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Officials have canceled Friday's football game at Duchesne Catholic High School as the scheduled hosts deal with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.

STANFORD, CONN. - Zelina Vega is a powerful woman who always makes her presence known when she is in the WWE ring as a superstar professional wrestler. Vega and other big names on the pro circuit are coming to St. Louis for a SmackDown event on Oct. 6, 2023. She has appeared in front of thousands of fans in her long-time pro wrestling career and uses the name Zelina Vega in the SmackDown brand. Thea Megan Trinidad Budgen, her given name, was born in 1990. She was born in the Queens borough of New York City and is of Puerto Rican descent. She is also a well-known actress and portrayed fellow professional wrestler AJ Lee in the 2019 biographical film “Fighting With My Family.” She also has had several other roles as an actress. Vega has had phenomenal success in professional wrestling and is a member of Legada Del Fantasia and the Latino World Order. She is also a former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion. Vega always had aspirations of a professional wrestling career.

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In a statement Friday evening, Guns N' Roses says the concert has been postponed due to an illness.

Where do you get your news, and how does it get to you? We dive into the current state, value and future of print media in the St. Louis area, including how the Webster-Kirkwood Times survived near-closure the year the coronavirus pandemic hit — because its journalists got together to purchase the paper themselves.

Oktoberfest returns to Grant’s Farm this September, celebrating the attraction’s German heritage. Included with free general admission, the event will feature cold beer served in commemorative steins, alongside traditional German […]

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"Carbon emissions? Still climbing. Rich countries' finance commitments? Delinquent."

Sunny skies and 70s are ahead for St. Louis, and it's shaping up to be a nice weekend weatherwise.

Whitesnake is sharing another preview of their upcoming reissue of 2015’s The Purple Album, celebrating the 50th anniversary of frontman David Coverdale’s three years in the band Deep Purple. The band's just released "Lay Down, Stay Down…

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Here's the latest FDA POWER GRAB OVER YOUR DRUGSTORE: Americans have been wasting billions a year on cold medicines like Sudafed & Benadryl with the active ingredient phenylephrine, despite conclusive evidence they don't work. But a report published yesterday may finally lead to the removal of these drugs from pharmacy shelves. 1/6 pic.twitter.com/eCv7UlR1dZ — John ...continue reading "Most popular nasal decongestants don’t work"

A man faces felony charges one day after he allegedly opened fire at a St. Louis officer following a stolen car chase that ended with a crash.

You know these are strange times for moviegoers when legacy sequels borne of the 2000s and 2010s are now old enough to get legacyquels of their own. The concept dates back to at least the 1980s, with Psycho II (1983) and The Color of Money (1986) re-introducing a new generation of viewers to iconic characters from culturally significant films of the past.

EAST ST. LOUIS – A woman who was originally from China admitted involvement in a counterfeit gift card scheme directed at Target shoppers across the Midwest, including in Belleville in this region. Hongying Wang pled guilty to the federal crime in a U.S. District courtroom in East St. Louis on Thursday. Wang, 53, originally of Hunan Province, China, admitted guilt to using and trafficking in a counterfeit access device. For the charge, Wang faces a statutory maximum of 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000. Wang’s sentencing is set for 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 22, 2024, at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis. Wang admitted to possessing 6,100 fake gift cards with the intent to place them on the shelves. According to court documents, the scheme involved individuals placing altered gift cards on the sales racks at Target while retaining the access numbers. Once a gift card was loaded with money by an unsuspecting patron, the fraudsters would have the codes needed

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Police said the man pointed a gun at officers while trying to run away from the stolen car in which he was riding.

Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir is featured on Stephen Marley’s new track, “Winding Roads." It also features Jack Johnson and Weir’s backing band, Wolf Brothers, made up of Don Was, and Dead & Company members Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane. The song will be featured…

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Four games in the St. Louis area have been affected by off-the-field problems at the start of football season.

This morning, U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) toured the troubled City Justice Center in downtown St. Louis. The jail has been the subject of alarming headlines in recent weeks, as two detainees died there last month and an increasingly pitched battle is playing out between city leaders and the civilian board tasked with providing oversight of the facility.  

A woman from China admitted to a counterfeit gift card scheme involving several St. Louis-area Target stores.