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St. Louis recorded 8.81 inches of rainfall from midnight Monday to about 9 a.m. Tuesday. The old record was 6.85 inches on Aug. 20, 1915.

First responders worked to evacuate residents of Foxboro subdivision.

It is not known if the person drove into the rising flood waters or was already in the area and became trapped.

On Friday the Association of Alternative Newsmedia announced the winners of its 2022 AAN awards. The awards, which have been held annually since 1996, recognize the best in alternative journalism from across the country. The judges are looking for "well-written, incisively reported" work that "effectively challenges established orthodoxies."

ST. LOUIS - The deceased in a homicide in the 6300 block of Lillian Avenue has been identified as Cameron Young, 22 years of age, of the 6200 block of Cana Drive in St. Louis, Missouri 63121. The St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating the homicide. St. Louis County Police Jennings Precinct officers responded to a call for service for shots fired near the intersection of Goodfellow and Lillian Avenue at 5:22 p.m. on Monday, July 25, 2022. Responding officers located an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot injury. The victim was transported to an area hospital with a life-threatening injury where he later succumbed to his injury and was pronounced deceased. Please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators if you have any information regarding this incident. To remain anonymous or potentially receive a reward, please contact CrimeStoppers at 1-866-371-TIPS (8477).

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The deluge of the greater St. Louis region poses problems for residents in rural communities.

ALTON – OSF HealthCare is pleased to add a new primary care provider to its staff to better serve the community of Godfrey and surrounding areas. The addition of Sherry Simmons, MD, on July 24 will ensure increased access for patients in need of primary care at the OSF Medical Group – Primary Care office at 6702 Godfrey Road. Dr. Simmons joins the care team of Priya Kumaraguru, MD, and offers a number of services, including mental health care and chronic disease management. She received a Bachelor of Science from Southern Illinois University and medical degree from St. George’s School of Medicine. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. New or existing patient appointments for primary care with Dr. Simmons or a member of her care team can be made by calling (618) 467-1520.

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With a homicide rate of 50.64 per 100,000 residents in 2019, Missouri ranked the highest in the nation, according to a recently released study. Per capita, most victims in Missouri and the U.S. were Black.

Enjoy the 5th season of this playable, artist-designed, nine-hole mini golf installation, designed to be inclusive, family friendly and accessible.

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Justin Spencer, 33, was killed just after 11:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of Shenandoah Avenue.

Myles and Layne Ulrich, the sons of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, have released their debut single with their band Taipei Houston. The track is called "As the Sun Sets" and…

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ST. LOUIS - Flooding Tuesday morning caused one person to die and 70 others were rescued in St. Louis City. The death happened at about 10 a.m. at Rosedale Avenue and Enright Avenue. Police said a car was submerged in about 8.5 feet of water. When the water receded, a body was found inside the [...]

This summer has seen more than its fair share of top St. Louis–area law enforcement officials doing things they shouldn't do whilst blitzed. The Post-Dispatch reported this morning that Sunset Hills police Chief Stephen Dodge was arrested in June in the Lake of the Ozarks for boating while intoxicated. A Missouri Highway Patrol water patrol officer stopped Dodge while he was operating his boat in an area of the lake in Camden County.

Hertz rents cars, like many of its competitors do. What separates Hertz from the rental car pack is its willingness to let law enforcement perform its collection work by filing criminal charges against people. Maybe some people prefer a tough-on-crime rental agency, but it’s unlikely any of Hertz’s falsely accused customers choose Hertz for its […]

CARLINVILLE - A surprising number of letters and diaries from Civil War soldiers exist today, particularly from Illinois troops. An example is Duncan Ingraham, who lived in Carlinville before the war. Ingraham, who served in the 33rd Illinois, penned a number of letters to relatives that are cited by some Civil War scholars today. The letters are part of the Ingraham family papers, which are held by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. Born on April 10, 1838 in Orange, N.J., Ingraham was listed from Carlinville when he entered Illinois State University on April 14, 1858. The university was in its infancy, as it was established as the state’s first public institution of higher learning just a year before. One source called him “a studious and painstaking young fellow.” Ingraham apparently planned to pursue a career in education, as teacher training was the original mission of ISU. He was not in Carlinville for long, as he joined the

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CHICAGO– Governor JB Pritzker announced the launch of “I Got Love / ¡Siento Amor!”, the statewide enrollment campaign for childcare and early education services, featuring Illinois artists, musicians, and production partners. Since March 2020, the state has provided $978 million in early childhood stability and recovery. While this investment allowed providers to keep their doors open (97% of licensed provider recipients remained open at the end of 2021), enrollment has decreased as an ongoing result of the pandemic. To help increase early childhood and care enrollment statewide, the campaign is investing $12.7 million in amplifying information about Illinois’ one-stop-shop for all things early childhood, the Illinois Cares for Kids website, which has a search engine for local programs, information on child care subsidy programs, and many other resources on the importance of early learning. Illinois Cares for Kids is a place parents, grandparents, caretakers,

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I was puttering around tonight looking at life expectancy, and I happened to come across this table in a paper from a few years ago: At the top, smoking and obesity matter a lot. This is not big news. In the middle you have a bunch of stuff that's fairly close to a zero correlation. ...continue reading "In poor neighborhoods, immigrants have the highest life expectancies"

ST. LOUIS - Barnes-Jewish Hospital and its physician partners at Washington University School of Medicine have been named one of America’s “Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report . Barnes-Jewish ranked No. 11 in the nation, moving up six spots from its previous position on the publication’s elite honor roll of the country’s top 20 hospitals. The report also ranked Barnes-Jewish as No. 1 in Missouri and No. 1 in the metro St. Louis area. BJC’s Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Christian Hospital also achieved high marks in the state and the local region. Missouri Baptist was ranked No. 2 in metro St. Louis and No. 3 in Missouri, while Christian Hospital was rated No. 5 in metro St. Louis and No. 11 in the state. In the pediatric rankings announced in June, BJC’s St. Louis Children’s Hospital was among the Best Children’s Hospitals in the country in all 10 ranked pediatric specialties. “We are pleased to see so many

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Home-based child care providers are permitted to exempt up to two children related to them from being counted toward their maximum capacity under a new law that went into effect this month. That means providers like Debbie George, who has operated a daycare in Hallsville for nearly 36 years, won’t have to leave two slots […]

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