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Becky Rothman, "The Queen of Carpet" left an unforgettable mark on St. Louis with decades of comical commercials for her family flooring store.

Tonight, Platypus (4501 Manchester Avenue, 314-448-1622, drinkplatypus.com) will be holding an event at the intersection of Pride Month, trans rights, art and sipping on a really great cocktail. Head to the Grove from 6 p.m. to close for the Pride Month Celebration Fundraiser, which will be raising money to support the creation of a "Trans Joy Is My Love Language" mural to be painted on an exterior wall of Sauce on the Side.

Thursday is National Dinosaur Day, and there's a celebration at the St. Louis Zoo where you're invited to experience all things prehistoric.

Security images showed two pedestrians narrowly avoided being struck by the U-Haul truck as he drove it onto a sidewalk and into a barrier.

Personal items belonging to Queen’s Freddie Mercury are set to go up for auction at Sotheby’s in September, and a preview exhibit in New York has revealed some interesting info about the band’s…

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Low, seething clouds swirled in from the west. Wind bursts scattered litter. Awnings snapped. Fat raindrops smacked the streets. A tornado formed near Hampton Avenue, damaging the cluster of hospitals and asylums along Arsenal Street. Gathering ferocity, the black corkscrew churned through Shaw’s Garden and the Liggett & Myers tobacco works, […]

When we launched the Business of Pride Awards two years ago, we thought it might be too late to do so in St. Louis. But we were wrong: elevating advocates for the LGBTQIA+ community is perhaps more important than ever.

Police identified the victim as Derrick Johnson, 19, of University City.

by Dr. John Gaal Editor’s Note: Each week, Dr. John Gaal, director of worker wellness for the Missouri Works Initiative, a non-profit workforce formed by the Missouri AFL-CIO, collects and comments on news and trends in workforce wellness and life balance. Construction Forum will be carrying the Worker Wellness & Well-Being Blog as a regular […]

A federal appeals court has put on hold an Environmental Protection Agency regulation aimed at reducing air pollution in Missouri, drawing criticism from environmentalists but praise from the state’s attorney general who called the proposal “unconstitutional overreach.”

The Missouri General Assembly this year passed bills barring transgender youth from starting gender-affirming health care and another bill requiring student athletes to compete on teams based on the gender assigned to them at birth. In light of the actions, we asked this year's Business of Pride honorees to tell how the St. Louis region and state of Missouri can be more welcoming for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Students are working to preserve some of graves badly deteriorated or at risk of damage.

A Bellefontaine Neighbors man has been jailed in connection with a domestic violence investigation.

In his first year at the firm, Finnegan led a small team in creating a business case to show Edward Jones' senior leaders the value in adopting policies and practices to make it more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ clients and associates. He hasn't stopped there.

MOUNT VERNON – Governor JB Pritzker, Manner Polymers, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today joined local leaders and partners to announce Manner Polymers’ new manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon. Known as an industry manufacturing leader in polymer compounds, Manner Polymers’ new state-of-the-art Illinois facility will manufacture a wide array of PVC compounds, including automotive PVC compounds for use in electric vehicles (EVs) and components for solar panels. The facility will be powered by a 15-acre solar field located on site. Bolstered by a Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois (REV Illinois) incentive package, Manner Polymers plans to invest $54 million and create more than 60 jobs for the Southern Illinois region. “I couldn’t be prouder to announce that Manner Polymers has selected Illinois for their new 80,000 square foot, 100% solar-powered facility to manufacture electric vehicle PVC compounds,

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Gene Cheek, an information security and systems analyst for Schnuck Markets, is dedicated to fixing a "dated, crumbling" foster system that doesn't address the needs of the LGBTQIA+ community.

ALTON - In celebration of the Mississippi River Network’s Mississippi River Days of Action, the Three Rivers Project of Sierra Club Illinois is calling for volunteers to help stencil storm drains throughout Alton on June 17. Volunteers will receive storm drain stenciling kits provided by Sierra Club Illinois and stencil storm drains and apply plaques that say, “No Dumping, Drains to River!” to aid in the protection of the Mississippi River. To register to participate in the Storm Drain Stenciling Project, visit bit.ly/stormdrainstenciling23 . “Storm drain stenciling is a fun and interactive way to explore Alton and get involved in the local community while also protecting our important waterways,” says Christine Favilla, co-Coordinator of the Three Rivers Project of Sierra Club Illinois. “Downtown Alton’s storm drains flow directly into our local waters, depositing whatever they pick up along the way directly into the Mississippi River. We

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CHICAGO - Someone could jump-start June 2023 as a multi-millionaire. The Lotto jackpot for tonight’s drawing has swelled to a mouth-watering $16.55 million. If a player wins tonight’s jackpot, it will surpass the last record-making Lotto jackpot won in June 2020 of $16.5 million. While a couple of $1 million Lotto prizes were won by lucky winners in Romeoville and Oak Forest in April, the jackpot is still up for grabs. In total this year, nearly 3.5 million winning Lotto tickets have been sold, netting players over $14 million in prizes. Lotto is an Illinois-only game that is played three times a week on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. About the Illinois Lottery Founded in 1974, the Illinois Lottery has contributed over $24 billion (since 1985) to the state’s Common School Fund to assist K-12 public schools, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars to the Capital Projects Fund and to special causes. For more information, visit IllinoisLottery.com .

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Katie Doherty recalls the dread she felt when clicking a box on a DEI tracking service, outing herself. She has committed herself to helping others who are proud of who they are, even if they don't want to "shout it from the rooftops with pink glitter cannons."