dollar private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe took less than a year to create, ...continue reading "How to build a monopoly in less than a year"

There is a level 2 (out of 5) risk for a few strong to severe storms today, especially in Illinois this afternoon.

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Torkwase Dyson’s artwork engages urgent issues regarding architecture, infrastructure and the social and political impacts of the climate crisis, bringing them into conversation with historical and contemporary reflections on the

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On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until July 24, “Killing The Buddha”: Reconstructing Zen is the 2023 Arthur Greenberg Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship exhibition, located in the Teaching

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