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On April 28, COCA hosted its signature fundraiser, with proceeds going toward arts education in the community.

BELLEVILLE – May 10, 2023 – For the fourth year in a row, Illinois American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), has received the J.D. Power award for ranking highest in customer satisfaction among large water utilities in the Midwest, according to the J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM. https://www.jdpower.com/business/utilities/waterutility-residential-customer-satisfaction-study Illinois American Water also ranked #1 in the first year of the J.D. Power Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study in 2016. No other water utility in the Midwest large segment has earned the award four consecutive years. Illinois American Water President Rebecca Losli commended employees for their focus and commitment to customers. “Our employees in every district of Illinois place our customers at the center of everything we do. Every day, our team strives to deliver excellent service at a good value, not for recognition,

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A bill that would ban Missourians from holding a phone while driving is one step away from becoming law. The Missouri Senate agreed to finally pass the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law with a 26-7 vote today. It now heads to the governor's desk for final approval.

One officer was hurt Thursday afternoon in a pursuit that ended on Interstate 64 in Downtown St. Louis.

Trenton Forster was convicted of first-degree murder for killing St. Louis County police officer Blake Snyder in October 2016. Forster is challenging that verdict, seeking post-conviction relief.

On May 12, 1986, the St. Louis Blues completed the most remarkable playoff comeback in their history.

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft lobbied last year to eliminate the presidential primary.

ALTON - Laila Blakeny of Alton High School and Megan Yarborough of Alton High School were honored as Students of the Month of May at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey held at Gentelin’s on Broadway Restaurant. Laila Blakeny is the daughter of Kirk and Tanisha Blakeny. Laila is a senior at Alton High School. She wants to thank the Rotary Club for allowing her to be a Rotary student of the month. At a young age, her family taught her the importance of education. Since kindergarten, she has been on the high honor roll and was inducted into the National Honors Society. She plans on continuing this streak in college. In her free time she plays basketball. She’s been playing basketball for the past 12 years, starting at the age of 6. She has played for Alton High for the past 2 years with her prior 2 years at Lutheran North in St. Louis, MO. Finishing with an incredible and record-breaking season at 32-2! She says the experience playing for Alton was unbelievable.

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The Navy's fleet of blue and yellow fighter jets will take to the sky Saturday and Sunday.

Police on Thursday identified two people killed in a Cherokee Street bar shooting during Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

The FBI and Ferguson Police Department are searching for a man accused in a Ferguson bank robbery Thursday morning.

Here's something every Bob Dylan fan will want to get their hands on. Callaway Arts & Entertainment just announced a new comprehensive book, Bob Dylan: Mixing Up The Medicine, described as “a richly illustrated book…

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Police on Thursday identified a man who was shot and killed last weekend when authorities said he tried to rob someone in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood.

WEST ALTON - An area motorist avoided serious injury in a crash where his 2011 Chevrolet Equinox overturned Wednesday on Riverlands Way east of Wise Road. The initial call to first responders sounded serious, Rivers Pointe Fire Chief Richard Bender said. He said the call to them came at 7:49 p.m. on Wednesday. “It was a one-vehicle rollover,” he said. “Thankfully, the man escaped serious injury, but he was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation at Christian Northeast Hospital.” The Missouri State Highway Patrol report said the man ran off the left side of the roadway, struck a culvert, and overturned.

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Detectives with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in a gas station shooting in the Princeton Heights neighborhood.

A bill that would ban texting while driving in Missouri heads to the governor's desk after clearing the Senate on Thursday.

Everyone working in Missouri’s cannabis industry would be required to submit to a fingerprint background check under legislation approved Thursday. Under the constitutional amendment that voters passed in November to legalize recreational marijuana, only the owners of cannabis companies are required to submit their fingerprints to the Missouri Highway Patrol for a criminal background check. […]

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While the practice of declawing cats is currently outlawed in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, the Missouri legislature is considering a proposal to nullify these ordinances to make the practice available statewide. Dr. Amanda Gruber of the St. Louis Cat Clinic discusses how declawing affects the health and wellbeing of cats — and why she has never performed the procedure.