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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A Maryland Heights-based medical manufacturer is seeking tax breaks from St. Louis County to help pay for its expansion into a building in Bridgeton. Meridian Medical Technologies Inc. wants to retrofit a building at 13910 St. Charles Rock Road so it can expand its manufacturing capabilities. Meridian has about 750 employees, and […]

ALTON - It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Alton’s Rock Springs Park as the annual Christmas Wonderland light display prepares to open for the season on Friday, Nov. 25. Christmas Wonderland will be open nightly from November 25 through December 27. The park is located at 2100 College Ave, in Alton. Hours are Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Over the last three months, the Grandpa Gang, a group of retired volunteers, has been busy hanging lights and counting down to the opening day of Christmas Wonderland. More than 4 million lights will twinkle against the beautiful backdrop of Rock Springs Park, lighting the way toward another illuminating holiday season. Returning this year to Christmas Wonderland will be the annual walk-through event set for Monday, Nov. 28. People are allowed to walk through the park during the evening to enjoy the lights. Admission for the walk-through is $1 per person. The popular

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Bob Dylan is ready to wrap up his Bootleg Series. The singer is set to drop Bob Dylan Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 on January 27,…

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Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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GODFREY – A student in Lewis and Clark Community College’s new Pharmacy Technician program recently achieved a new career goal after accepting a position at Alton Memorial Hospital. Kristina Brewer, a 1989 graduate of Mt. Olive High School, wanted to take her life in a new direction. “I was having trouble finding a job and really wanted to start a new career,” she said. “I was looking for a pharmacy technician job and saw that Lewis and Clark had a one-semester program.” Brewer thought it would be easier to find a pharmacy technician job if she had the certification. She was right. “A talent representative from BJC visited our class and I was able to apply for a pharmacy technician job and was hired before the class was completed,” Brewer said. Brewer is set to earn her certification at the end of the Fall 2022 semester. “My goal is to complete the Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam in December,” she said. “Then,

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the Senate floor highlighting the dramatic new surge in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)—a respiratory virus that can be especially serious for young children and older adults. During his speech, Durbin called on Congress to provide the resources to get us safely through this current surge, including to address the workforce shortages faced by children’s hospitals. He also highlighted an Illinois pediatrician, who had to travel an hour to Springfield from Mount Zion, to get her sick baby the care she needed. “As a parent, there is no more terrifying or helpless feeling than knowing that your young baby is seriously ill,” said Durbin. “I know. I lived it… If a pediatrician has to struggle to find hospital care for her own sick infant, imagine the panic and fear other parents feel when their babies are struggling to breathe because of RSV.” “RSV isn’t just

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Missouri schools have banned nearly 300 books after a new state law banned school personnel from providing sexually explicit material to students, a nonprofit organization reported this week. PEN America reports that at least 11 Missouri school districts yanked books off their shelves in response to the new law. Banned material include works on Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, graphic novel adaptations of works by Shakespeare and Mark Twain, the Gettysburg Address and Maus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel.

But that concern for the planet doesn't always include climate change.

This featured exhibition in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library explores how iconic characters both reflect and influence American culture from the 1960s to

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The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Rawlings Sporting Goods will move its headquarters to Westport Plaza as the office and entertainment area aims to revitalize the Maryland Heights district.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper attempted to pull the man over for a stolen vehicle.

A compostable plate embedded with seeds reduces agricultural air pollution and helps feed children at the same time.

At a meeting last week, the Corps said preliminary results showed no levels of radiation higher than "the level of radioactivity Mother Nature already provides."

Getting an Early Start One of the regrets of my childhood is not spending more time learning to cook. But the kitchen in our semi-detached, row house was barely large enough for one. Even so, I learned to make a passable tuna fish salad by the time I married, but that was it. So when... 

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The Gateway South redevelopment area, comprising 100 acres in three city neighborhoods, could receive 15 years of property tax abatement under a recommended plan.

A man who went missing Wednesday morning has been found.