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St. Louis aldermen gave first-round approval to a bill requiring restaurants in the city to include only milk, water and fruit juices on single-price children’s menus.

The A.T. Still University-Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health is giving veterans free comprehensive dental screenings Saturday morning, at the St. Louis Dental Center. To make this event free to veterans, funding is provided through private donations. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. and runs until 11 a.m., but walk-ins are welcome. This is their fifth [...]

GODFREY - It has been three years today, March 5, that Godfrey Fire Capt. Jake Ringering died while battling a blaze on Culp Lane in Bethalto. Jake was 37 at the time when a wall collapsed on March 5, 2019, killing him and injuring three other firefighters. Firefighter Luke Warner was the other most seriously injured suffering two broken legs but did return to duty after a long recovery. Chris Stratton has a fund-raising plan for today that involves a 40-mile, 40-pound ruck, with Jake being 40 years old this year. For those who don't know, Rucking is just walking with a weighted rucksack (aka backpack). This is what Stratton had to say about his fund-raising plan for Backstoppers Inc. and FOB Rasor: “This year, in honor of my brother Jake Ringering some folks and I will be completing a 40-mile, 40-pounds ruck. Jake would of been 40 years old this year. Every penny that's donated will be given to BackStoppers Inc and FOB Rasor. I will be pledging $10/ Mile tha

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A private report shows the loopholes Amazon uses to lessen its climate impact.

They all were either friends or acquaintances of Emma Beauvais Thomas.  We may never know which.  Here are their images and many others from: The Emma Beauvais Thomas Grumley Collection – Part Seven. Regular followers of this space will already know that many of my most recent posts have featured vintage images that were once […]

After a one-year COVID-related hiatus, the Annual Mardi Gras Parade in St. Louis, the second-largest Mardi Gras celebration in the country, triumphantly returned to once again fill the streets of Soulard.

"We're taking a look and saying what makes the most sense for our audiences and everyone who comes to Powell Hall," a St. Louis Symphony Orchestra spokeswoman said.

Area veterans joined firefighters with the Central County Fire & Rescue department Friday for a ceremony pushing a new fire truck into service. 

Delbert Kinsey, 56, left his Jefferson County home around 4:20 a.m. on Feb. 19, just as he normally does.

A local group of Ukrainians started a donation drive to collect emergency donations set to ship out next week for Ukrainians stuck in the war.

I’ve banged on for quite a while about how video games have long not gotten the recognition they deserve as a major and growing part of the cultural landscape throughout the world. While there is no doubt that there has been a shift in this as time has gone on, it’s still the case that […]

A Freeburg man has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence, reckless homicide and driving on a revoked license in a fatal crash in Belleville.

A crash has closed southbound Interstate 55 near Route A in Jefferson County.

Serge Zevlever of St. Louis helped hundreds of Ukranian children with medical needs get adopted into U.S. families before he was killed in the Russian invasion of Kiyv.