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In addition to making resurgent hits out of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" and Metallica's "Master of Puppets," the latest season of Stranger Things also sparked renewed interest in…

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The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.92% for the week ended Oct. 13 — up from 6.66% the prior week.

ST. LOUIS - Tough Mudder, the global leader in obstacle course adventures, today announced it will host an event at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. The Tough Mudder event is scheduled for April 29-30, 2023. WWTR is located five minutes from downtown St. Louis. The multi-faceted adventure competition joins a stellar calendar of WWTR events in 2023, including the NASCAR Cup Series, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Midwest Nationals, Formula Drift, and the new SpeedTour Grand Prix Festival for the TransAm Series. “World Wide Technology Raceway is both an entertainment and recreation destination,” said Chris Blair, World Wide Technology raceway’s Executive Vice President and General Manager. “Hosting Tough Mudder enables us to provide St. Louis and the Metro East Region with another showcase program that illustrates the diversity of our event schedule. With more than 700 acres located less than five minutes fro

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Name: Charles Batson Hometown: Granite City Years of Service: 1962-1965 DOD: November 15th, 2015 KIA: No Branch: Army Rank: Spec 5 Wars: Vietnam Medals/Honors Earned: Good Conduct Medal, Marksman (Rifle) Expert (Rifle M-14), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Message: Greatly loved and dearly missed. Submitter's Name: Becky Batson

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Name: William Roe Hometown: Alton Years of Service: 1976-1980 KIA: No Branch: US Navy Rank: HT 2 Wars: NA Medals/Honors Earned: Good Conduct ribbon Meritorious Unit Citation Battle E Ribbon Submitter's Name: Susan Roe

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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones has proposed using $40 million in COVID relief funds to make streets safer.

The organization's executive director, Chris Krehmeyer, is asking for $200 million to invest in the region’s highest concentration of poverty so that the area tips in the right direction “once and for all.”

A state commission is scheduled to release findings on the school staffing crisis this week.

St. Louis County police said Monday, Oct. 17 that the woman had been found safe on Oct. 7.

“There’s something there. You can’t reject it. People who reject it are just as bad as the ones who believe everything.”

The museum reopens November 2.

Journey guitarist Neal Schon recently revealed that the band would be returning to the road next year for a new tour with their 2022 opening act Toto. Now, the group…

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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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Sugaree Baking Co. in St. Louis' Dogtown neighborhood has had a long success in selling lots and selling quickly. After 26 years, co-owners Pat Rutherford-Pettine and her husband, Jimmy Pettine, are selling the business. The couple has had their fair share of challenges. And even still, their toughest day will be when they close the doors to the love they share. "The last three years have been the best three years of Sugaree," Rutherford-Pettine said. But even booming business is not enough to…

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.

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The Griot Museum of Black History is gearing up for a permanent exhibit that pays tribute to Black women that shaped the St. Louis region.

Almost all of Kansas and nearly half of Missouri are in severe enough drought to activate a federal program meant to help ranchers who have lost grazing acres for their herds, triggering millions of dollars in assistance. Eighty-five of Kansas’ 105 counties have been eligible for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s livestock forage program, which […]

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