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A western-Missouri meat processor faces fines again after federal inspectors found that employees has been exposed to high levels of carbon dioxide.

Police said the suspect admitted to the murders in a recorded interview.

ALTON – OSF HealthCare is offering advanced technology for people with diabetes to get an exam to check for diabetic retinopathy and macular edema when visiting their primary care provider or endocrinologist. Diabetic retinopathy is the number one cause of blindness for adults in the U.S. The IDx-DR software developed by the Iowa-based startup Digital Diagnostics analyzes photos of the retina and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate the extent of damage to blood vessels that might occur from high sugar levels in the blood caused by diabetes. The test typically takes a few minutes, and in most, but not all cases, doesn’t require the eyes to be dilated. The company was the first to receive FDA authorization to market the novel autonomous AI technology. Mark Meeker, DO, vice president of Community Medicine at OSF HealthCare, says many patients with diabetes put off going to an additional appointment at a different office to get a dilated eye exam every year o

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday night is expected in his State of the Union address to call on Congress to work with the administration to address in a bipartisan manner the fentanyl crisis, administration officials said on a call with reporters. Biden will call for expanded access to opioid-related addiction treatment and announce he will […]

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A western Illinois couple died in an apparent ice fishing accident after being pulled from a farm pond by a sheriff's deputy, police said.

EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County is in search of a new chief county assessment officer. “We will be hiring a new supervisor of assessments to replace Joe Dauderman who is retiring soon,” County Administrator Dave Tanzyus said. Madison County will hold testing for the position at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27. The examination will determine candidates who are eligible for appointment for the chief assessment officer. The chief county assessor will serve a four-year appointment. The chief assessment officer oversees the valuation of real estate throughout Madison County for the purpose of property taxes. No person may serve as the chief assessment officer who is not qualified by experience and training in property appraisal and property tax administration. No person may serve for the position who has not passed an examination prepared and administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) to determine his or her competence to hold the office. More information about

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Megadeth's upcoming show in Tokyo will stream live online. Dubbed They Only Come Out at Night, the stream will capture Dave Mustaine and company's performance at the famed Budokan venue…

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Fabricating Empire examines the relationship between the development of Central European folk costume and Austrian modern design, especially the textile department of the Wiener Werkstätte, or Vienna Workshops.   Taking

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Hong Kong–based artist Samson Young’s practice centers on installation-based work stemming from sound and music. He interweaves cultural paradigms across media while focusing on poetic translations between the sonic and

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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World

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St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in

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Botswana-born artist Meleko Mokgosi creates large-scale, figurative, and often text-based paintings, drawing from the tropes of history painting and cinema to probe systems of knowledge production, the politics of representation,

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In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the

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Couples names: Sean & Sydney City: Bethalto Date met or started dating: August 8, 2020 Date married: September 9, 2023 What makes your relationship special? We are a very blended family and completed our family with a baby girl this past August. We are such a team and have so much fun together raising our 3 girls and German Shepherd, Sasha. Share a memory you have made together: We both reminisce on our first weekend trip away together, dating maybe 3 months at the time. We booked a cabin in the woods around Shawnee National Forest. We built a fire by gathering wood from around us and roasted a whole pack of hot dogs over the fire and made some amazing breakfast, enjoying mimosas with a beautiful view. Just talking and realizing how much we both want the same things in life. We both just knew from that trip that we were going to be together. Now we’re getting married this year!

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For three days in March, you won’t just find fine art in the Saint Louis Art Museum: You’ll also find flowers. From Friday, March 3, to Sunday, March 5, the popular exhibition Art in Bloom will return in-person to SLAM after two years of virtual programming with 30 floral designs on display. Each of the floral designs are paired with and inspired by a specific piece of art in the museum.

CLAYTON, Mo. -- A car flipped during a crash on I-170 before Forest Park Parkway. The accident closed the northbound lanes of the highway for around an hour. The road has since reopened. It is still not clear what led up to the accident of if anyone was injured. Check the FOX 2 traffic map [...]

Couples names: Ariel Moore and Muhammed Morris City: Alton Date met or started dating: May 6, 2021 What makes your relationship special? Im from alton illinois and he is from queens new york . Me and Muhammed (current bf) met playing call of duty a game online and we gamed and chatted over the headset for about 3months then videochatted exchanged numbers after another month he flew me out to New York where I met him for the first time and fell in love I stayed in New York for 1yr 3months seen the city and more and October 28th 2022 I came back to Illinois and brung him here with me and now we been living here since ?? making memories and engaged. Share a memory you have made together: I took him to see the caves in alton since new york (the city)doesn't have any thing like that he absolutely loved it and I enjoyed seeing and being on a beach for the first time when he brung me to new york

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Crews recovered a vehicle and body from a pond Monday near a Metro East hospital.