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More than $4 million in hotel tax revenue a year is available for new projects, once legal wrangling over the St. Charles Convention Center is complete.

This story originally appeared in Investigate Midwest.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will ban the sale of flea and tick collars containing a chemical linked to neurological damage in children, the agency announced last week. The collars, which contain the chemical tetrachlorvinphos, make up more than half of flea and tick collars sold in the U.S., according […]

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GODFREY - A series of three Chili Drive-Thru events are coming up for the next three Thursdays on Oct. 20, Oct. 27, and Nov. 3, each from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, located at 1211 W. Homer M. Adams Parkway in Godfrey. Two bowls of chili with crackers will be available for $6, and the bowls are microwave-safe for easy reheating. Tickets will be sold for $6 each at the drive-thru, and can also be purchased in advance by calling the church at (618) 466-2788 or contacting any Men’s Club member. Men’s Club President Dan Garner said each year, proceeds from these events are donated to a charitable cause. This year’s event proceeds will help fund relief for Illinois and Missouri flood victims. “With all the flooding that happened, a lot of people in the East St. Louis and St. Louis area had homes flooded and so on, so we like to keep the money local,” Garner said. He added that the chili recipe is award-winning, and that this mark

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This October KDHX is celebrating 35 years of broadcasting.

Thanks to listener-support, KDHX continues to provide joy, stimulation, inspiration and connection through our independent and commercial-free programming. 

There are many ways to support KDHX and we want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has contributed their time, shared their appreciation of KDHX with others, helped spread the word about the station with a KDHX T-shirt or a bumper sticker or given a financial gift with the donation of a vehicle or through individual giving. The partnership we have with you is why the station is here today. Thank you! 

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Buckeyes: “A Concealed Weapon” My father-in-law always carried a buckeye in his pocket. There came a time when other family members did the same. It’s an Ozark custom, or so I was told when I moved from the East Coast to the hill country of south Missouri. The glossy brown nuts have been carried since... 

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But she still trails Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt in fundraising as the two march toward a Nov. 8 showdown at the polls

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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Quintavis Hart was charged Friday in a shooting that left one man dead and another paralyzed.

ST. LOUIS - A person was shot in the hand Saturday in Hazelwood. The shooting happened at about 1:45 p.m. in the 500 block of Lynn Haven. When officers arrived at the scene, a person there admitted to being the shooter and was taken into custody. Police said they found the victim at another location [...]

EDWARDSVILLE – The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Department of Civil Engineering will celebrate 50 years of civil engineering excellence with a special golden anniversary celebration. Faculty, industry partners and alumni are invited to join for a celebratory event being held from 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 at the SIUE Morris University Center’s Meridian Ballroom. “The Civil Engineering Department celebrates 50 years of educating the designers of society’s infrastructure,” said Ryan Fries, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Civil Engineering. “Every time you turn on the faucet, enter a building, or drive on a road, civil engineers have impacted your life. Join our celebration for reflections on the past and insights into the design of our future communities.” The event will feature keynote speaker Regional Director of Lochmueller Group and President-Elect of the American Society

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The class-action lawsuit covered about 45,000 members. Each could get about $5,000.

CHICAGO - With only three weeks to go before Illinois voters head to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2022 General Election Governor J.B. Pritzer (D) and Republican State Senator Darren Bailey will square off for their second and final debate. The two are set to meet face to face at 7 p.m. [...]

It was only a matter of time. The last couple weeks were glorious — bright, sunny days; tepid temperatures with a just hint of cool — but as all of St. Louis knows, good weather here is about as short lived as a Cardinals winning streak.

Early on in the pandemic, the World Health Organization warned that the world was facing an “infodemic,” a mass outbreak of false and misleading information. While the WHO did not coin the term, it certainly made it popular, and contributed to the idea that it was the internet that was the leading cause of this […]

Things must be going downhill in China: China, the world’s second-largest economy, announced without explanation on Monday that it was delaying indefinitely the release of economic data that had been scheduled for Tuesday morning, including closely watched numbers for economic growth from July through September, which had been expected to show continued lackluster performance. ....In ...continue reading "China’s economy must be worse than we thought"

JACKSON, Miss. — Plummeting water levels in the lower Mississippi River are projected to drop even further in the weeks ahead, a projection shows, dampening the region's economic activity and potentially threatening jobs in the state of Mississippi. In Vicksburg, on the Mississippi river's east bank near the Louisiana line, the water is approaching its [...]

Rodnesha Chatman admits she's not much of a cook. She wasn't even that well-versed in baking before she founded her local confections brand, Luxury Sweets. However, when she thinks back on what informs the artistry she applies to her cakesicles, cupcakes and candy apples, it's pretty clear to her how she developed her talent.

Newly available data suggests that overdoses in Missouri prisons are on the rise — despite a tough new policy for inmate mail designed to keep drugs out. On July 1, the Missouri Department of Corrections barred inmate from receiving physical personal mail, a move designed to curb the flow of drugs into their facilities. For the past three and a half months, inmate mail has been routed through a digital mail center in Florida, where all personal mail, photos and drawings are scanned.