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The Board of Elections will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25, in observance of Thanksgiving Day.

Gateway Pet Guardians has more than 20 dogs looking for a Slumber Pawty companion this Thanksgiving.

Artists from The Rep, COCA, Webster University, and The Big Muddy Dance Company have come together to produce the Dickensian classic.

As the Saint Louis University men’s basketball team begins its 2022-23 season, an entire world of people is making it happen. It’s not just head coach Travis Ford drawing up plays and superstar point guard Yuri Collins dealing out assists. It’s equipment managers washing jerseys, announcers boosting the crowd and the Director of Player Personnel organizing recruiting trips.

Third baseman Scott Rolen, outfielder Carlos Beltrán, starting pitcher John Lackey and shortstop Jhonny Peralta are all on next year's ballot, in addition to St. Charles-raised and longtime Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle.

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Metropolitan Police investigated a Tuesday morning call about a possible shooting at St. Mary’s High School in south St. Louis, but it appears to be a false alarm. The school is located in the 4700 block of South Grand Avenue and is a Catholic, all-boys high school. There was a heavy police presence at St. Mary’s as officers investigated. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said a call came into a non-emergency line of a possible shooting at the school, not St. Mary's School. “We have no indication at this time to believe any incident occurred,” St. Louis Metropolitan Police said.

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Ringo Starr has always done his best to spread "peace and love," and now, he’s found another way to do it. Starting Wednesday, the former Beatle is selling a collection of 500 life-sized sculptures…

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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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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World

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St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in

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This exhibit showcases reproductions of the work of Missouri’s first known woman artist, Anna Maria von Phul. Her artwork illustrates life in the Missouri Territory during the 1810s and 1820s,

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Botswana-born artist Meleko Mokgosi creates large-scale, figurative, and often text-based paintings, drawing from the tropes of history painting and cinema to probe systems of knowledge production, the politics of representation,

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Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties showcases fine examples of Chinese textiles from the Museum’s collection, including clothing, embroideries, hangings, and banners made between 1570 and 1911.

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In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the

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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and Nelly. It’s been home to

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ALTON - Let the Riverbender Tech Center help your business run more efficiently. Their technicians can remove viruses from your business computers, back-up data, and help you upgrade your current computer with more memory. They can even upgrade your computer with a new Solid State drive! But, if you are in the market for a new computer, they also sell refurbished laptops – all with Solid State drives and either Windows 10 or 11. They will transfer the data from your old computer to one you purchase from our shop at no charge, and you even get a warranty! Local small businesses move to the front of the line for repairs. This means you will have your computer back to you right away. Before going to a big box store, give the Riverbender Tech Center a try. You will not be disappointed! The Riverbender Tech Center is located at 312 Belle Street across the street from Mac’s Timeout in Downtown Alton. Reach them by phone at (618) 433-8989 or visit their website at RBTechCenter.com

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CHICAGO - If you bought a Powerball ticket in Tinley Park for Saturday night’s drawing, you may want to check it right away - that’s because you might be a newly-minted millionaire! The winning ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven, located at 7601 W. 159th St. in Tinley Park, and matched all five numbers to win the $1 million prize for the Saturday, November 19 drawing. The winning numbers were: 7-28-62-63-64. The lucky winner is now the seventh Illinois Lottery player who has won a prize of a million dollars or more playing Powerball so far this year. This is also a win for 7-Eleven for selling the winning ticket, as the retailer will receive a selling bonus of 1% of the prize amount. For the convenience store, that means a bonus of $10,000. In total, more than 17,000 winning tickets were sold, and nearly $1.2 million in prizes were won in Saturday evening’s Powerball drawing. Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw in which to claim their prize

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Police are responding to a report of a shooting Tuesday morning at St. Mary's High School in St. Louis.