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It's official. Longtime rival and three-time All-Star catcher Willson Contreras has joined the St. Louis Cardinals.

Willie “Bill” Dawson was still delivering Meals on Wheels at 85. When he was 103, he threw out the first pitch at a Cardinals game.

In the current Senate, with the parties tied at 50-50 and Kamala Harris providing the tiebreaking vote, all committees are split evenly. Since Harris is not available to break ties on committee votes, this slows things down a lot for Democrats. The upcoming 51-49 Senate, where Ds will have majorities on all committees, should smooth ...continue reading "It’s time to turn the tables and investigate Republicans"

The Los Angeles Police Department is here to serve and protect… the powerful. The rest of you are on your own. Earlier this year, someone leaked an audio recording of a closed-door meeting attended by the city’s Latino lawmakers. The comments made during this meeting were extremely disturbing, exposing the racism and bigotry of the […]

This holiday season, an iconic local brew debuts holiday lights with a twist. Busch Lite' Beer presents "Busch Lights," a twist on Christmas lights.

URBANA, IL. - Holiday baking brings family and friends together and creates lasting memories as friends share recipes, stories, and meaningful time together. Amid the flurry of flour-covered countertops and mountains of messy mixing bowls, keep food safety in mind. “Baking and food safety go hand-in-hand,” says Susan Glassman, nutrition and wellness educator with University of Illinois Extension. “Make sure that your holiday baked goods bring you nothing but deliciousness by taking precautionary measures to prevent foodborne illness.” Raw dough and batters contain raw eggs and flour, two ingredients that can lead to food poisoning if eaten raw. Raw eggs can carry Salmonella bacteria. The harmful bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) can contaminate flour – from its original grain form in the field through the processed stage sold to consumers. Both bacteria can cause mild to severe symptoms of food poisoning. Cooking or baking recipes that contain raw eggs

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After teasing it in a recent interview, Roger Waters has now released The Lockdown Sessions. Waters recorded the five songs on the project — a digital-only release — at home during the COVID-19 lockdown…

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When it comes to fundraising for the Missouri Historical Society, there is a new earner on the job.

From a possible blizzard north, to severe weather in the gulf, next week is proving more active in the middle of December.

It all began, surprisingly, with an interview Vance Crowe conducted as a goof with a 6-year-old. The former director of millennial engagement for Monsanto, Crowe has built a business as a public relations consultant and public speaker focused on agricultural topics, and a part of selling his brand is the Vance Crowe Podcast, which he recorded from the basement of his home in Ladue. A listener had come by for a tour, his six-year-old son in tow, and Crowe showed them the studio.

This Saturday marks the 15th anniversary of Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show. To celebrate the occasion, the "Stairway to Heaven" legends have announced an online global watch party of their…

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ALTON - More than 150 kids from Granite City Community School District #9 were able to pick out their own pair of shoes Friday morning at the Famous Footwear inside Alton Square Mall. This was made possible by All God's Children Shall Have Shoes, a non-profit that provides socks and shoes to children in need. This has become an annual event for many schools in and around the Riverbend area including Granite City, Wood River, and Alton. The event dates back to 2013, but the AGCSHS program was started in the 1960s by a few Illinois Bell workers who saw some kids walking to school without shoes on. Students were bussed in from their schools, thanks to buses provided by First Student Inc., and then received help from multiple volunteers to size them and pick out a pair of shoes of their liking. Volunteers were from surrounding police and fire departments. An estimated 30-plus volunteers attended the non-profit event. According to Sue Wooden, one of the event's key organizers, thes

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Imagine you're driving to work when you stop at a red light and see ... Santas dancing at the intersection.

CHICAGO – Today Governor JB Pritzker signed the historic Unemployment Insurance (UI) Agreement, finalizing a bipartisan plan to pay down $1.36 billion in UI loan debt remaining from the COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement will save taxpayers an estimated $20 million in interest costs that would be due next September and preserves hundreds of millions of dollars in future federal tax credits for Illinois employers, without decreasing benefits for employees. “Today, I signed historic, bipartisan legislation to eliminate pandemic-induced UI Trust Fund debt, replenish the fund for the future, protect benefits for working families, and further fuel Illinois’ strong economic trajectory,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “We are delivering an investment of $1.8 billion—$1.36 billion of which will pay off the remaining balance of federal advances and $450 million of which will serve as an interest-free loan to the Unemployment Trust Fund. This bipartisan agreement

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MoDOT is holding off for a day the reopening of the bridge's eastbound span because of rain forecasted for Saturday.

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that, as a result of his intervention, Illinois consumers and third-party reimbursers, such as insurance companies and self-insured businesses, who purchased Remicade from April 5, 2016, to Feb. 28, 2022, have until Dec. 27, 2022 to submit claims to be included in a $25 million settlement for overcharges due to antitrust violations. Recovery payments will be based on 100% of the price of Remicade purchases made, however, the exact amount of reimbursements will be determined after a final approval hearing. Remicade is a drug used to treat Crohn’s disease and other autoimmune disorders. Under the original proposed allocation plan of a settlement that Johnson & Johnson and Janssen Biotech, Inc. (J&J) entered to resolve antitrust allegations related to the drug, Illinois residents and businesses could claim only 1% of the price of their Remicade purchases. Meanwhile, consumers and businesses in other states with similar law

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Data journalist, illustrator and writer Mona Chalabi presents a large-scale exhibition on the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall.   Chalabi’s work is informed by statistics gathered on politics,

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Over several centuries, Indian artisans perfected complex methods for producing dyes and mordants to create painted and printed cloth in a spectrum of fade-resistant colors. Starting in the 17th century,

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Hong Kong–based artist Samson Young’s practice centers on installation-based work stemming from sound and music. He interweaves cultural paradigms across media while focusing on poetic translations between the sonic and

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