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A new video shared with FOX 2 shows thieves stealing a gun and other items out of a car in Berkeley as the owner pumped gas.

We’ve spilled a great deal of ink discussing the GDPR and its failures and unintended consequences. The European data privacy law that was ostensibly built to protect the data of private citizens, but which was also expected to result in heavy fines for primarily American internet companies, has mostly failed to do either. While the […]

Joni Mitchell’s Archives, Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975) is set to drop October 6, and fans are getting another preview of some of the extras they'll get with the expansive box…

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Join the Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis on Sept. 28 for a free public lecture from New York-based artist Marie Lorenz. Her work is rooted in […]

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Join the Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis on Sept. 28 for a free public lecture from New York-based artist Marie Lorenz. Her work is rooted in […]

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Enjoy a peaceful cruise along the Missouri River aboard Miss Augusta, a 105-foot Skipperliner yacht, which departs from Klondike Park in Augusta, Missouri. The luxury yacht has three stories, including […]

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SSM Health is building a new Cardinal Glennon pediatric hospital to eventually replace the current location.

The additional employees and increased production will help the company meet sales demands, as officials said sales have increased 20% year over year.

The new documentary Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album will premiere October 28 at 9 p.m. ET on AXS TV. Said legendary album is 1982's Metal Massacre, the debut…

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ST. LOUIS - Audiences and critics alike have been singing praises for Union Avenue Opera’s 29th Festival Season, which closed last month, setting box office records with their run of Flaherty and Ahrens’ "Ragtime" that was hailed as “astonishing!” “perfectly sung,” and brimming with “excellence and deep talent.” Union Avenue Opera (UAO) is back this fall with a special 30th Anniversary Season Announcement Concert which will feature the return of soprano Marsha Thompson who sang the role of Abigaille in the company’s 2018 production of "Nabucco ." On Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m., Artistic Director Scott Schoonover will announce UAO’s highly anticipated 30th Anniversary Season line-up in a not-to-be missed concert celebrating the start of this momentous year. Joining Ms. Thompson on the UAO stage will be Meroë Khalia Adeeb (Governess) and James Stevens (Peter Quint) from this summer’s production of "The Turn o

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A new report finds that five major global insurers are still backing U.S. coal mines, even when they've promised not to.

This chart is making the rounds on Twitter: A paper from a few years ago breaks this down in more detail. After a big pile o' math, here's what it tells us: Note that the bottom figure is a chart of mortality, so higher is worse. And what it shows is that our middle-aged mortality ...continue reading "Rising mortality is mostly limited to white high school dropouts"

A jury has convicted a St. Louis man in a near-fatal attack of his girlfriend earlier this year while he was on parole for a 1980 murder, according to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office.

GRANITE CITY/EAST ST. LOUIS - Kyla Gerhardt of Granite City was crowned the Miss Illinois Juneteenth for 2023 on June 3, 2023. She will represent the state of Illinois in the National Miss Juneteenth Pageant, which will be held in October of 2023. Kyla, an 18-year-old 2023 graduate of Granite City High School, is a freshman at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville majoring in Early Childhood Education. An accomplished vocalist, Kyla won the talent and essay competitions to win the title of Miss Illinois Juneteenth 2023. She has sung across the country and recently performed at Carnegie Hall. Kyla uses her voice not only to entertain, but to educate, advocate and be a voice for children without a voice. She believes that musical therapy is the perfect way to give voice and to communicate with nonverbal children. In addition to being the 2023 Miss Illinois Juneteenth, Kyla is Fox Teen Talent Finalist and a Silver winner for the National ACT-SO Competition, where sh

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A mural design competition offers $1,000 to $5,000 prizes.

ALTON - Alton Memorial Hospital’s College Avenue entrance will be closed starting Monday, Oct. 2, and is expected to remain closed approximately a month for renovation work. The main objective of the project is for renovation and widening the entrance to allow for better traffic flow into and out of the hospital campus. Entrances to the Alton Memorial campus from Rock Springs Drive and Brown Street will remain open at all times. “We very much appreciate generous gifts from our community over the years to enhance and modernize our beautiful campus,” said AMH President Dave Braasch. “We thank our patients and visitors in advance for their cooperation during this project. The end result will be well worth it.” Patients and visitors are asked to turn south onto Rock Springs Drive from College Avenue and use the Memorial Drive entrance from Rock Springs to the hospital campus. The contractor will have a sign at the College/Rock Springs intersection

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WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced $1,008,750 in federal funding to Kaskaskia Regional Port District, located in Red Bud, IL, and one of the largest inland ports in the country. Today’s federal investment through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Maritime Administration’s America’s Marine Highway Program will support the purchase of eight shuttle cars to make cargo movement more efficient and reduce congestion. “Located on the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers, Kaskaskia Regional Port District serves as a critical part of Southern Illinois’s economy,” Duckworth said. “Today’s announcement will help ensure they have the resources needed to increase operations and improve their infrastructure, as well as to lower carbon emissions. I was proud to support this project and will continue working to secure investments that help us rebuild our state’s infrastructure

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Bruce Springsteen is sharing a preview of a new song he wrote for the upcoming movie She Came to Me. The Boss shared a snippet of the track, “Addicted to Romance,” on Instagram,…

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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., the oldest, privately held construction firm in the U.S. and a leading national healthcare construction manager, has been selected to lead the design-build team for a new 14-story facility with more than 200 inpatient beds for SSM Health’s Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. The design-build team includes HKS, a […]

The next legal wrestling match over what Missouri voters would see if an abortion-rights initiative petition makes next year’s ballot is scheduled for Oct. 30 before judges of Western District Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel will hear oral arguments that day on Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s appeal of Cole County Circuit Judge Jon […]

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