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Support Local Families: $10 Raffle Tickets For Big Prizes At Freer's Christmas In July Event
GODFREY - The offerings for this year’s annual Christmas In July 2024 for the Community Christmas raffle event at Freer Auto Body are once again sensational. Tickets for the raffle will be available at the event set for 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 26, 2024, at Freer Auto Body in Godfrey.
Glen Carbon Board Hears Annual Report from Museum Coordinator
GLEN CARBON — The Glen Carbon Village Board on Tuesday, July 23 received the annual update on the Heritage Museum from Coordinator Samantha Doolin. She began by outlining some of the current projects at the museum. Volunteers have a long-term project underway that will inventory, catalog and organize all...
City of St. Louis taking senior tax-freeze applications, county still preparing
(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis is ready to handle the property tax freeze for seniors while St. Louis County is making preparations for the process. Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed Senate Bill 756 into law earlier this month to change how seniors can be eligible for a property tax freeze. When the law was passed last year, it limited the definition of an eligible taxpayer to someone eligible for Social Security retirement benefits. ...
Missouri AG criticized by political rivals over alleged lack of action on radioactive waste
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey insists his office is working to hold the federal government accountable for the decades-old radioactive waste contamination that plagues the St. Louis area. “We are fighting to ensure that the federal government protects Missourians from the poison that the federal...
Social media and social skills in teens: A St. Louis behavioral health professional’s perspective
Whether we like it or not, social media is part of the world we live in, and parents need to navigate that world with their children, helping them learn how social media can serve them and when it is instead causing harm. Social media use increased during the pandemic when...
Take Part Foundation Grants $100,000 Donation To Aid Children With Rare Pediatric Diseases
ST. LOUIS – The Take Part Foundation, a St. Louis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that identifies and funds medical research for rare pediatric conditions, has granted an award of $100,000 to St. Louis Children’s Hospital. This donation will help families with the cost of genetic testing, an often expensive but crucial first step toward a diagnosis.
‘Kid-preneurs’ show their business savvy at Urban Expo
The scene inside the America’s Center Convention Complex on Saturday was electrifying as kids bounced gleefully in an inflatable bounce house or slid down the inflatable slide or fearlessly rode bumper cars or just flat out enjoyed the numerous attractions, rides and even an onsite petting zoo. The activities...
Missouri lawsuits allege abuse by priests, nuns; archdiocese leader in Omaha among those accused
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of priests, nuns and others, and the man who now leads the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, is among the accused. Five separate lawsuits seeking unspecified damages were filed this week in St. Louis and neighboring counties. All told, the lawsuits name 56 alleged abusers. The suits seek unspecified damages. Among those named is Omaha Archbishop George Lucas. He is accused of abusing a teenage boy at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary in the late 1980s. Lucas strongly denies the allegations, saying in a statement that he has never had sexual contact with another person.
Career Central: IRS to host direct hiring event for revenue agents
ST. LOUIS — The IRS is actively hiring all over the country for thousands of positions. It plans to hold a direct hiring event in Kansas City to fill jobs all over the state of Missouri, including 30 positions in the St. Louis office. The event is scheduled for...
Mazzeo installed as inaugural Knight Family Professor
Mike Mazzeo, dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the inaugural Knight Family Professor at a ceremony held May 21 in Knight and Bauer halls. Provost Beverly R. Wendland offered an introduction, followed by remarks from Chancellor Andrew D. Martin and Dean Emeritus...
'Our Super Bowl, our World Series' Former Olympic Swimmer discusses experience of competing in the Olympics
Alfredo Jacobo, the Senior Vice President and Audit Director at Midwest Bankcentre in St. Louis joined KMOX to discuss competing in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia and discusses the traits he has brought from competing in Olympics to his life.
Registration is Now Open for Fall Youth Sports/Programs at the YMCA
ST. LOUIS — Thursday morning, the Show Me team invited kids from the YMCA and their personal trainer Zae, to join us live on Television Plaza. Zae discussed that the YMCA offers several youth programs to get your kids active. You saw Mary, Mary, and Malik compete in several sports during the Show Me Games such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, etc. Now your child can do the same.
Better air in St. Louis? Transit groups hope people ‘Go for the Gold’
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - “What we really want people to do is to think about what the options are - and every time you take a different trip than driving alone, you’re helping with clean air in St. Louis,” Kim Cella, the executive director for Citizens for Modern Transit tells First Alert 4.
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