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ALTON - Alton Main Street is launching a new video storytelling series called Choosing Alton, which shares the tales of why interesting and diverse people have decided to lay down roots in our community. Choosing Alton was conceived by Roger Lewis, who serves on the Board of Directors for Alton Main Street. “You never know who you are next to in line at the grocery store or who may be filling their gas tank on the other side of the pump,” he shared, adding “Your neighbor may have a compelling story of where they are from and how they landed next door to you, and it could be a story you never knew. We decided to start telling these stories.” Lewis served as Producer of the series, which was funded by Executive Producer John Simmons. Local media company Shift Agency was hired to film and edit the episodes which are between 15-20 minutes long. The entire 12-episode series is available for viewing now at www.DowntownAlton.com/ChoosingAlton . “Our aim with

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The Saint Louis Zoo's bull Asian elephant is celebrating his 30th birthday Tuesday. Guests are invited to join in on the party.

ALTON - The charity work of the Freer family again made Christmas Day 2022 a blessing for those who would not have otherwise had new toys, coats, hats, gloves, personal care items, new socks, non-perishable food, and blankets under their trees on December 25 morning. The Freer legacy with Community Christmas dates back to early work by the late David Freer and his brother, Tim. David Freer started Freer Auto Body in 1991 after he graduated from Ranken Technical College. The boys' mother, Margaret Freer, their father, Mike, and Tim's wife, Carrie, have all been involved in Community Christmas over the years along with Tim and Carrie's daughters, Lily and Taylor. Taylor has gone off to college, but over the summer she was part of an effort that raised a record $56,000-plus for the 2022 Community Christmas campaign. Margaret said Community Christmas was always David's favorite charity and that has motivated them to keep his legacy alive year after year and make sure children and families

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Let Circus Harmony, the circus school located at City Museum in downtown St. Louis, entertain your kids after the holidays.   The only social circus in St. Louis, Circus Harmony

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This featured exhibition in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library explores how iconic characters both reflect and influence American culture from the 1960s to

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City residents can take their bare tree to one of three City Park sites to be recycled

Southwest Airlines Co. canceled more than two-thirds of its entire schedule Monday as the airline tries to recover from the weekend winter storm that scrambled much of the nation's commercial flight operations. KSDK reports that Dallas-based Southwest scrapped roughly 38% of its flights to and from St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Sunday, with more cancellations Monday and Tuesday. Some travelers said they'd received no alerts from the airline that there were any problems until they arrived…

International students have made a rebound across U.S. college campuses after a steep decline in recent years.

[INT: Midwestern living room, Christmas morning 2022]: Children: Thanks for all of these consumer goods, Daddy. We know you mean well. But we just want to know whether we’ll ever see free access to federal courtroom documents in our lifetime. Me: [long pause while stroking my magnificent beard] I don’t know, kids. I just don’t […]

"I'm Losing My Memory; I'm Not Losing My Mind" is the title of a book written by the former mayor, state legislator and county councilwoman.

Another water main break gave Clayton locals a headache on Tuesday morning.

There have been more bills prefiled for Missouri’s 2023 legislative session regarding transgender athletes than there are transgender athletes currently competing according to their identity in public schools. Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate have combined to file 10 bills seeking to restrict the ability of transgender minors to play in youth sports. […]

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If you're a golfer, you want to be at it all the time. It's just the mentality of the game.

If you've been partying into the wee hours of the morning, the thing you're going to need ASAP is some food to line your stomach. If you've said, "No, thank you, please," to the hullabaloo of a New Year's Eve celebration, you also probably would like some sustenance.