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The proposed facility would provide service for patients in need of post-surgery care, rehabilitation and physical therapy.

With the 2022 Missouri Legislative Session finished, St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum and Sarah Kellogg spend this episode of Politically Speaking answering your questions about the legislature. What does the redistricting process look like now that the legislature has passed a map? How will the contentiousness that happened this year impact future sessions? What song best describes this session? Those questions and more answered in this mailbag episode.

St. Louis County-owned job training hub the Met Center could add major new tenant in Lincoln University.

ALTON – Although Alton Memorial Hospital was unable to hold its annual Employee Awards Banquet again this year because of the pandemic, the hospital was still able to honor several of its top staff members during the recent Health Care Week. Cathy Wagner, manager of Surgical Services and the Cardiac Cath Lab, won the 2021 Leadership Award, as voted on by AMH senior leaders. “Cathy checked many of the boxes in 2021,” said AMH President Dave Braasch. “She demonstrated characteristics in getting results, integrity, continuous improvement and building customer-focused teams. During the most recent COVID surge, she routinely jumped in to lend a hand in staffing where needed. With all the disruptions, Cathy dealt fairly with everyone and listened to everyone’s input before making the final decision. Her response was poised and deliberate, always putting the patients first.” Wagner said that winning the award was a surprise to her because of all the grea

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CHICAGO – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs today announced the return of more than $43,000 in unclaimed property to St. Andrew Ukrainian Church in Bloomingdale. The Treasurer’s Office recently found the unclaimed money and reached out to church officials to return it. The gorgeous Ukrainian Orthodox church, which is a cultural and religious center for Chicago’s west suburban Ukrainian community, has stepped up its charity work in Ukraine following the unprovoked and immoral Russian invasion. Unclaimed property, also known as I-Cash, refers to money or accounts within financial institutions or companies in which there has been no activity for several years. Unclaimed property includes forgotten bank accounts, unpaid life insurance benefits, the contents of safe deposit boxes and other items. In the case of St. Andrew, the Treasurer’s Office discovered the church was owed the money while conducting unclaimed property compliance audits of companies.

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ST. LOUIS - The transit advocacy organization Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) has announced plans for its next virtual “Talking Transit” event, which is set for Thursday, June 9, at 8:30 a.m. via ZOOM. This event will highlight new initiatives underway through Metro Transit to expand accessibility and further improve safety and security on the St. Louis region’s public system, which is comprised of MetroLink light rail, 59 MetroBus routes, and the Metro Call-A-Ride paratransit fleet. The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required and can be completed online at www.cmt-stl.org . Those in attendance will learn about the latest plans associated with the Northside-Southside MetroLink Study with St. Louis City and St. Louis County, the new Secure Platform Plan and the service profile of the organization moving forward. The panel discussion will feature Taulby Roach, President and CEO of Bi-State Development which operates Metro Transit for the

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A 29-year-old Northwoods, Missouri man was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in federal prison for the 2019 fatal carjacking of a nursing student.

ST. LOUIS - The CEO of St. Louis-based ProCare Health, a leader in the bariatric supplement market with a focus on after-surgery nutritional needs, is announcing the launch of a new supplement website. Nick Wiegand is one of four founders of WellRabbit, an e-commerce site dedicated to selling only physician-vetted products from qualified manufacturers. “I’ve launched several brands from the ground up. This gave me insight into just how many companies there are that offer counterfeit, substandard, or even dangerous supplements. There had to be a safe place for consumers,” said Nick Wiegand, the President of WellRabbit. “There are two goals for WellRabbit. We protect the consumer by giving them a high-quality product, and we protect the industry by making sure only authentic goods are sold.” WellRabbit was founded out of CEO Dr. Jeffrey Hendricks’ desire to help his sister, Teresa, beat breast cancer and live a healthier life. By taking integrative

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Drug overdose deaths in Missouri increased by 19% from 2019 to 2020, data shows. A total of 1,878 lives were lost to drugs in 2020 — the highest number on record.

They used social media, tips, and surveillance videos to identify them.

The Wine & Cheese Place said it will open its planned new retail concept, Spirit Wine & Craft, in the Southampton neighborhood on May 24. A soft opening is planned this weekend.

Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill revising the boundaries of Missouri’s eight congressional districts Wednesday afternoon, officially ending the most contentious legislative battle of the year. The revised districts have already led to one candidate, state Rep. Sara Walsh of Ashland, withdrawing from her campaign for the open 4th District seat. Walsh on Monday lamented […]

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking a state court to shutter a St. Louis mover over claims it refused to provide agreed-upon services unless consumers paid "significantly more" than estimates. Schmitt's petition, in St. Louis County Circuit Court, identifies Ibrahim Secic as the top defendant, as well as 10 other individuals and four companies: United Relocation Movers, Eagle Eye Moving, Elite Moving and Storage and Road to Load Best Movers. The other defendants in the case are Enes…

St. Louis officials will launch a nationwide search for a new police chief now that Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden is set to retire on June 18. An interim chief will take his place in the meantime. On Wednesday, Mayor Tishaura Jones and Director of Public Safety Dan Isom announced Lt. Col. Michael Sack will serve has Hayden’s replacement until a permanent chief can be found, though Sack is not out of the running to permanently replace Hayden.

Here's a squirrel poking its head above the grass to see if there's anything worth seeing. It was taken along Laguna Canyon Road.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office announced this afternoon that two teenagers and a 20-year-old have each been charged with 21 counts of property damage and one count of stealing a firearm — all felony charges. The charges against Kyle Buchanan, 18, Darryl Muldrow, 18, and Deandre Thomas, 20, stem from a series of car break-ins that happened on February 6 at the Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital and the National Health Care Corporation, both in Maryland Heights. According to a probable cause statement from a detective with the Maryland Heights Police Department, video surveillance footage shows two men breaking car windows on the National Health Care Corporation parking lot while a third man waits in a dark-colored Nissan Altima.

A Maryland Heights-based provider of design and contracting services has made a switch in its top management.

Police said the car was stopped next to a concrete light pole, but it did not look like the car had struck the light pole.

Last week a bizarre one-line order from the Fifth Circuit lifted the injunction on Texas’s social media law, allowing it to go into effect, despite all the massive problems with it – including the extent to which it violates the First Amendment and Section 230. So NetChoice and CCIA filed an emergency application with the […]

America’s love for home delivery coupled with continuing pressure throughout the supply chain have companies scrambling for more space to store their products and fulfill orders. That’s been great news for industrial warehouse property owners and investors across St. Louis, where vacancy rates sit at a historic low of 2.7%. By the end of the year, the real estate services firm JLL predicts St. Louis will set a record with 8 million to 10 million square feet of industrial property absorption. The…