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St. Louis Community College, Missouri's largest community college district, found the new leader of its Wildwood campus from within its own administrative ranks.

The St. Charles County said Friday it approved allocation of $4.2 million of the county's American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Developmental Disabilities Resource Board and the Community and Children's Resource Board.

This story was originally published by the Kansas City Beacon. Kansas City has reason to celebrate. After years of constructing a bid to host a portion of the 2026 World Cup, FIFA officials announced that the city will be one of 11 host cities in the United States. GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium will be […]

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The St. Louis Cardinals placed Yadier Molina on the injured list Friday due to right knee inflammation, a tough blow for the backstop in his final season with the Cardinals.

This is Hilbert rolling around on the backyard patio, only to be momentarily distracted by a dog walking by. Hilbert is oddly fascinated by dogs. Not afraid, precisely, and not sociable either, but always intrigued. What are these furry things that are almost like us? A strange breed of cat? Something else? What what what?

Today on TAP: And the U.S., despite Biden’s commitment to a waiver of drug company patent rights, sides with Pharma.

Paul McCartney's magical mystery tour of a life brings him to his 80th birthday this Saturday. The music that McCartney has made as a member of The Beatles and a…

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Several events are planned around the St. Louis region this weekend in celebration of Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.

Station paid $8.7 million for three-story office building at 77 Progress Parkway. The station, now at 1 Memorial Drive since 1968, is looking at late 2023 move.

The man was found wearing a black Michael Jordan jacket.

What did Republicans learn from Watergate? I'm here to explain: Bipartisan investigations are very bad things. Following Iran-Contra, it became obvious that they were very, very bad things. Partisan investigations are great! They are highly effective at damaging the opposition and should become a routine tool of Republican administrations. On the 50th anniversary of Watergate ...continue reading "The lessons of Watergate"

A day before Paul McCartney celebrates his 80th birthday, the music legend has announced plans to release a limited-edition box set gathering together his three self-titled solo albums -- 1970's…

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ALTON - A new audit reveals Illinois paid out nearly $2 billion in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims by the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), State Representative Amy Elik (R-Fosterburg) is joining her colleagues in calling for immediate hearings into the operations at the troubled agency. According to State Representative Amy Elik, “$2 billion dollars is a lot of money for the state to lose, the public needs to know how this happened and figure out a way fast to make sure this does not happen again. This is why I am calling for immediate legislative hearings so we can hold IDES accountable and get our questions answered.” The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program was created to help people not usually covered by unemployment insurance, like gig workers and those who are self-employed, but according to a new audit, more than half of the money IDES paid out from a special pandemic unemployment fund went to the pockets of fraudsters instead

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We’ve written a couple times about Andy Parker, whose story is truly tragic. His daughter, a local TV news reporter, was murdered on air by a former colleague, in the middle of a live news broadcast. Truly horrific stuff. Parker has now spent years trying to remove the video of his daughter’s murder from social […]

Gulf Coast oysters and Italian gelato. Here's how you can feel like you've traveled out of town or even back in time to summer camp.

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