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The St. Louis Cardinals hired ex-slugger Matt Holliday, who helped the organization win the World Series in 2011, as manager Oliver Marmol’s bench coach.

ALTON - A beloved community member/former fire official - Mark Harris - was honored at a widely attended funeral event at Gent Funeral Home in Alton on Sunday afternoon. Visitation was from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Gent Funeral Home in Alton in the chapel. The Gent Funeral Home is located at 2409 State Street in Alton. Funeral services immediately followed. A Fire Department Walk-Through was conducted at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, led by the active and retired members of the Alton Fire Department with surrounding fire departments following in honor of Deputy Chief Harris. Harris was 61 when he died on Tuesday at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was married to Connie M. Brietzke. A dedicated member of the Alton Fire Department, Mark began his career on April 17, 1991, and quickly advanced through the ranks becoming an Engineer on January 4, 1995. Mark advanced to the Captain position on May 20, 2000, Assistant Chief on December 4, 2005, Deputy Chief on May 28, 2009, Battalion Chief on May 26, 2013,

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Get It Made compiled statistics on manufacturing pay in Missouri using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

In 1964, two enterprising men bought the bed linens slept on by the Beatles from two hotels. They cut them into little pieces and sold them — and no, they didn't wash them first.

Seth Masket is tired of stale old stories about why Democrats lose elections: What are the narratives going to be Tuesday night? It’s fairly easy to know these ahead of time....In all circumstances, Democrats will be advised to moderate. Republicans interpret election losses very differently from Democrats....Democrats are constantly trying to downplay their more liberal ...continue reading "Seth Masket is bored of threadbare political narratives. He shouldn’t be."

Circuit Attorney's Office says it needs at least six months to review the cases before signing off on the destruction order.

This week, both our top comments on the insightful side come from our post about helping Elon Musk speed run the content moderation learning curve. In first place, it’s Christenson responding to a “suggestion” that really appears to be a complaint about Techdirt’s own comment voting system: You are going to have to add some […]

A man was shot in the face and in the chest, according to St. Louis police. Police said a woman was shot in the leg.

A woman was killed after being hit by a car Saturday night.

The man was shot in the face and chest.

Two people have died after a two-vehicle crash in north St. Louis on Saturday night.

A Fenton woman was struck and killed by a car while crossing an intersection on Route 30 in Jefferson County on Saturday night.

Stacker compiled a list of the best performing stocks in Missouri last week using data from IEX Cloud.

On Sept. 16, Everything Is Golden, a solo exhibition by St. Louis-based artist Lizzy Martinez, opens as the first exhibition of the 2022-2023 Millstone Gallery season at COCA. In the

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Visit the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park to celebrate Día de los Muertos this November! Enjoy altars that represent a variety of Latin American cultural traditions, live music and

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When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her diarrhea. The Philadelphia resident was surprised when she received an online message informing her that because she hadn’t visited her doctor in more than three years, she was no longer aContinue reading "Haven’t seen your doctor in a few years? You may need to find a new one"