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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 by the captain or a

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The downsizing plan will reduce the number of parishes from 178 to between 71 and 90, according to the latest figures from the archdiocese.

COLLINSVILLE – Cooler temperatures have arrived and most of us have turned on our natural gas furnaces for the first time this fall. As an important safety reminder, Ameren Illinois is encouraging residential and business customers to have their furnaces inspected by a professional HVAC technician to check for potential natural gas leaks. Natural gas in its pure form is odorless and colorless. Ameren Illinois adds an odorant to create the distinctive rotten egg smell that makes it easier to identify and detect gas while better protecting public safety. “A customer should never smell natural gas in or around their home or business. If they do, they need to leave the premises immediately and call Ameren Illinois at 1-800-755-5000,” said Leonard Singh, President of Ameren Illinois. “Our crews will respond immediately no matter what time of day, seven days a week, and there is absolutely no charge to the customer.” Natural gas leak response is a high

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A Mega Millions player is $2 million dollars richer after picking up a ticket at the Circle K on Elm Avenue.

"Nothing could have prepared me for this. I’ve seen one spirit, but felt countless," one worker said.

A city commission will weigh whether it should approve incentives to pay for public infrastructure related to two developments worth around $2.5 billion.

No matter who you are or where you were when the news dropped, you likely felt a human connection. Now the business community is saying it's time to help our own.

You may recall that, back in April, Elon Musk announced that one of his plans was to “authenticate all real humans” on Twitter. This was his plan to somehow magically get rid of spam. As we noted at the time, doing so would create some pretty serious questions regarding freedom of speech on the platform […]

EDWARDSVILLE - The Annual Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce Halloween Parade begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday. The line-up begins at 4 p.m. in the Woodland Elementary School and Lincoln Middle School parking lots. All parade entries should be in place no later than 5 p.m., the Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce said. The parade begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Every year, the parade has tremendous participation with floats, bands, community and school organizations, politicians, businesses, and athletes taking part, along with government officials and more. The Chamber says the safest place to unload are the parking lots of Woodland Elementary and Lincoln Middle School. “Follow the specific instructions of police officers at the end of the parade route,” the Chamber said. “Do not pull over on Main Street and unload.”

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Another South Grand restaurant is closing its doors. For the last 29-years The King & I have been serving Thai food to patrons at their location in south St. Louis. They just announced plans to relocate to Richmond Heights. The new location will be in former Blaze Pizza storefront on Dale [...]

While St. Louis springs tend to coyly lift their petaled heads before swiftly flitting away, our autumns are a slow, satisfying burn, lingering at the door of Thanksgiving. Marking fall's final flourish, as ever, is the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival that in this year's 31st season bodes to be as vibrant as ever.

A recent proposal by an advisory board of corporate executives would make shipping manifests confidential. That would make it harder to track goods that that were made by children or forced labor.

Def Leppard recently announced plans for a massive 2023 trek with Mötley Crüe dubbed The World Tour, but the British hard rockers aren't quite finished performing in 2022 yet. The…

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ALTON - The 105th Alton Halloween Parade should once again be a showcase for the region, Steve Schwartz, East End Improvement Association's publicity coordinator for the parade, said. The parade will begin at 7 p.m. Monday on Broadway and Washington and will conclude at Piasa and Fifth Streets. East End Improvement Association is the long-time Alton Halloween Parade sponsor. The parade will be live-streamed once again on Riverbender.com . The Riverbender.com Daily Show's C.J. Nasello will be the prime host of the parade for the live stream. Stella Cowan, an Alton High School freshman, won the poster contest to be featured in the Alton Halloween Parade. It is shown below. Schwartz said there will be "tremendous participation" in the annual Alton event. "We have received a lot of good responses," he said. "The Halloween Parade is the biggest event every year in Alton and it is typically wall-to-wall people along the route. There aren't many gaps." The Grandpa Gang will be this

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Bob Dylan ended his show in Nottingham, U.K. on Friday night by paying homage to rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who died earlier that day at age 87. According…

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A $300 million amusement park could be coming to Missouri. Plans for the park, known as Oasis at Lakeport, were submitted to the City of Osage Beach last week. It would include amusement rides, hotels, restaurants, a Ferris wheel, an amphitheater, a marina and a boardwalk — all on lakefront property.

The new location of the King and I will open in Richmond Heights next spring.