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Movie made by local filmmaker about St. Louis Chinese food to premiere in November
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - St. Louis Chinese food is more than just a good meal, it’s part of our culture and a connection between communities. Saturday morning, First Alert 4’s Justin Andrews sat down with St. Louis filmmaker Eric “Remrod” Mayes and hip-hop artist Robbo Brilliant to talk about the new documentary, Half Order. The film explores the deep-rooted connection between the Asian and Black communities through the food, the people and the stories that have helped shape St. Louis culture.
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Before the Exorcist: The Lutheran Connection to a 1949 St. Louis Mystery
A statue of Martin Luther stands on the campus of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. Originally dedicated in 1903 and relocated to the seminary's present campus in 1926, the monument commemorates the German reformer whose teachings established Lutheranism. In 1949, seminary president Dr. Louis J. Sieck and the Rev. Alfred Doerffler reportedly attempted an exorcism involving a Maryland teenager whose experiences later inspired the novel and film The Exorcist. (Photo courtesy of Gary Todd, via Wikimedia Commons.)
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Retired Telephone Workers Spent More Than 66,500 Hours Turning An 1896 Missouri Building Into This Museum
A group of retired phone company workers gave more than 66,500 volunteer hours to fix up one old house. That’s not a weekend project. That’s a second career. The building dates to 1896, and Army officers and their families once lived inside. Today it holds telephones from the late 1800s through the 2010s.
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Saint Louis Zoo announces debut of capybara, with another on the way
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The Saint Louis Zoo announced Thursday that capybaras are back at the zoo, and one recently made her debut in a newly renovated habitat. Nala, a 6-year-old female capybara, recently debuted at the River’s Edge area of the zoo. She came to St. Louis this summer from Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.