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Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Baseball and Kermit the Frog  – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum.   Housed in a restored 1896 building, the

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EDWARDSVILLE - Serdar Celik, PhD, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, published a new book entitled Sustainable Energy: Engineering Fundamentals and Applications. "This textbookpresents an engineering approach enriched with applications, economic analyses, and projections of global energy needs and new technologies,” said Celik. “The book is an outcome of several years of teaching energy and thermal/fluid science courses and conducting research in these fields." Celik’s delivery style of the content in the textbook is expected to enhance student learning, specifically for the younger generation’s minds. “The book was designed to follow a different approach for the learners,” Celik added. “This approach was influenced by Fink’s taxonomy of significant learning , which unlike the other taxonomies is not hierarchical, but instead interactive .” The

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Justice will win, says St. Louis pastor who sees direct connection between actions in Tennessee and Missouri.

The Yakama Nation is fighting a pumped hydro storage development near Goldendale, Washington – but it’s just one of many.

Greater Than the Sum of its Parts, Amazing Art from Pieces and Pixels, features Pysanky by Katherine Alexander, Digital Art by Matt Bryan, Mosaics by Brenda Fra-ser, Assemblage by Nell

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ST. LOUIS -- Police are investigating after a man is shot several times in north St. Louis. It happened just after 8 p.m. Saturday on Northland Avenue in the Kingsway East neighborhood. Officers say a 29-year-old man was shot four times. He was taken to the hospital for treatment. His condition and name have not [...]

ST. LOUIS -- There are a lot of fun events this Easter Sunday. One of them is a free Easter Egg hunt. It's happening at St. Paul's Evangelical Church at 10:45, and before that at 9:30 - an Easter worship service. Also happening today, is an Easter car show from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. [...]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A plane flying near Springfield had to conduct an emergency landing due to engine failure. According to Kent Boyd, the public information and marketing manager for the Springfield-Branson National Airport, a distress call came in around 10:00 a.m. this morning from a plane that was flying with only one of its two [...]

The first large sunrise Easter service was held at the Municipal Opera in Forest Park on April 17, 1927, with more than 13,000 attendees. It became an annual tradition.

On the eve of Easter Sunday, Mizzou Football star Luther Burden III surprised random grocery shoppers by picking up their bills on behalf of the Demetrious Johnson Foundation. 

Gather your furry friends and participate in our B.A.R.K. Ranger Photo Contest sponsored by Purina!   To enter, come down to the Arch grounds and snap a photo of your

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain

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