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A woman recently won $98,000 in the Missuri Show Me Cash jackpot from a Quick Pick ticket purchased in north St. Louis County.

The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF) held a juried international photography contest collecting submissions from talented artists from all around the world.

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The photographs in the Silver Seas exhibit are an extraordinary result of an exceptional career. Ernest H. Brooks II, often referred to as the Ansel

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ALTON – COUNTRY Financial Representative V. Deanne Stegeman is pleased to support local police officers by providing a COUNTRY Financial Operation Helping Heroes donation. Stegeman presented $1,500 to Adopt A Cop BJJ at their partner gym Strategic BJJ, located at 2248 E. Broadway, on August 17 th , 2022. “There’s a troubling trend of increasing violence targeting police officers across our nation. Providing our police patrol officers with skills to protect them from physical violence is one way we can help our communities at a local level,” said Stegeman. Adopt A Cop BJJ is a nonprofit, donation-based program that allows active duty law enforcement officers around the country to train at any affiliated academy. The program also pays 100% of the officer’s membership until they reach the rank of Blue belt. Keith Steinacher of Strategic BJJ, commented, “I’ve been working with law enforcement since 2017, and I’m excited to be working with

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The new Midtown mural walk features works by 20 local and international artists.

Five counties and health centers will not be permitted to intervene and appeal a ruling that struck down state regulations on the control of infectious diseases, a panel of judges on the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel affirmed a lower court’s ruling that St. Louis County, Jackson County, the […]

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A rare scorecard believed to be one of the oldest-known documents in baseball history is up for auction, and it has a special St. Louis connection.

Multi-year struggle for Columbia Gorge community shows that laws are only as strong as their enforcement.

ALTON - Blake Schaper has been named a 2022 National Award Winner by the Classic Learning Test for their outstanding performance on the CLT10 assessment. This award recognizes Schaper for scoring in the top 1% of all CLT10 test-takers in the 2021-22 academic year. He will receive a $2,500 Scholarship should he choose to matriculate to a CLT Partner College/University. With Regional Scores in the top 5% of all CLT 10 test takers, Eliana Snyder and Jacob Schaper both received Regional Awards for the Exam. Regional Scholars landed in the top 5% of their respective region, and National Award recipients are within the top 50 high school sophomores across the United States. The CLT10 is a college preparatory exam and PSAT® alternative designed for 9th and 10th graders and offered by the Classic Learning Test. Evaluating English, math, and critical reasoning skills, it provides a comprehensive measure of achievement and aptitude and engages students with classic texts from the most

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Three military families received a special thank you for their service.

RIVERBEND AREA - Each September, since 1989, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) has sponsored Recovery Month to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible. The goal throughout September is to come together, celebrate individuals in recovery, and offer hope to those who are struggling. National Recovery Month reinforces the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, prevention works, treatment is effective, and people can and do recover. Also, please note that National Recovery Day of Prayer is September 25. The 2022 National Recovery Month theme, “Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community”, reminds people in recovery and those who support them that no one is alone in the journey through recovery. Everyone's

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Ozzy Osbourne has shared his full performance from his halftime set during the NFL's season opening game last Thursday in Los Angeles. Leading up to the game, a press release…

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Police said the boys were in critical condition at a hospital.

1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky

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St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact

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This exhibit showcases reproductions of the work of Missouri’s first known woman artist, Anna Maria von Phul. Her artwork illustrates life in the Missouri Territory

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Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties showcases fine examples of Chinese textiles from the Museum’s collection, including clothing, embroideries, hangings, and banners

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