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JENNINGS, Mo. - The Urban League is stepping up again to help families in need by hosting a pop-up food distribution event on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. They received a large shipment of dairy items, produce, and additional food items from a generous donor and planned the pop-up food distribution at their Jennings Outreach [...]

Labor journalist Luis Feliz Leon explains how the union drive succeeded and what’s next.

Family struggles to deal with death of Manu Barge, who was fatally shot early Sunday in an argument with a man on a MetroLink car.

St. Louis area man who has been in jail or prison since he was 14 is paroled. A petition to vacate his conviction could come next.

ALTON - Marquette Catholic's ACES Academic Challenge Team, led by John Walters, returned home from state competition with several winners this past week. Regional medal winners from left to right back row: Peter Walsh 2nd Bio, Will Schwartz 1st Chem, Skylar Schuster 2nd Chem, Dre Davis 1st Physics, Nathan Bennett 2nd Physics. Front row: Nina Walters, 2nd Math, 2nd Chm, Elizabeth Guenther 3rd Math, Emma Bohannon 1st Biology. Of Special note; Nina Walters took second place in both chemistry and math at Sectionals while Skylar Schuster was first in chemistry.

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Please join us for our May Tweetup which will occur on Tuesday, May 24th from 6-8pm.  As usual we will … MoreTweetup At Edibles & Essentials

When the weather is right, nothing beats enjoying a cold cocktail or beer outside on the patio of a great watering hole. Luckily Cherokee Street has some of the best patios in St. Louis to do just that. Explore the patios in the district in the guide below and perhaps find a few you never […]

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` Have a Knife Day When I was a kid, one of the highlights of a summer day was the visit of the scissor grinder man—as we called him. From time to time, the guy came shuffling through the neighborhood with a heavy, sharpening apparatus on his back. To herald his presence, he swung a... 

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY - On Friday, April 8, 2022, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued warrants on suspect Marcus Payne, 39 years of age, of the 200 block of Duquette Lane in Florissant, Missouri 63033, for four counts of Stealing $750 or More. A mugshot of Payne is shown. Payne is being held on a $50,000 cash only, no 10%, bond. On Thursday, April 21, 2022, the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office issued warrants on suspect Terrence Cooper, 33 years of age, of the 8300 block of Pepperidge Drive in St. Louis, Missouri 63134, for four counts of Stealing $750 or More. A mugshot of Cooper is shown. Cooper is being held on a $50,000 cash only, no 10%, bond. The probable cause statement for Payne reads: On four separate occasions within a period of approximately six weeks, Defendant acted with others to steal from two ULTA Beauty stores (in Fenton and central St. Louis County) and the Marshall’s store in south St. Louis County. Defendant and

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A 17-year-old arrived at a local hospital around 11:45 p.m. Thursday with three graze wounds, police said.

McClellan: Matthew Morrison can’t leave the country because the government wants to deport him.

BELLEVILLE - After getting input from transit riders, area residents, elected officials and stakeholders through a series of in-person and virtual opportunities, the St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD), has approved a finalized design concept for the “Transit Stop Transformation” project at the Belleville Transit Center, located at 800 Scheel Street. The project – being completed in conjunction with Citizens for Modern Transit, AARP in St. Louis and Metro Transit and through a partnership with the City of Belleville – will transform the concrete area between the bus bays and MetroLink entrance into an interactive, playful and engaging space. The finalized design – developed by St. Louis-based transportation engineering and planning firm CBB – boasts a vibrant-colored “Art Grows in Belleville” theme. It features musical, custom bike racks, shade structures, a Belleville city logo sign, benches, planters and elevated window artwork

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SPRINGFIELD – Spring is here, the weather is getting warmer and the Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public to be on the lookout for maintenance teams picking up litter throughout the state. As part of its ongoing Think Before You Throw! initiative, IDOT is stepping up efforts to remove litter from roadsides while encouraging you to be part of the solution. “Litter might seem like a temporary problem, but it can have long-term, far-reaching impacts,” said Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman. “During the pandemic, we have observed much more littering taking place. We are committed to helping maintain a positive impression of Illinois by keeping roadsides clean, but we can’t do it alone. We’re asking you to think before you throw and properly dispose of trash.” The Think Before You Throw! campaign aims to reduce roadside litter by raising awareness of its impacts. Litter is more than just an eyesore –

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URBANA - May 27, 2020, was a heart-wrenching day Bryanna Dobbs will never forget. But it was also a day that set the home daycare operator on a journey of empowerment and planted the seed of a bond with an OSF HealthCare Mission Partners who cared for her. Dobbs and her husband Austin were at the Blessed Beginnings Birthing Center at OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana, Illinois. The Villa Grove, Illinois, couple was preparing to welcome their daughter, Ivy Faye. Instead, Dobbs suffered a stillbirth. “We don’t have a whole lot of answers as to what happened,” Dobbs says. “We think it was an cord accident, and I kind of dealt with some low fluid problems.” Pregnancy loss is more common than people think, says Emily Ontis, a registered nurse at OSF Heart of Mary who was Dobbs’ nurse in 2020. Statistics show around one to two in 10 women will suffer a miscarriage , which is pregnancy loss in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Some

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GRAFTON - Back by popular demand, the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau will celebrate local foods with an epic foodie experience throughout the month of June. Businesses and restaurants that serve up great burgers, wings, ice cream, and pizza will be highlighted throughout the month of June during Epic Food Month. Each week a different local favorite food will be celebrated. The epic weeks include: Epic Pizza Week, Epic Wing Week, Epic Burger Week, and Epic Ice-Cream Week. “We started highlighting our epic foods last year and it was an amazing success,” said Cory Jobe, President/CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau. “We had 100 different restaurants participate serving up thousands of burgers, pizzas, and ice cream treats to residents and visitors alike. Now we want to take our epic foods to the next level” Epic Food Month will kick off with Epic Pizza Week June 6 – 10; Epic Wing Week June 13 – 17; Epic Burger Week June 20 - 24, followed

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This year marks the 75th anniversary of the most famous flying saucer event of all, the Roswell incident of 1947. But a half-century before, alien spacecraft were reported across Illinois, particularly in this area. One hundred and twenty-five years ago this spring, central Illinois was riveted by a string of spaceship sightings, many of which remain unexplained. The incidents were part of a nationwide phenomenon, as flying craft were reported from the Midwest to the West Coast. Among the most noteworthy sightings in Illinois was an incident involving three men on a farm one mile north of Nilwood at 2:30 p.m. on April 13, 1897. There, the Macoupin County Enquirer reported the landing of a “cigar or boat-shaped” object with “oars” running from the bottom and a “picnic canopy on top.” This odd-looking craft sat down in a field for 15-20 minutes, then flew off in a northerly direction. The ship was also spotted around 6 p.m. in nearby Green Ridge, tw

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