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ST. LOUIS –Authorities in Crawford County appear to be in a standoff in a neighborhood south of Steelville Tuesday morning. The sheriff's office says shots were fired at deputies in the area of Valley Side Rd., south of Steelville near the Anderson Memorial Conservation Area. One person is barricaded inside a home in the area. [...]

Café Natasha's owner will retire at the end of April, and the restaurant will reopen as a new concept on South Grand.

The Conversation - March Madness is here, and basketball fans are making predictions: Who will be the Cinderella story of the college tournament ? Which teams will make a run to the Final Four? And of course, which player is going to get “hot” and carry their team to a championship? To say a player is “hot” or has “hot hands” means the player is on a streak of making many consecutive shots. A question that has dogged researchers, coaches and fans for years is whether players on these streaks can defy random chance, or if hot hands are just an illusion and fit within statistical norms. We are two researchers who study information sciences and operations and decision technologies . In our recent study , we examined whether players can indeed get hot in actual live-game situations. Our analysis showed that some players do get consistently “hot” during games and make more shots than expected following two shots made consecutively. However

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Ever wanted to learn baseball from Albert Pujols? Stay tuned for VS.

Easy Parking; Spacious Dining Maize & Wheat Cafe has all the warmth and pizzazz of a small town Colombian street market. The décor is a bit whimsical, but the food and service are taken seriously.  The owner, Claudia Niswonger opened the cafe last November, offering arepas, empanadas, soups, salads, and tropical juices. During the four... 

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Police found no defensive wounds and say it could be a suicide.

EDWARDSVILLE - The following students have been named to the Honor Roll at Metro-East Lutheran High School for the third quarter of the 2021-2022 school year. Grade 9 Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Logan Abbott, Edwardsville Rachel Brown, Edwardsville Joseph Feldhaus, Collinsville Elijah Moore, Litchfield Sofia Schwartzkopf, Edwardsville Grade 9 Honor Roll with Distinction (g.p.a. 3.75-3.99) Yoonseo Jo, Edwardsville Kate Jose, Worden Jacob Kober, Collinsville Ethan Linnenbrink, Maryville Andrew Maske, Greenville Isabelle McLeod, Troy Erik Neath, Edwardsville Timothy Rainey, Collinsville Faith Sigstad, Belleville Alexis Weber, Alton Taylor Weber, Alton Kathren Wright, Troy Grade 9 Honor Roll (g.p.a. 3.5-3.74) Rianna Jenkins, Glen Carbon Christian Kuethe, Moro Grade 10 Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Charles Fedder, Edwardsville Faith Hall, Edwardsville Avah Jones, Bunker Hill Vivienne Runnalls, Glen Carbon Grade 10 Honor Roll with Distinction

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Van Morrison has just announced a new series of U.S. concerts, most of which will take place this September. The new shows are scheduled for September 1 in Bridgeport, Connecticut;…

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Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is set to release a graphic novel titled The Antibody as a multi-part NFT collection. The digital book tells the story of a mutated antibody…

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ALTON - More than 200 attendees packed the Best Western Premier Hotel in Alton on Sunday for the 75th Gallatin Players of the Year Banquet. Marquette Catholic and Civic Memorial fans left happy as Owen Williams of the Explorers and Kelbie Zupan of the Eagles took home the male and female Player of the Year awards respectively. They headlined a great night for the diamond edition of the longtime high school basketball banquet. Alton Mayor David Goins served as keynote speaker and gave a passionate speech about success. The former Redbird basketball player used the word success as an acronym to inspire the young basketball players in the crowd, connecting hoops with the game of life. Goins, a winner of the POY award in 1978, was one of 15 former recipients of the honor who attended Sunday. He joined Ricci Stotler (CM, 1967), Kevin Caldwell Sr, (Alton, 1990), Eric Frankford (CM, 1994), Amie Gernigan (Marquette, 1994), Nic Stotler (CM, 1996), Angela Payne (Roxana, 1996), Michelle Beiermann

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ALTON - Christine L. Brice Foundation, INC, will be hosting a Community Outreach/ Family Fun Day on April 9, 2022, featuring an Easter egg hunt for children ages 0-12 at Hellrung Park in Alton, IL from 1-4 pm. The goal of the Christine L. Brice Foundation, INC is to bring both fun and awareness to the families of our community. This event will have fun and games for the entire family. Christine L. Brice Foundation, INC will be partnering with several others in our community to make this day a success. Molina healthcare will be there to help educate and assist those in the community who are in need of health insurance. SIHF will be in attendance providing Covid-19 vaccines and boosters. Familia Dental will also be in attendance advising on keeping up with good oral hygiene. Representatives from the Riverbend Headstart Program will be in attendance as well. The mission of Christine L. Brice Foundation, INC is to work in collaboration with other organizations in order to alleviate the

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GRANITE CITY – Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded more than $1.4 million in FY 22 School District Library Grant Program awards to 672 public school districts. More than 1.5 million Illinois students served by school library programs will benefit from the grants. From FY 22 appropriations approved by the General Assembly and the Governor, school library grants were awarded based on a formula of $.885 per student, with a minimum grant award of $850. Granite City Community Unit School District #9 was awarded $4,777.23. The School District Library Grant Program is used for: Fiction and/or non-fiction books Educational CDs and DVDs Library subscriptions Electronic resources New computers Wi-Fi connectivity improvements Information on the grant program can be found at: ilsos.gov/departments/library/grants/schoolpercapgrant.html .

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From frozen streets to frozen pipes, crews had to get creative when handling the record cold of March 1960.

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began her four-day confirmation process to become the nation’s first Black female associate justice on Monday, listening to hours of opening statements …

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri is hiring wildly successful Cleveland State coach Dennis Gates to help rebuild a long-floundering program that has churned through seven head and interim coaches since Norm Stewart prowled the sidelines in Columbia. The university's Board of Curators approved Gates' hiring on Tuesday. The 42-year-old Gates took over Cleveland State's program in [...]

Inflation is especially troubling for low-wage workers, already making minimum wage or living below the poverty line.

Wugen said the new space will allow it to hire up to 100 employees in St. Louis.

Sports-focused educational technology startup Versus (VS) is a venture Marmol has launched with his wife, Amber, and two other co-founders with Cardinals ties.

TSA at Lambert recorded the highest number of outgoing passengers at Lambert last week since it started recording the number in March 2020.

Joshua Seman died at a hospital after Thursday's crash.