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On the night of April 24, 2013, six residents living in a neighborhood just north of downtown St. Louis say they saw the same thing.  A young Black man – 25-year-old …

ST. LOUIS - Mercy Hospital St. Louis is collecting breast milk at their new Mercy Kids Milk Depot. Not only is there a formula shortage, but there is also a shortage of donated human milk that is impacting milk banks. The new Mercy Kids Milk Depot is located inside the main entrance of Mercy St. [...]

GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College is meeting the changes and challenges in the growing real estate field by offering classes to help individuals enter that career field as brokers. An individual must pass a total of 75 hours of instruction to take the Real Estate Broker’s licensure exam. Lewis and Clark is offering three different classes of Real Estate, all of which are needed for the exam: Real Estate Brokerage (REAL 135 – A6) – 7-9:40 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 22, 2022, through Oct. 12, 2022 Real Estate Transactions (REAL 136 - 01) – 9:25-10:40 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 23, 2022, through Dec. 15, 2022; (REAL 136 – B6) 7-9:40 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 17, 2022, through Dec. 14, 2022. Real Estate Transaction Applications (REAL 137 - 60) – 6-9:30 p.m, Tuesdays, Nov.22, 2022, through Dec. 13, 2022. All three classes are being taught in-person or online via Zoom. In-person classes will be held on th

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Mortgage rates factor into home sales and the refinance market and the new higher rates have begun impacting housing-related activity.

ST. LOUIS - Spectrum today announced a donation of $2,500 to Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis through the company’s national community philanthropic program, Spectrum Employee Community Grants. This is the third grant totaling $8,500 presented to Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis for their work to support, serve and strengthen our community. Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis provides a variety of community support programs including Operation Backpack, where backpacks full of food are provided to students to ensure they have nutritious meals for the weekend. Spectrum officials joined leaders from Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis to celebrate the grant with a check presentation. Through an employee-led collection drive, the church collected hundreds of school supply items to donate as students head back to class. “Through Spectrum Employee Community Grants, we’re proud to provide support to vital

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A recently published research paper has been making the rounds that purports to measure the ideological slant of the Big Three cable news channels. The methodology is to (a) identify all guests who have at least ten hours of screen time over the past decade, (b) add up the amount of time they appear each ...continue reading "Was MSNBC a center-right news channel during the Trump years?"

ALTON - Starting today and continuing through Monday, August 15, all 112 Schnucks stores across the Midwest will host a “Shop Out Hunger” food drive to support food pantries, homeless shelters, and transition houses in every community Schnucks serves. Those wishing to donate should look for collection volunteers or a donation bin at the front of each store. The most requested non-perishable items include: Canned Goods Cereals Pasta Peanut Butter Schnucks is committed to helping communities thrive, and as a champion for reducing hunger, the company annually donates more than $13 million in food to pantries that help those in need.

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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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The project, which would be be constructed on 53.21 acres of undeveloped farmland known as Rasp Farm.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Aquaport decided to close for the season on Monday following the damage they sustained from flooding on July 26. The outdoor water park in Maryland Heights said, "While we were initially hopeful the facility would be able to open at some point this summer, it has become apparent that the [...]

GRANITE CITY - Granite City Community Unit School District #9 announced a Special Meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday, August 9, at 5:15 p.m. This is an open meeting and will be streamed live on Zoom. The purpose of the meeting includes: Hire of new GCHS Assistant Principal Hire of new GCHS Special Education Teacher School handbook approval Staff Resignations Extracurricular resignations and extracurricular assignments LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82513579194?pwd=aDVJMENNK25RS0VaR050S3hzTGNqZz09 Meeting ID: 825 1357 9194 Passcode: 185934 For more information about Granite City School District #9, visit www.gcsd9.net .

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Channel your inner Huck Finn on the STL Riverfront Adventure, a unique and unforgettable tour of St. Louis via the largest river in North America!

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CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, today announced his support of a joint effort by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to revise and strengthen regulations under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA is a critical civil rights law enacted by Congress to prevent racially-discriminatory redlining in housing, and encourage banks to help meet the credit needs of their entire communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods and individuals. In a comment letter , Raoul and the coalition express support for the federal agencies’ proposed rule, and urge them to go even further in implementing reforms to help tackle persistent racial and economic disparities exacerbated by COVID-19. “Everyone deserves access to housing. As people continue to feel the financial impact of the pandemic, it is more important than eve

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I was puttering around in my local Target yesterday and I noticed something in the clothing department. In the name of diversity and body positivity, both the mannequins and the pictures of smiling models covered the full gamut of body types: thin, fat, big, tall, short, you name it. But that was only in the ...continue reading "Why no body positivity for men?"

WEST FRANKFORT, IL. – Centerstone, a nonprofit health system specializing in mental health and substance use disorder treatments, will host hiring events on August 9 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at four Centerstone locations. Participants are asked to register before 8:30 a.m. on August 9 at indeedhi.re/3BFhRG4. For the event, job seekers should dress casually and bring their most current resume and, if they intend to apply for a clinical role, their transcripts. The hiring events will take place at the following Centerstone facilities: 2615 Edwards, Alton - group room 800 N Main, Anna - conference room 2311 S Illinois, Carbondale - conference room 902 W Main, West Frankfort - conference room Centerstone is among the nation’s leading nonprofit behavioral health systems with thousands of employees dedicated to delivering care that changes people’s lives. A dynamic, well-established organization, Centerstone offers rewarding opportunities to serve all ages in

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This week Construction Forum drone pilot and photographer Louis Kelly captured foundation work on Bemiston Place, a $101 million mixed-used development at Central, Maryland, and Bemiston avenues in Clayton. Balke Brown Transwestern purchased the parcels of land to build the project from HBE Corporation. They had been assembled by Fred Kummer, the late HBE founder […]