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Police say one man was killed and three others were taken to the hospital.

Foss Swim School, a Minnesota-based swim school operator, plans to add two St. Louis-area locations, after shuttering a third due to recent flooding. Foss said it was forced to permanently close its Little Fishes Swim School location in Brentwood, which "was damaged beyond repair" by flooding that hit the St. Louis area July 26, according to a Facebook post. Families enrolled at Little Fishes Brentwood were given credit to transfer to any Foss location, officials said this week. Foss acquired Little…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House cleared on Friday Democrats’ long-sought climate, health care and tax package, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The roughly $750 billion measure …

5 On Your Side heard from the company's attorney, Albert Watkins, for the first time since the incident on Friday.

SPRINGFIELD – With new guidance from the CDC that addresses the need to keep students in classrooms while protecting residents from COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is adopting new operational guidance for schools and early education from the CDC that eases some restrictions while maintaining a core set of infectious disease prevention strategies as part of their normal operations. The new guidelines drop the requirement for quarantines and ease physical distancing rules. Schools are still encouraged to follow the CDC’s new operational guidance on best practices for all infectious diseases and keep students home if they are ill, and use testing to confirm or rule out COVID-19 and other infections. Schools must also continue to provide remote learning to any student who is under isolation for COVID-19 based on the State Superintendent’s Remote Learning Declaration. “Current conditions of th

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An organization that helps the families of fallen first responders held a golf tournament Friday in Waterloo, Illinois.

On September 30, Eric Clapton will release The Complete Reprise Studio Albums – Volume I, a vinyl box set featuring remastered versions of his first six studio efforts for the…

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ALTON - JK-BEC presents another Movie Night At The Park scheduled for Saturday evening at James Killion Park at Salu in Alton. The featured film is "The Good Dinosaur." The movie sponsor is Barry and Gaye Julian. There will be free hotdogs, popcorn, and snow cones for the children. The movie begins at dusk. The following week, the featured movie is "The Bad Guys." The sponsor next week on Aug. 20 is Carrollton Bank. Shelia Goins, Alton's First Lady, said last week's Movie Night was "a great success." "We had about 50 kids and their parents come out last week and it was a great success," she said. "We hope for more this week. We will have free snowcones, popcorn, and hot dogs for all who attend. We appreciate all our community sponsors who have stepped up to make this a great community success. "The James Killion Beautification and Enhancement Committee are excited to host Movie In the Night every Saturday starting at dusk. This week's Movie Night sponsors - Barry and Gaye Julian

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Israel’s foremost purveyor of malware, NSO Group, has undergone nearly a yearlong reckoning. A leak last summer appeared to show NSO customers were routinely targeting journalists, activists, members of opposition parties, and, in one case, the ex-wife of a Dubai ruler. That NSO Group was shady wasn’t a new fact. Its decision to sell malware […]

Ronald Gunn, who is Black, told the Post-Dispatch in 2016 that he thought the white sergeant who arrested him targeted him because of his skin color.

Taleb Rebhi Ali-Jawher fatally shot Christopher Simmons in 2017 during an argument over a candy bar.

Chefs Tony and Jessica Nguyen will open their highly-anticipated modern Asian restaurant — called snō — on Friday, Aug. 19, in the Tower Grove South neighborhood.

Don't worry about losing your 314 number, the new area code will be applied to new customers in the St. Louis area.

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry has received a lot of media attention thanks to a pair of remixes of his old band's 1983 hit "Separate Ways," which appear on the…

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Many schools in the metro east are getting ready for the first day of school on Monday.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Friday cleared Democrats’ long-sought climate, health care and tax package, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The roughly $750 billion measure is much smaller than the $2 trillion reconciliation package the House originally sent to the Senate in November. The final product left out dozens of […]

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David Leroy Smith Jr. of Hanley Hills died after being shot at a nightclub called Sweet Timez, 5166 Martin Luther King Drive.

HARDIN - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office made another methamphetamine arrest after a traffic stop at 2:34 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11. The sheriff's office is making every effort it can to eliminate the illegal drug problems in the county with the serious effort. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Park Street on Thursday near Barry Street in Hardin. Subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Rabecca L. Townsend, age 56, of Collinsville, Illinois was arrested on the following charges: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle, Speeding. Townsend is currently lodged at Jersey County Jail. All suspect(s) are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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