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Robert Wadlow - World's Tallest Man - Turns 105 Years Old, Historian Recalls Stories From Mom

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ALTON - Today marks the 105th birthday of Alton's Gentle Giant Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man. Wadlow grew to 8 feet 11.1 inches tall until he died from a foot infection on July 15, 1940. Robert was born on February 22, 1918. Robert was born on this day in 1918, to Harold Franklin and Addie May Wadlow, and was the oldest of five children. At age one, he was already 3-foot-5 inches tall and weighed 45 pounds. By the age of 5, he was 5-foot-4 and wore clothes intended for an average 17-year-old. By the time he graduated from Alton High, he was 8-foot-4 inches tall in 1936. Alton's Ruth Mitchell often heard experiences from her mother - Helen Edwards Mitchell about the famed Alton giant. Helen was in Robert's Alton High graduating class in January 1936. The two are both in the photo above, Robert on the far left, and Helen on the far right. Helen died in 2005, Ruth said. "I heard about Robert all my life," Ruth, who now is one of the Alton Museum of History & Art Board members

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Spells of the Sea

2 years 8 months ago

The world premiere of Spells of the Sea comes to The Grandel from Feb. 5 to March 5.   Finley Frankfurter, a 15-year-old fisherwoman, is, unfortunately, terrible at fishing. H.S. Crank,

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Rachel Huffman

GoFundMe Set For Janae Edmonson: Missouri Attorney General Files Action To Remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney After Crash

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner responded to a legal warrant to remove her from office by saying at a press conference she has no intention of stepping down after political backlash has mounted over her office's handling of different cases. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed the quo warrant to remove her and gave Gardner until noon to resign, but she did not. Amid calls to resign and a legal filing to remove her from office, Gardner said Thursday that she has no intention of stepping down. Gardner defended her actions in prosecuting Daniel Riley, 21, a robbery suspect who got into a crash last weekend that has sparked the Missouri attorney general's legal warrant action. Riley is charged with speeding in Downtown St. Louis while still on bond and has been accused of causing an accident at 8:40 p.m. last Saturday that critically injured Janae Edmonson, 17. Edmonson was visiting St. Louis from Nashville, Tenn., participating in a volleyball tournament. Edmonso

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Glenn Zimmerman’s Spring Weather Outlook

2 years 8 months ago
We’ve been in a La Niña pattern for the last three winters. That third La Niña winter has only happened a couple of times in our history. So, this year is a little strange.
Glenn Zimmerman

Cops Talk Council Member Into Changing Her Mind On ShotSpotter With Data That Doesn’t Actually Show It’s Worth Paying For

2 years 8 months ago
ShotSpotter claims its gunshot detection tech is something cities battling gun violence just can’t (almost literally) live without. Data generated by cities paying millions for the tech often says otherwise. On multiple occasions over the past few years, cities have terminated their contracts with ShotSpotter, citing the tech’s overall uselessness. Cops in Newark, New Jersey […]
Tim Cushing