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At the STL8 Amazon warehouse in St. Peters, workers say their bodies are being broken by a management system that monitors their actions down to the second. Amazon warehouse employee Wendy Taylor is one of 14 workers who submitted a federal complaint to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) earlier this month. She describes what it’s like to be injured on the job, and the pressure to package thousands of items while being monitored by Amazon.

GRANITE CITY - United States Steel, a publicly traded company, announced on Sunday it has launched a strategic review to consider selling all or part of the company. News of the potential sale comes just after U.S. Steel announced it would partner with Google Cloud to use artificial intelligence technology at iron ore facilities in Minnesota. United States Steel operates a plant in Granite City and three plants in southwestern Pennsylvania and has its corporate offices there. David Burritt, the president and CEO of U.S. Steel, said recently the company was “extremely well positioned for what we believe will be the best American steel market in a generation." U.S. Steel reported second-quarter earnings of $477 million. Granite City Mayor Mike Parkinson said he still needed to review the U.S. Steel message and would make a statement on Tuesday. Dan Simmons, USW Local Union 1899 president, released the following statement about the U.S. Steel announcement: “We at the office

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The 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen’s sophomore album, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, will be celebrated with a symposium put on by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for…

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The silly season in college football, that time when coaches get fired and hired, seems to never stop.

The annual event gives black and brown men a space to have conversations surrounding mental health, trauma, victory and support.

Multiple people called 911 saying the plane sounded like it was in distress, the Macoupin County Sheriff's Office said.

Locally-based alumni of St. Louis' major sports franchises assume that their ranks will continue to diminish over the years. “I think that’s because of the money. They can go live wherever they want.”

A man died early Sunday morning during a rollover crash on a ramp from I-170 to eastbound I-70.

A drenching storm has dropped several inches of rain in a short time in an area of southeastern Missouri, shutting down roads and prompting several water rescues.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police (ISP) is reminding the public about the importance of focusing on roadway safety as children across the state prepare to head back to school, especially laws specific to the safety of children in school zones and while boarding buses. Back-to-School season means an increase in pedestrians and bicyclists in traffic during morning and afternoon commutes. Not only are children walking to school and bus stops, they are also riding bicycles and crossing the street. While crosswalks are designed for pedestrians to cross the road safely, children sometimes walk in-between cars in an unsafe manner, not understanding the potential consequences of their actions. Motorists are reminded to be alert while driving through streets with parked cars that may conceal a child. Unless otherwise posted, pedestrians have the right-of-way at crosswalks. Parents and caregivers should also educate their children on proper crosswalk procedures and the importance

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The St. Louis-based Ascension health system has named a new leader for its Wisconsin operations.

DORSEY/COTTAGE HILLS - Three local young men have won international titles in ninja, a sport where athletes test their speed, gymnastics and parkour skills by running through a timed obstacle course. In the past two months, Phill Folsom, 17, took first place at both the Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association (UNAA) World Finals and the Federation of International Ninja Athletics (FINA) National Finals. Sam Folsom, 19, placed second in the FINA competition alongside his brother. Their friend Tyler Smith, 17, won gold in the Ninja World Cup and the World Ninja League Championships . “To watch him do good made me feel good,” Tyler said about seeing his friends win. “I started training with Phil and his older brother Sam close to six years ago. So just competing with them and training with them for so long, and then watching them do well — it’s a great bond that you can have, doing a sport with your best friends.” While the boys enjoy competing,

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ALTON - School starts this week, but it doesn’t have to be hectic with Kalli Erwin’s advice. Erwin, the owner of Just Right Organizing , offers clean-up and organizing services to people throughout the Riverbend area. She also has two young kids and previously worked as a guidance counselor, which means she understands how overwhelming the beginning of the school year can be. She stopped by our Our Daily Show! to share some tips on starting off the year with less clutter and less stress. “When people hire me, I say, ‘Just tell me all the things that have been driving you crazy, and we’re going to go in and clean it up,’” Erwin said. “For me, it’s about establishing a flow. And sometimes as an outsider coming in, I can have a really good perspective on it because it’s not my home.” Erwin’s services include in-person sessions and additional organization counseling. But in the meantime, she has

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The company — which previously only operated in the automotive business, transporting vehicles for businesses like dealerships, fleet-management companies and car manufactures — stood up a freight division on Aug. 1, after spending a little over a year shoring up its automotive operations, its founder said.

This is a snail on Highway 70 in Louisiana just north of Morgan City. I suppose I must have been taking a picture of something else when this caught my eye, but I don't remember what. Today's photo would have been a picture of a meteor, but I didn't get one this weekend. I put ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Graham Nash and Stephen Stills both paid tribute to their late bandmate David Crosby on Monday, August 14, which would have been Crosby’s 82nd birthday. Nash posted to Instagram a black-and-white picture of them performing, writing, “What…

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The Urban League will find candidates for jobs, similar to how it worked with SSM to fill jobs as the new Saint Louis University Hospital opened during the most stressful periods of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Michael McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League.

EAST ALTON - The East Alton Fire Department issued a salute today for a retired firefighter who died on Friday, Aug. 11, Mike Rhodes. Mike was an East Alton firefighter for 13 years as a member of the department from 1983 to 1996. He also was asked to return as an advisor for a very successful explorer program. The fire department has displayed black bunting at Station 1 in honor of Mike’s loss. Mike was married to Karen, and has one child, Chris Rhodes, who followed in his footsteps as a Bethalto firefighter and is also the operator of the Madison County Scanner page, so his love of scanner activities likely stemmed from his father's influence. Chris said his dad left firefighting in 1996 when Chris was having some health issues and had to go to Children’s Hospital in St. Louis once a week. He told the East Alton fire officials at that time he had to put his family first. Chris was an athlete and said he never remembers his dad missing one of his soccer, basketball,

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