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Tis the season for free agency. Players can start signing with new MLB teams as early as Thursday afternoon.

If you have been a victim of a crime or know someone who has been, there are resources to help.

Tomorrow is Veterans Day, and here are some places around town that are offering free or discounted services to veterans. 

GODFREY - Pride, Inc. is taking reservations for its 9th Annual Local Celebrity Roast. It will be Thursday, December 1, at Lewis & Clark Community College. Cocktail reception begins at 5:00 p.m. with dinner following at 6:00 p.m. The Roast begins at 6:55 p.m. and concludes by 8 p.m. This year Pride is roasting and toasting Tammy Iskarous, Founder and Executive Director of Riverbend Family Ministries. Fifteen years ago, Tammy Iskarous had the vision to bring smaller nonprofits all under one roof in order for them to holistically wrap around families in crisis due to violence, addiction, homelessness, and poverty. Riverbend Family Ministries, an incubator model of care, has been recognized by leaders in Madison County and Illinois. As founder and volunteer Executive Director, she has clocked more than 50,000 volunteer hours – and she would be the first one to tell you that there’s more work to be done. She has been on the boards of other nonprofits, such as YWCA - Alton,

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The region is having an incredible start to the month of November. The average temperature over the first nine days of the month is running way above normal. It is now recorded as the third warmest early start to November in more than 100 years of record keeping. Don't let those [...]

More than two million registered voters cast a ballot in the general election, the Missouri Secretary of State's Office said.

Two construction projects by PARIC, one of the largest privately held companies in the Midwest, earned special recognition in the Keystone Awards of the Associated General Contractors of Missouri. St. Louis’ Delmar DivINe was organized to offer a range of spaces in which not-for-profit health, education and human service organizations could solve problems and work […]

A $1 million art project by internationally known architect David Adjaye will grace the Griot Museum of Black History in north St. Louis next year.

Ron "Johnny Rabbit" Elz hosts "The Front Row" at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Missouri History Museum. Presentation will focus on theaters, performances from the past.

WOOD RIVER – Amare, a local nonprofit based out of Wood River, Ill., has joined forces with the Jersey Community Hospital (JCH) Clinical Services' MAT Clinic located at 220 County Rd., Jerseyville, Ill, and is part of the JCH Healthcare organization. MAT is an acronym for medically assisted treatment that typically combines medication to help someone diagnosed with a substance use disorder and counseling as a treatment modality. The revolutionary partnership between the two agencies will allow additional support for MAT Clinic's clients. Amare works to help those recovering from substance use disorders, dependency, or co-occurring disorders. The nonprofit provides recovery support services like recovery coaching, family recovery coaching and support, and linkage to additional resources and clinical services like detox or residential treatment. They also focus heavily on education and awareness with events like their annual Rockin' for Recovery held in September, which provides

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ALTON - The Baker sisters, undoubtedly Alton's most passionate and charismatic players on the girl's soccer team, both got to sign commitments to their respective colleges. Emily, the goal scorer, will be heading to Southeast Missouri State University, while Peyton, the goal stopper, will be going to McKendree University. The sisters are both Auto Butler Female Athletes of the Month for Alton. Emily is the team's go-to forward, especially in big games and important situations. She scored 31 goals last season which led the team and assisted on nine more. Her sister Peyton is the go-to keeper. She started every game of the season and picked up 11 shutouts along the way. She made 99 saves throughout the season and logged over 1,700 minutes. Their head coach at Alton, Gwen Sabo, was proud of their accomplishment. "Kind of like I told them yesterday, it's super cool anytime you can make it to the next level." She mentioned that you don't see a lot of sisters being able to do

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Churches are banding together to raise money to help residents wipe out medical debt.

It’s always fun when copyright gets in the way of preservation efforts, especially when it comes at the hands of a mega-corporation like Apple. Many of you are likely to be familiar with WWDC, Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. This is one of those places where you get a bunch of Apple product reveals and news […]

Adolphus Pruitt, St. Louis NAACP chief, and the Rev. Darryl Gray, a civil-rights activist, co-host "Point Black" on KATZ (1600 AM) on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m.

Market by Macy’s at the Chesterfield Commons will host 30 youth and staff from the St. Louis Crisis Nursery.

Teach For America (TFA) St. Louis is the recipient of a $140,000 grant from Bayer Fund which will be used to develop and support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educators in St. Louis city and county.

The jokes just write themselves, folks: Todd Rundgren has partnered with the Michigan-based company Cheef Cannabis for a collection of two limited-edition strains called, yes, Hello, It's Weed. One strain,…

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