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The biotechnology startup plans to use its funding to develop a second version of its blood test that aims to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

EDWARDSVILLE – The compassion Sarah Andersen, lecturer in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Learning Support Services, has for her students is what makes her stand out as an SIUE “Difference Maker”. Andersen works with students in the Grade Recovery and Academic Sustainability Program (GRASP) program and supports their academic journey through graduation. "The impact that her and the GRASP class has had on myself, and the student population entirely, cannot be praised enough,” said one of Andersen’s nominators, Chris Hoogland, a senior computer management and information services major. “I would not be where I am at in my schooling without the help Sarah has provided. I went from under a 1.0 GPA to being able to graduate in fall of 2023.” Andersen is available 24/7 to her students during their time in the GRASP program and after they are off probation. She works with each student teaching them how to self-advocate for themselves

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Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

A St. Clair County, Illinois, man is going to federal prison for more than 16 years for his involvement in a local meth dealing ring.

ALTON – Interventional Pain Consultants (IPC) , a leading pain management practice in the Metro East, is pleased to announce that Dr. Anthony Guarino has joined its team as staff physician. For more than 25 years, Dr. Guarino has helped thousands of patients live a higher quality of life through cutting-edge treatment and his personalized, multidisciplinary approach to pain management. At IPC, Dr. Guarino specializes in procedures at all levels of the spine, including diagnostic and therapeutic injections and treatments, radiofrequency neuroablations, spinal cord stimulators, and intrathecal pumps. He also takes a physiological approach to care by addressing the mind-body connection that can contribute to or elevate chronic pain and empowering patients with healthy coping skills to manage their condition. “I understand the concerns of people living with debilitating pain and strive to provide them with the highest level of empathy and compassion,” said Dr. Guarino.

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Today on TAP: Just when you are despairing about the Dems, they have a surprisingly good day.

“Kim Gardner is incompetent and grossly unfit to hold her office,” Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, R-Columbia, said Wednesday.

St. Louis business leaders on Wednesday offered the most high-profile criticism yet of the city's chief prosecutor, Kim Gardner, after reports alleging her office made a series of missteps before Saturday's crash downtown that caused a visiting volleyball player to lose both her legs.

While we’re all waiting to see if the Supreme Court is willing to destroy Section 230 immunity the way it did abortion rights, more bad news has been delivered by the top court in the land. Hidden among the list [PDF] of dozens of cases the Supreme Court will not be reviewing is this one, […]

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"Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" Al Michaels delivered this iconic call 43 years ago Wednesday for a pivotal moment in not just hockey lore, but American history too.

An effort to reimburse Missouri employers for helping to expand the skills of their workers was inspired by the success of an Ohio program. Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted told the Missourian that TechCred, Ohio’s upskill credentials program, has funded over 57,000 awards since its inception in 2019. Husted is the director of the Ohio […]

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New Illinois is an organization in Illinois pursuing the formation of a new state, "separate from the current State of Illinois, Urban Cook County and Chicago," according to a news release.

Our Mothers’ Gardens is a series uncovering repressed images of Black women held in photographic collections at the Art Institute of Chicago. The images often depict exploitation and violence towards

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