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ELSAH - Tom Edwards, now of Alton, who spent over 12 years in Russia, is a former English teacher and personal acquaintance of Ekaterina Putin, Vladimir Putin's youngest legitimate daughter. This relationship with her father has brought her into the current news spotlight as a holder of Putin's personal wealth. Earlier this month, multiple nations, including the US, UK, EU, and Japan, imposed sanctions on Ekaterina and her sister, Maria. Tom doesn't agree with this decision, based on his experience associating with politically relevant individuals in Russia and spending much of his time staying caught up on world events and their influences, and he's brought an alternative perspective on how the issue could be better handled in the days going forward. "I attended the University of Illinois back in 2004-2006, and while I was there I was a part of the Russian, Eastern European, and Eurasian studies department. I studied Russian language, literature, culture, and history, and I became

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eric Greitens stepped aside as Missouri's governor in 2018 amid a scandal involving accusations of blackmail, bondage and sexual assault. As he attempts a political comeback this year with a U.S. Senate bid, his ex-wife has said Greitens physically abused her and one of their children. It once took far less to end a political career. But [...]

Cultivation Capital has spent the past decade becoming St. Louis’ most prolific venture capital firm, amassing an investment portfolio of more than 150 startups. With an initial focus on closing an investment gap for software firms in St. Louis, Cultivation Capital has expanded its investment thesis since its founding, launching into new industries and geographies.

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis' Citygarden Sculpture Park landed on Travel Awaits' list of Special Sculpture Garden Experiences in the Midwest. The Citygarden spans two blocks of Downtown St. Louis. Visitors follow the paved paths past 24 sculptures, six rain gardens, a children's spray plaza, and a 180-foot pool with a six-foot waterfall. The park [...]

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Details were revealed Monday morning on how millions in federal relief money could be spent in St. Louis County. St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page laid out spending possibilities for $83 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act or “ARPA.” Page’s proposal came from seven town hall [...]

Out of more than 1,300 small cities (25,000 to 100,000) in the U.S., only five STL locales made top 500 — and four of them were in St. Charles County.

URBANA – Trees are natural caretakers – their limbs provide shade and shelter, their seeds and leaves provide food, their roots filter water. Insect scientists have another skill to add to the list – a haven for caterpillars. Entomologists are asking gardeners, homeowners, and landscapers to stop mowing and instead add permanent plantings under tree canopies to help moths and butterfly caterpillars survive. Biologist, pollinator conservationist, and award-winning author Heather Holm describes these plantings as soft landings for insects. Once the caterpillar of a moth or butterfly eats its fill of tree leaves, most of the time it drops to the ground to pupate. It may burrow into leaf litter or the ground. “However, most people leave grass under trees, which has to be mowed,” says Kelly Allsup, University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator. “This creates an ecological trap preventing butterflies and moths from reaching adulthood.”

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GRAFTON - The Illinois Office of Tourism today kicked off its summer travel season campaign with a fun series of TV ads, digital ads, and social media ads that highlight Illinois as being in the Middle of Everything! Southwest Illinois and Aerie’s Resort in Grafton were featured in the TV ads directed by and starring Illinois native and actor Jane Lynch. “The state’s new tourism campaign ‘The Middle of Everything’ is the perfect kick-off to the summer travel season,” Cory Jobe, President, and CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau said. “Southwest Illinois is front and center in the state’s TV ads with Aerie’s Resorts’ Grafton SkyTour featured along with the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway. What better way to attract visitors to Illinois and our region than with these snappy, funny, and scenic ads. “Karla Flannery, deputy director of the Illinois Office of Tourism, deserves credit for ensuring

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The pipeline connects with another pipeline in western Illinois and carries natural gas to the St. Louis region.

Behold! An actually interesting academic study exploring whether or not Twitter moderation has an anti-conservative bias! This is something many of us have been asking for for a while, but it’s a very difficult thing to study in any meaningful way. The results of this study are actually really fascinating, but it’s important to dig […]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Monday is the first day of Missouri's spring turkey season. The season ends on May 8. Hunters are allowed to start their day one half hour before sunrise and finish up at 1 p.m. Those participating in the spring turkey season are limited to two male turkeys or turkeys with a [...]

Bryant Wilks was a bright and driven 17 year old in Columbia. Already a manager at Dairy Queen, he was on track to graduate high school early and attend college to study business. But he became one of 14 people killed in the central Missouri college town in 2020, a record year for homicides. For […]

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The first teaser-trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder is finally here, and it brings along some sweet music. The Guns N' Roses classic "Sweet Child o' Mine" provides the soundtrack…

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Living the Wildlife Now I’ve seen a lot of wildlife here at the farm: deer, turkeys, possums, ground hogs, egrets, herons, coyotes, racoons, squirrels, eagles, armadillos (only in recent years), various snakes, Mallard ducks, geese, not many rabbits. Locals tell of spotting black bears and they have Bigfoot-like photos to prove it. Why Aren’t You... 

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Police said he wouldn't give officers much information about who shot him.

This is the latest incident of gun violence on the Metrolink. On April 8, a man was carjacked and shot at a Metrolink station near Delmar Loop.

In a Monday public briefing, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced his administration's recommendations for how to spend $83 million in federal ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds, based on community input. That process was carried out through seven town hall meetings and a survey, which Page said more than 3,000 people participated in. In the survey, officials asked residents to rank spending priorities like health care, infrastructure, homelessness, access to mental health services,…