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Coal was everything for Marissa, Illinois. What happens when a community is centered on a fossil fuel?

Parents want to do something about climate change. But figuring it out isn't easy.

Alex Evans of East Alton, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline.   Narrated by the captain […]

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A group of Warrenton residents gathered on Tuesday night to remember the victims of the drug epidemic.

The fire happened overnight on Tuesday on Washington Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets.

Leaders with the Downtown Neighborhood Association said there are health and safety concerns, but want services for those in need of help.

The owners of short-term rental properties in St. Louis are lining up against proposed a pair of amendments the city's Board of Alderman will soon vote on.

Illini-Alert recommended for the public to avoid the area.

By 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, multiple tents were taken down and at least 15 people went into a shelter, officials said.

A longtime St. Louis alderwoman has not shown up to any of her assigned committee meetings since June, and she refused to discuss it by pushing the microphone away.

Roughly a year ago, we discussed one of a few instances of a company filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against its own employees as a retaliation tactic for those employees forming a union. In this specific case, it was the company behind Medieval Times, an organization that builds fake castles and sells food and drink […]

The mayor of St. Charles says a program to have citizens take pictures of vehicles with illegal temp tags and send them to the city is going far better than he anticipated.

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School senior William Wojcieszak was awarded the Excellence in Edwardsville Award at last night’s City Council meeting for his generous donation of more than one ton of food to a local food drive. Cathy Hensley, communications coordinator for the City of Edwardsville, said Wojcieszak is “driven to succeed” and driven to help those in his community. “If you want to have a successful food drive, you need to have someone on board who is driven to succeed,” Hensley said. “Fortunately for the organizers and recipients of multiple food drives in Edwardsville over the course of the past couple of years, there's an incredibly driven, compassionate, and resourceful Edwardsville High School student who has made it his mission to stock the shelves of area food pantries and subsequently, the home pantries of those in need.” Last month, she said Wojcieszak donated 2,280 pounds of food for the Tackle Hunger Foo

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A tent city that had been growing outside St. Louis City Hall in recent weeks came to an end Tuesday evening. Fencing surrounded the building on Market Street by 7 p.m. Signs along the locked, metal gates read, “Park Closed for Restoration.”

Should Democrats have provided Kevin McCarthy with the votes he needed to stay on as Speaker of the House? After all, it's not as if they're likely to get someone better in his place. I think Matt Yglesias has the right read on this: My view on this is that Democrats should have been willing ...continue reading "No, Democrats shouldn’t have helped Kevin McCarthy"

Mothers often face multiple barriers to breastfeeding that contribute to disparities across social and economic groups.

The Mars Volta, a progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas, will perform live at The Factory on Oct. 3 with special guest Teri Gender Bender.

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The roughly 400-square-foot store is located on the way to the main casino entrance.