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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The challenge of mental health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse during the COVID pandemic. Affinia CEO Dr. Kendra Holmes says there has been sizeable increase in anxiety disorder and depressive disorder because of the pandemic. She says the problem is especially bad in the minority community, where [...]

More than 400 people in the St. Francios County community attended a vigil Sunday in honor of Bonne Terre Officer Lane Burns, who was shot and killed in the line of duty early Thursday morning.

"I said, 'I'm a doctor, this is a pair of human lungs,'" Dr. Caldwell recalled. "'You guys have a flight leaving at 6:20 a.m. and I need to be on it.'"

EDWARDSVILLE – Junior Sam Buckley will be a key member of the Civic Memorial baseball team this season. The Civic Memorial baseball team opened their season Friday night (March 19) against Washington High School and lost 11-7, but they did move to a 6-1 lead after two innings. Junior Sam Buckley was on the mound in the third inning, and Washington had runners on first and third with one out. The Eagles caught a man stealing for the second out and Buckley picked up his first K to end the inning. It was a huge moment at that point in the game keeping his team up by five. “It felt pretty good knowing we had a five-run lead,” Buckley said after the game regarding getting out of the jam. He mentioned it’s much easier to pitch when his team is leading. Buckley is the Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Male Athlete of the Month for CM. While it was a tough loss Saturday, Buckley believes in his team. When asked about what he’s looking forward to most this season

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Walker's sudden and unexpected death prompted an outpouring of support from local, state and national politicians.

MetroLink was forced to shuttle riders in the Illinois Metro East for several hours Sunday after a car struck a train.

EDWARDSVILLE - Andrew Hendrickson, a senior pitcher/infielder for the Edwardsville High baseball team, is off to a good start to the 2022 season, saving the Tigers' opening game win over Lisle Benet Academy Catholic 3-1 on Thursday night, then on Saturday, hit the team's first home run of the year, a three-run shot over the right-field fence as part of a seven-run third inning as Edwardsville won over St. Charles North 14-3 on Saturday afternoon. Hendrickson has appeared in three of the Tigers' first four games, going a combined one-for-four at the plate with the team's first homer and four RBIs, and pitched in the season opener, going two innings and allowing a hit while walking two and striking out one as Edwardsville has gotten off to a 4-0 start, defeating four quality Chicagoland teams in the Prep Baseball Report Metro-East Kickoff Classic showcase. Hendrickson is an iCAN Clinic Male Athlete of the Month for EHS. "I feel really good," Hendrickson said in an interview conducted

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Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized because of an infection, the Supreme Court said Sunday.

Because a shortage of drivers and mechanics has kept St. Louis from separate pickups of recyclables in many areas, an alderman wants residents' refuse fees to be temporarily reduced.

Councilman Tim Fitch argues St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has a conflict of interest.

Days after being cut by the Los Angeles Rams and signing with the Carolina Panthers, Johnny Hekker posted a message to Rams fans on Instagram to thank them for their years of support. That includes you, St. Louis.

These demonstrators want you to know there are ways you can help from anywhere in the world.

Koplar Properties and Albion Residential of Chicago are proposing a 30-story $135M building with 293 apartments at the corner of Lindell and Kingshighway in the Central West End neighborhood. The site at the northeast corner of Forest Park has long begged the question, “when is something going to happen here?” With each economic expansion and […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas has been hospitalized because of an infection, the Supreme Court said Sunday. Thomas, 73, has been at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., since …

The fourth-seeded Fighting Illini were determined to go farther after being bumped by Loyola Chicago last year, but couldn't get past the second round again.