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Cinema I and II became the forerunners to today's multiplex theaters.

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ALTON - The Hiram's Bar Toy Giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, was everything owner Hiram Lewis and the children who received toys could want, he said afterward. "We had a nice turnout for our toy giveaway," Hiram said. "Doing charitable events always feels great. We wish everyone a happy holiday through New Year's Day." Hiram pledged to give away 100 new toys to children right before Christmas and because of some donations, it turned out to be even more. He said he was touched because he felt many of the children who received toys may not have had one at Christmas without this giveaway. Lewis and his staff also had food, cookies and treats for those who attended. "It feels good to give back," Lewis said.

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We’ve noted repeatedly how the Republican obsession with TikTok is a hollow performance. This is a party that refuses to pass a useful privacy law (or to regulate data brokers). This is a party that generally couldn’t care less about widespread corruption, or its impact on national security. Yet over the last three years, the […]

The popular restaurant and bar is slated to open next door to the flagship location in April.

Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria is one of two businesses that have its eyes set on new storefronts at the former Crestwood mall site.

Bill McClellan writes: "I started making my own cards when I realized how unusually beautiful my children were."

In neighboring Illinois, the state minimum wage will climb to $14 an hour.

An apparent domestic violence situation ends with two men shot in Wood River, Illinois.

Millions of people are boarding flights and heading home after a big week of holiday travel.

Christmas has come and gone, and when you're ready to take down that live Christmas tree, there are plenty of places across St. Louis where you can get rid of it.

The Gateway Arch is operating with extended holiday hours this week.

A two-car crash took place on Interstate 270 north at the Page Avenue exit in west county.

A driver was shot overnight in the O'Fallon neighborhood of north St. Louis.

It's a colder day Tuesday, and some sunshine is breaking through the clouds by late morning. Colder, with highs in the mid-40s. Clouds thicken back up Tuesday evening and temperatures fall into the 30s overnight.  

A bill to allow home-educated students to participate in Missouri public school activities is back for the upcoming legislative session — and has been coupled with provisions rolling back state oversight of homeschooling families. Sen. Ben Brown, a Washington Republican, pre-filed a 52-page bill that largely resembles the version he sponsored that cleared the Senate […]

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The Sophia Project's mission is to empower girls of color and provide support for those who are experiencing trauma, facing academic difficulties, and generally struggling with the transition from middle to high school in St. Louis.

When Christmas is over and January looms in the near-future, cold and dark and pointless, you may feel like crying into your beer. (It's OK, we've all been there.)

The grounds of the Gateway Arch at 4:30 p.m. on a chilly Monday are what you’d expect: barren. But at the far eastern end of the park, atop the steps that lead to the lower riverfront, a bedazzled woman in a red sequined dress cuts through the gloom.