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GRAFTON — A stray dog found running loose in Grafton around Oct. 15, 2025, tested negative for rabies, city officials announced Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. The male dog began showing signs of illness the day after it was found and was taken to Hawthorne Animal Hospital in Glen Carbon. Veterinarians there suspected the animal might have contracted rabies and euthanized the dog to conduct testing. Officials had previously advised that anyone who had direct physical contact with the dog should consider consulting their physician as a precaution. Rabies is typically transmitted to stray dogs through the bite of an infected animal. The virus is present in the saliva of a rabid animal and can also spread if saliva enters an open wound or mucous membranes.

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Iron Maiden is finally brining their Run for Your Lives world tour stateside.The metal legends have announced a 2026 North American leg of the trek, running from Aug. 29 in Toronto…

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ALTON – Two cases of battery in Madison County include an Alton man accused of striking security officer and a domestic incident in Granite City. Deondrae L. Cole, 18, of Alton, was charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony. Cole allegedly struck a private security officer in the face and body with a closed fist while the security officer was performing their official duties on Oct. 5, 2025. Cole was granted pretrial release from custody in the case presented by the Alton Police Department. In a separate case, Damon P. Moore, 48, of St. Louis, was charged with a Class 2 felony count of aggravated domestic battery. Moore reportedly intentionally strangled a household or family member on Oct. 6, 2025. The Granite City Police Department presented the case against Moore, who was ordered released from custody pending trial. Additional conditions were imposed on Moore’s release, including that he have no contact with and remain at least 500 feet away

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ALTON - Community members have just a few more chances to win $50,000. Marquette Catholic High School will host its Homecoming Block Party in front of the school on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. Community members are invited to attend to celebrate the season and enjoy several raffle drawings as part of Marquette’s Mega Raffle fundraiser. The grand prize — $50,000 — will be announced that night. “It’s just a really good opportunity for the Marquette family, alumni, past parents, to just come and get together and have a really fun time,” said Director of Development Mary Hough. “Of course, the night culminates with our Mega Raffle drawing.” In total, Marquette will give out $62,000 in prizes. They have completed five $1,000 early bird drawings so far, with the sixth and final one slated to take place on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. During the block party, Marquette will also draw for two $250 prizes, one $500 prize, and one lucky $5,000 winner.

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The Trump administration is absolutely stuffed full of people who — if they had any self-awareness at all — would be suffering crippling bouts of impostor syndrome. But they don’t because they actually think they’re the best thing that has happened to the nation they’re continue to destroy with their bigotry and incompetence. Pete Hegseth […]

The St. Louis County Police Department will participate in the DEA national prescription drug take back day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A Fenton area man is due in court Friday after breaking into a motorsports shop over the weekend.

Griffin Montgomery successfully completed a misdemeanor diversion program through the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, resulting in the dismissal of the case, court records say.

U.S. tariff measures, combined with China’s halted soybean purchases, are hitting Missouri farmers where it hurts, threatening billions of dollars in export revenue and shaking Missouri’s agricultural backbone. Since April 2, the day President Donald Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” and imposed sweeping tariffs on America’s trade partners, businesses have been scrambling to adapt. Missouri is […]

To See This Place is inspired by and responds to the late Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’. Francis proposed an “integral ecology” that links our care for creation with our care for […]

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Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS) has begun a sweeping renovation and expansion of its Beasley Lower School. Located at 101 N. Warson Road in Ladue, MICDS is the region’s largest independent school. A $2 million electrical permit issued earlier this year signals the scale of a broader redevelopment program that will […]

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David Byrne, and members of KISS and The Guess Who are among the contenders for the 2026 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.The organization has announced the artists in the…

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A former employee of the St. Louis Sheriff's Office is suing the City of St. Louis and Sheriff Alfred Montgomery, claiming she was fired for cooperating with the state's investigation into Montgomery.