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Mayor Tishaura Jones said Saturday that she plans to sign an executive order to establish a commission on reparations for St. Louis city. The announcement came at the event Let’s Talk Reparations: Community Teach-In and Block Party, hosted by Action St. Louis, Arch City Defenders, the ACLU of Missouri and other organizations. Jones did not have a date when people could expect the order to be signed, saying there were steps that included the city counselor that still needed to be taken.

PORTLAND, Ore. — President Joe Biden promoted Democrats’ efforts to bring down health care costs over the weekend in a visit to a normally Democratic state three weeks before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the next two years. Speaking on the first day of Medicare open enrollment, Biden touted a $750 […]

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ALTON - At 9 a.m. on Saturday, October 22, volunteers from Pride, Inc. will share forces with Katie Piper, Head Gardener, and Horticulturist from LCCC in learning how to “Put Your Gardens to Bed” at the State House Circle at College and Central Ave in Alton. Katie will be leading this hands-on event, teaching how to clean up and prepare your garden beds for the winter, while assisting Pride with the maintenance of this beautification project that they initiated years ago. Over the years, it has been the volunteers from Pride, Inc. that continue to pour their souls and hard work into keeping the area attractive and well-groomed. This collaboration with the Monticello Sculpture Garden is just one way to welcome more Friends of Pride, and to share our vision to “ Love Where You Live!” This location holds historic significance to the Alton area, and we are grateful to all committed to beautifying our neighborhoods and community. So, grab your garden glove, maybe

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The situation appeared to be the latest indictment of the city's handling of Missouri Sunshine Law requests — until city employees looked through their files.

Missouri Fall Color ReportIllinois Fall Color Report Tulip & Daffodil Bulbs- 30 for $17 – still available from Brightside St. Louis 1:30 pm Monday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register 4 pm Thursday Horticulture Hike at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Horticulturalist led walking tour focusing on trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Be … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

SPRINGFIELD - Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ office made history this week when it returned $11 million to the estate of a Chicago man who died of natural causes just before Christmas in 2016. It is the largest returned unclaimed property dollar amount in the nation’s history. Most of Joseph Richard Stancak’s 119 heirs reside in Poland, where his parents were born, as well as Slovakia. And little is known about how Mr. Stancak accumulated such wealth so quietly, although he did own a boat named “Easy.” “This is a life-changing amount of money,” Frerichs said. “I only wish we knew more about Mr. Stancak.” Unclaimed property refers to money or accounts within financial institutions or companies in which there has been no activity for several years. Unclaimed property includes forgotten bank accounts, unpaid life insurance benefits, the contents of safe deposit boxes and other items. Returning unclaimed property is

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The program takes a small group of rising entrepreneurs through an intensive eight-week business development program.

A lawyer for the school blames Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office for the repeated delays.

Last March, the FBI raided a storefront safety deposit box service owned by US Private Vaults. US Private Vaults is all about privacy. It offers customers something akin to end-to-end encryption for their physical goods. Very little customer information is retained and only customers have access to their possessions. The company does not carry a […]

EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School Principal Steve Stuart reflected on this year's homecoming festivities and said between the game, dance, and all the other week-long activities it was a huge success. "More than 1,600 tickets were sold for the dance," he said. "It has been a long while since we sold that many. I want to thank Mrs. Kupferer and the Student Council for making it a memorable week." The halftime of the game was memorable as the new Edwardsville homecoming queen and king Emerson Weller and Isayah Kloster were presented. The very popular Sydney Harris, a former basketball star, and Cliff Seaman returned to present the new queen and king their crowns. The Tigers marching band, color guard and dance team also delivered strong performances. The Tiger royalty court included Axton Anomand and Izzy O'Day, Lexi Trimm and Maddox Karnes, and Weller and Kloster. Also on the Senior Court were Daniel Vanston and Kahlia Vaughn, Jacob Watts and Ellie Bozarth, and Montrez West

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This refurbished iPad 6th Gen features a full-sized 9.7″ tablet with a 2048×1536 LED-backlit Retina display, allowing you to surf the web, stream videos, or read files on a sharper, wider screen. It contains a dual-core 2.3 GHz Apple A10 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of flash memory storage, allowing the iPad to run […]

More than $100 million in disaster aid has been paid out so far to help St. Louis-area residents and businesses recover from July's historic rainfall and floods.

More than $4 million in hotel tax revenue a year is available for new projects, once legal wrangling over the St. Charles Convention Center is complete.

This story originally appeared in Investigate Midwest.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will ban the sale of flea and tick collars containing a chemical linked to neurological damage in children, the agency announced last week. The collars, which contain the chemical tetrachlorvinphos, make up more than half of flea and tick collars sold in the U.S., according […]

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GODFREY - A series of three Chili Drive-Thru events are coming up for the next three Thursdays on Oct. 20, Oct. 27, and Nov. 3, each from 3:30-6:30 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, located at 1211 W. Homer M. Adams Parkway in Godfrey. Two bowls of chili with crackers will be available for $6, and the bowls are microwave-safe for easy reheating. Tickets will be sold for $6 each at the drive-thru, and can also be purchased in advance by calling the church at (618) 466-2788 or contacting any Men’s Club member. Men’s Club President Dan Garner said each year, proceeds from these events are donated to a charitable cause. This year’s event proceeds will help fund relief for Illinois and Missouri flood victims. “With all the flooding that happened, a lot of people in the East St. Louis and St. Louis area had homes flooded and so on, so we like to keep the money local,” Garner said. He added that the chili recipe is award-winning, and that this mark

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This October KDHX is celebrating 35 years of broadcasting.

Thanks to listener-support, KDHX continues to provide joy, stimulation, inspiration and connection through our independent and commercial-free programming. 

There are many ways to support KDHX and we want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has contributed their time, shared their appreciation of KDHX with others, helped spread the word about the station with a KDHX T-shirt or a bumper sticker or given a financial gift with the donation of a vehicle or through individual giving. The partnership we have with you is why the station is here today. Thank you! 

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Buckeyes: “A Concealed Weapon” My father-in-law always carried a buckeye in his pocket. There came a time when other family members did the same. It’s an Ozark custom, or so I was told when I moved from the East Coast to the hill country of south Missouri. The glossy brown nuts have been carried since... 

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But she still trails Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt in fundraising as the two march toward a Nov. 8 showdown at the polls