The Missouri State Board of Education declined Tuesday to seek the roughly $300 million increase needed to fully fund the state’s public school funding formula next year, opting instead to request lawmakers allocate the same amount schools are receiving this year. The decision came after board members deadlocked over the Department of Elementary and Secondary […]
This year, Sierra Club Outings celebrates 125 years of connecting people to the outdoors and inviting them into the conservationist movement. To begin the celebrations, the Illinois local chapter invites everyone to stop by their Sierra Club booth at the Earthtones Festival on September 19 to learn more about outings with the Sierra Club. Beginning with John Muir’s invitation to President Theodore Roosevelt to go camping, the Sierra Club has sponsored over a century of shared outdoor experiences
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a streaming service in possession of a good fortune, must provide the release date for its Pride and Prejudice adaptation.Netflix has announced that…
A Kirkwood woman and an oncologist emphasized the importance of pursuing clinical trials early to improve both survival rates and quality of life for patients with small cell lung cancer.
ALTON - Alton Main Street , the Sierra Club Illinois ’ Three Rivers Project, and Jacoby Arts Center are announcing unique art and animal components of the Mississippi Earthtones Festival on Saturday, September 19th. The 20th annual festival in Downtown Alton is a vibrant celebration dedicated to our river and environment. The free festival allows community members and tourists to come together to enjoy art, music, and local foods in a lively, family-friendly atmosphere. “The
The lowest common denominator administration continues to roll. It doesn’t care what’s legal or what’s proper. It just does what it wants because the shittiest people are in it and its basest of voter bases will feverishly clap their sweaty hands together in applause whenever it does whatever it wants to do. It will be […]
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ALTON - Community members can learn more about local self-care services and body art at an upcoming tattoo studio’s grand opening in Nautilus Fitness Center. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, Still Standing Ink Tattoo Studio will celebrate their opening within Fitness for the Soul at Nautilus Fitness Center. Friends Yvonne Barnes with Still Standing Ink and Tabitha Schulte with Fitness for the Soul can’t wait to collaborate and share their businesses with the
QUINCY, Ill. — Nearly a month after winning a historic $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot, the lucky Illinois lottery player who snagged the prize has finally come forward to claim their winnings. According to officials from the Illinois Lottery, the big winner, who chose to stay anonymous, snagged the $1.04 billion jackpot prize during the Wednesday, [...]
LYONS TOWSHIP, Ill. (WGN) — A soap opera-style drama in the suburbs is renewing questions about the relevance of one level of local government — townships. According to available public records, townships cost Illinois taxpayers about three-quarters of $1 billion a year, but our questions start with a single kiss. A kiss caught on camera, [...]
A proposal to increase the speed limit on Interstate 44 from 70 to 75 miles per hour has sparked debate among drivers regarding highway safety and traffic flow.
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