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Despite widespread vaccine availability last winter, we still saw a massive spike in COVID-19 cases, driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. Will this year be different?

A few coaches in a boys winter high school sport in Illinois are concerned about its future after this academic year, even if the governing body says it will return.

Will the BattleHawks soar once more? Or will the St. Louis franchise have a new name?

More pics at: https://www.randymanning.com/Bus-or-Treat ALTON - The Bus or Treat Halloween event late last week brought out bus drivers dressed in costumes with an abundance of children in attendance. Once again the Bus Or Treat was a large success. Brandi Williams, a recruiter/trainer/bus driver for Illinois Central with a 4525 Alby location, was the coordinator of the Bus Or Treat event. “I started this last year, and we ran with it again this year,” Williams said. “I kept seeing all the trunk-or-treats and I wanted to have one that used buses instead of cars.” Williams said one of her main goals for the event was to share the Halloween spirit with children and also show the community the bus company and drivers want to be involved and are not just a bus company. “There were a lot of great costumes and I think the children had a lot of fun,” Williams added.

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Average wait times for Missouri Medicaid applicants fell in September below the federally allowed maximum for the first time in nearly a year. According to Missouri’s Department of Social Services’ most recent publicly-available data, the state took 41 days on average to process a Medicaid application in September for the eligibility group which includes low-income children, pregnantContinue reading "Medicaid application wait times average 41 days, the lowest in nearly a year"

Average wait times for Missouri Medicaid applicants fell in September below the federally allowed maximum for the first time in nearly a year. According to Missouri’s Department of Social Services’ …

St. Louis County investigators have identified a 17-year-old who died early Saturday morning in a crash in Sappington.

The two schools were originally supposed to move to virtual learning for Monday's classes.

Shrewsbury police said the man broke windows at the McDonald's and H&R Block on Watson Road, but nothing was stolen.

Thousands of trick-or-treaters will soon dress up around the St. Louis region and go door-to-door looking to score some tasty treats. But they might need to earn it with their sense of humor.

The grand reopening is Nov. 2. The gallery uses dozens of voices of survivors who eventually settled in St. Louis.

Legalization of recreational marijuana for adults will likely promote increased use by adolescents, some health experts warn. But Amendment 3 supporters say the measure includes safeguards.

The crash happened at 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning. The car contained six people and the driver was not injured.

The deadly crash occurred at about 1:20 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Gravois Road and Cinnabar Drive.

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is a simple anonymous comment about the attacks on libraries from big publishers: It’s depressing to know libraries could not exist if they were invented today because of greedy publishers. In second place, it’s Strawb responding to a commenter complaining about our praise of Vijaya […]