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GODFREY – Sparks Junk Removal and Hauling, as it marks its 30th year in business, has been named the recipient of the RiverBend Growth Association’s February 2023 Small Business of the Month award. Owned by Denise Sparks, the company that got its start in 1993 as a ChemDry franchise carpet cleaning business has continued to evolve and grow over its years of operation to where it is today as a successful entrepreneurial venture with four employees and headquartered at 1816 Myrtle Street in Alton. The company recently moved into a 3,000-square-foot shop at 2201 East Broadway, Alton, where it also provides a drop-off service for couches, mattresses, recliners, etc. There is a charge for this service, and drop-offs must be scheduled in advance. “I began my journey as an entrepreneur in 1993 with ChemDry, and by 1999, I had emerged into smoke/fire and water damage, along with mold remediation,” noted Owner Denise Sparks. “By 2000, I had 35 employees. I tend

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Breathe is a collection of large-scale abstract paintings created through the unconscious combination of bold colors and free movement. Artist Lauren Younge uses acrylics to design irregular patterns that could motivate

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Singer Jason Aldean recently announced that his Highway Desperado Tour kicks off in July.

Two dogs belonging to the person rescued died in the fire.

The school district also said there will be no virtual learning Monday.

Some routes on the Red and Blue lines will be operating with single-car trains while MetroLink works to improve security and safety for passengers.

The campaign called ‘right to repair,’ has picked up steam across the country, crusading for the right to fix everything from iPhones to hospital ventilators during the pandemic.

A busy stretch of road in Belleville is closed right now after a car crashed into a power pole.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prior to Super Bowl 57, there were reports from NFL insider Jay Glazer that Chiefs head coach Andy retire was mulling retirement following the game.

Former St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin pleaded guilty on Thursday to a DWI charge. Prosecutors charged McLaughlin, 48, in early December as a persistent offender with one count of driving while intoxicated and one misdemeanor count of failing to drive within a single lane. The Creve Coeur Police Department said it received two calls about a suspected drunk driver in a white sedan. An officer found the reported car heading east on Ladue Road before taking Interstate 270 northbound. The…

More than a quarter of a million people are in the low-cost insurance program, but some are concerned what will happen when the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends and patients are not automatically re-enrolled.

We’ve mentioned more than a few times how the great moral panic over TikTok is a hollow performance by unserious people who have little actual interest in consumer privacy. Folks like the FCC’s Brendan Carr, who’ve spent years opposing funding privacy regulators or passing a meaningful Internet privacy law, yet now suffer repeated, performative embolisms […]

The Missouri attorney general called on St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University to stop prescribing puberty blockers to new patients in a letter Friday. This comes after Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced an investigation into allegations made by a former employee of Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. In an article published online Thursday, a former employee alleges the center was not thoroughly assessing patients before moving ahead…

This year's legislative whoring for the gun lobby started out innocently enough in Missouri. The main focus of Missouri Republican politicians was to be an attack on Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.

The 178 parishes in the archdiocese would be merged into 88 “pastorates” — groups of one or more parishes served by a single priest designated as pastor.