SPRINGFIELD – With gas prices soaring across Illinois and the nation, State Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Murrayville) is backing legislation to suspend the state sales tax on gas for six months. As of the first week of April, the average price of gasoline hit $4.27/gallon in central Illinois. Motorists are being squeezed at the pumps not only because of world events affecting oil prices, but because Illinois has the second-highest gas tax in the nation, currently 48.3 cents/gallon.
Torch Electronics shut down its slot machine-like games across Missouri this week under pressure from a federal investigation, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Thursday, marking a sharp reversal for a company that spent years insisting the games were legal. In an interview with The Independent, Hanaway also said her office will consider dropping charges already […]
Full Casting for The Fox’s “Beetlejuice” the North American Tour April 24-26 The producers of BEETLEJUICE, the edgy and irreverent Broadway smash hit musical comedy, are thrilled to announce full casting for the North American Tour coming to The Fabulous Fox April 24-26. Based on Tim Burton’s dearly beloved film, BEETLEJUICE tells the story […]
New Jewish Theatre (NJT) presents the St. Louis premiere of Prayer for the French Republic, the acclaimed play by Tony Award–nominated playwright Joshua Harmon. Running April 16 through May 3, 2026, at the Wool Studio Theatre, the powerful drama explores questions of safety, identity, and belonging across generations of a French-Jewish family. Set in […]
A rendering showing the new 1st floor addition. Rendering by Trivers. Yet another office-to-other usage conversion in Downtown Clayton has been officially proposed. This time, the focus is on the building at 200 South Hanley. The 11-story building was constructed in 1965 and features around 110,000sf of office space. Over the years the building served numerous businesses in Clayton (like lawyers, consultants, and such), but as newer office buildings were built, and others were renovated, 200...
Majestic marble sculptures, vivid plaster frescoes, bronze artifacts and glass vessels chronicle life at the height of the Roman Empire in this ticketed exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. […]
Combining intergenerational history, archival research and theories of art and film, Andrea Carlson creates incisive works of resistance and sovereignty that disempower colonial storytelling and practices of erasure. A descendant […]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, founder and board chair Emily Rauh Pulitzer will present a deeply personal exhibition, drawing on her personal collection as well […]
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 PLAY IT AGAIN SPORTS SCOREBOARD BASEBALL Metro-East Lutheran 14, Maryville Christian 4 Belleville West 6, Collinsville 1 Freeburg 10, Columbia 0 Father McGivney Catholic 13, Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 2 Edwardsville 11, Alton 3 Edinburg 13, Bunker Hill 13 Mascoutah 19, Waterloo Gibault Catholic 2 Belleville Althoff Catholic 9, Marquette Catholic 8 Greenfield Northwestern 15, White Hall North Greene 1 Granite City 7, Quincy 6 Roxana 20, East
Peter Frampton has released another track off his upcoming solo album, Carry The Light."Lions at the Gate" featuring Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is a protest song, which,…
Now open at the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries, Charles Houska: Master of Play is a retrospective of the St. Louis artist’s work over his impressive 25-plus-year career, […]
For more than 150 years, St. Louisans have entrusted the Missouri Historical Society with countless objects: photographs, diaries, home movies, clothing, books – items that future generations can turn in […]
The 1904 World’s Fair was a fascinating yet complex event that continues to evoke a range of emotions. It was grand and shameful. It was full of fun and full […]
ALTON - Alton Community Unit School District #11 invites all incoming kindergarteners to attend kindergarten enrollment, where families can tour the schools, meet the teachers and more. All families with children who will be 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2026, are asked to attend if you are living within the district. Students will take a pre-k assessment while their caregivers complete the enrollment process. Afterwards, families can enjoy a tour of the school, meet with teachers, eat a snack, pos
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