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Three Missouri judges have approved changes to the wording of a ballot measure that, if passed, could reinstate abortion bans across the state in most cases.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Municipal Band will perform its annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 6, at 7:00 p.m. at the historic Wildey Theatre in downtown Edwardsville. The event is free and open to the public, with doors opening one hour prior to the performance at 6:00 p.m. This year's concert features a collaboration with 5th through 8th-grade band students from ECUSD 7, Edwardsville Catholic Schools, and Trinity Lutheran. These students will join the Municipal Band on stage,

EDWARDSVILLE – Greece, Iceland, Guatemala, El Salvador. These are just a few of the remote locations available for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s faculty-led travel study program. Locations such as Mexico City for sociology research and Peru for a course titled Honors, Business and International Studies are a sample of the opportunities SIUE’s faculty experts have on the 2026 schedule. Johanna Schmitz, PhD, professor of Theatre History in SIUE’s Department

ALTON/GODFREY - Great Rivers Choral Society will perform their annual holiday concert next weekend to help everybody feel the Christmas spirit. “Silver Glow: A Christmas Celebration” will encourage holiday cheer while reflecting on the choir’s silver anniversary. GRCS members noted their excitement to share their hard work with the community “I think everybody needs a little uplifting right now in this day and age,” said member Pat Stewart. “It'll be

PONTOON BEACH – An area man and woman face charges in connected felony cases after an alleged storage unit burglary in Pontoon Beach. Travis T. Pillman, 37, of Bunker Hill, and Ashley J. Fulmer, 29, of Kampsville, were both charged on Nov. 20, 2025 with two counts each of burglary, all Class 2 felonies. The two allegedly knowingly and without authority entered the same storage unit building in the 4000 block of Pontoon Road in Pontoon Beach with the intent to commit a theft on Oct. 2,

From Leader Publications: The Missouri Department of Transportation, along with state and Wildwood officials, on Nov. 17 celebrated the completion of a resurfacing and J-turn project along Hwy. 100. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the intersection of Manchester Road and Booness Lane. The project was a partnership with the city of Wildwood and […]

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The Masked Singer is going heavy metal in honor of Ozzy Osbourne.The singing competition show has announced its upcoming 14th season will include an episode titled "Ozzfest" paying tribute to the…

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From St. Louis Business Journal: Site work has begun on the $2 billion Downtown Chesterfield project, the redevelopment of the former Chesterfield Mall site. Utility work and site grading are underway at the 96-acre former site of Chesterfield Mall, which property owner and developer The Staenberg Group demolished to pave the way for redevelopment. Infrastructure […]

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SPRINGFIELD — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is using AI to transform chance discoveries of early lung cancer into second chances for patients. Thanks to Eon Health’s AI-driven platform that scrutinizes radiologists’ notes to flag abnormalities unrelated to a lung cancer scan’s original purpose – aka “incidental” findings – patients are diagnosed with lung cancer before they even experience symptoms. Early detection is key to overcomin

COLLINSVILLE - During this past fall, 23,000 students from elementary, junior high and high schools around Illinois participated in a virtual audition process and of those auditions, more than 7,000 students were selected to participate in district festivals celebrating student musicians in bands, orchestras, choruses and jazz ensembles. Students in grades 7-12 who participated in the ILMEA District Festivals are also eligible to be selected into ILMEA’s Junior and Senior All-State Student

From ASA Midwest Council: The holiday season is often described as “the most wonderful time of the year,” yet for many workers it also brings added stress, distraction, and fatigue. Between November and December, employees balance their normal workload with personal obligations surrounding Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and other celebrations. While the season is full of […]

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The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) has selected The ESS Team as the apparent best-value proposer and Design-Build contractor of the next project in MoDOT’s Improve I-70 Program, between Rocheport and Columbia. The team consists of contractor Emery Sapp & Sons with designer Parsons. Negotiations to finalize the contract are currently in progress. Improve […]

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A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors from using AI tools, and implement steep criminal penalties for chatbots that promote or solicit certain harms. That might sound reasonable at first, but behind […]

Yes has released a new track from their upcoming super-deluxe reissue of 1973’s Tales from Topographic Oceans.The latest is a newly remastered single version of “The Remembering (High the Memory),”…

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St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear Workshop and Sanrio, best known for its Hello Kitty® brand, announced the national expansion of the Build-A-Bear x Hello Kitty and Friends Workshop.

Missouri lawmakers are taking a closer look at a bipartisan plan that would give every public-school student free breakfast and lunch starting in the 2026-27 school year. House Bill 1662 creates the "Missouri Free School Meals Program."

Monday marked the first day legislative members could begin pre-filing bills ahead of the new session next month. Among more than 500 pieces of legislation were pre-filed, one of which proposes adding the biblical Ten Commandments to Missouri classrooms.

The City and its partners currently have 285 emergency beds in the city, with a surge capacity of up to 345, in addition to 400 year-round beds.

The City of St. Louis is inviting community members to the official launch of PlanSTL’s Area 4 Neighborhood Planning Initiative, a new community-driven process designed to build a stronger, greener and more connected future for North St. Louis neighborhoods.  Resident input and involvement in this process will assist the City in identifying priorities for capital […]

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From Brookings: Across the country, from Virginia to Michigan to Arizona, tech companies are pouring billions of dollars into new data center projects needed to store and manage digital information amid the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Meanwhile, state and local governments are enticed by projected increases in economic output, job creation, property tax revenue, […]

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