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BETHALTO - Amare’s Rockin’ for Recovery, an annual music festival, presented this year by Bickle Electric Contracting Co., will help raise awareness and celebrate individuals and families recovering from, and impacted by, substance use. Riverbend area non-profit, Amare, has scheduled the event for Saturday, September 17th from 4-10 pm at the Bethalto Central Park fairgrounds. The event is in honor of National Recovery Month, which is held every year in September to educate the public about treatment services, recovery, and resources to help those in, or seeking recovery from, a substance use disorder or co-occurring disorder. Amare, a nonprofit based out of Wood River, serves the Illinois riverbend and metro-east area, working to help those recovering from substance use dependency work toward sustainability through recovery support services like recovery coaching, family recovery coaching, treatment, and detox navigation with a warm handoff, and more. Rockin’

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Attorneys for the defense and the government presented their closing arguments in a murder-for-hire trial involving a local reality television star accused of plotting to have his nephew murdered for an insurance payout.

GODFREY – WellCreek Pharmacy has been recognized as the RiverBend Growth Association Small Business of the Month for September 2022. Located in Bethalto at 333 W. Bethalto Dr., Suite B, the pharmacy was opened by Owner Bruce Brueggemann over six years ago. Brueggemann noted, “I retired from Alton Kmart after 36 ½ years, but I enjoyed what I did and was not ready to stop working. So, I opened an independent community pharmacy to offer an alternative to big box stores – a pharmacy that is competitively priced and where patients become and remain friends.” Brueggemann eventually moved WellCreek Pharmacy to its current site in the Bethalto Liberty Bank retail complex from its original location at 341 W. Bethalto Dr. The move expanded its space for customer service and merchandise, and new fixtures were also installed to further enhance the pharmacy’s service offerings and customer experience. WellCreek Pharmacy currently has six employees, and Brueggemann

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ST. LOUIS – The record rainfall and subsequent flooding of late July dramatically impacted the lives of people in our own community as well as those in eastern Kentucky. Both areas suffered devastating damage and the communities are rallying together to rebound. The Raceway Gives Foundation ( https://racewaygives.org/ ), the charitable arm of World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, is continuing to collect for the flood victims of eastern Kentucky. While federal agencies and our local community pitched in to take care of our neighbors in the St. Louis-Metro East region, we want to remind everyone that what happened in eastern Kentucky can only be described as devastating. The tragic floods claimed 39 lives. The eastern Kentucky area affected by the deadly flood is the hometown of several current and former members of our WWTR staff, as well as the current home of many of our special-event staff. For those who wish to make a charitable contribution to the relief

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The new plant is expected to bring over 1,300 new jobs with an annual payroll of about $80 million, and generate $1 billion in economic impact in Missouri.

COLLINSVILLE - Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, a legal aid provider in central and southern Illinois, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year! As part of its celebration, Land of Lincoln is seeking nominations for awards to be given at its 50th Anniversary Party in Collinsville, Illinois on Thursday, October 27, 2022. A letter of nomination outlining why the individual or group is a good candidate for the award should be emailed to Clarissa Gaff, Executive Director, at cgaff@lincolnlegal.org no later than Friday, September 16, 2022. Criteria for the four awards are listed below: Lois Wood Lifetime Achievement Award The Lois Wood Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an attorney or judge who has provided extraordinary and dedicated service over their lifetime to the low-income community by promoting and improving equal justice for low-income people. Lois Wood worked at Land of Lincoln Legal Aid for 43 years, starting as a staff attorney before serving as a managing attorney an

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I-270 Project Announces 2 Dunn Road Closures that will Continue for 60 Days Drivers who regularly use Dunn Road along I-270 should be aware that the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close eastbound Dunn Road from Hanley Road to Interstate 170 beginning at 5 a.m. Sept. 19. This closure will be for 60 days. […]

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An investigation is underway after a man was fatally stabbed late Tuesday night in Festus. The suspect tells police he acted in self-defense.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on September 13, 2022.  American Foods Group, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based beef processor, has begun work on a new facility near Wright City in Warren County. The company, which announced plans for the facility in November last year, is investing $800 million in the new 775,000-square-foot beef processing plant, officials said […]

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Happy Joe's plans on opening the new location within "the St. Louis-area limits" in the first quarter of 2023, officials said.

Bag Phones, Brick Phones, Blackberries, a Satellite Phone and more – these are some of the cellular telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone

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Veggies Galore September begins the soupy season. I recently had the urge to make a big pot, but which kind—chicken, lentil, pea, or  minestrone? All are my big favorites. I settled on vegetable soup, which had so many ingredients it required a store run (soup bone, potatoes, carrots, corn, onion, butter beans, turnip, cabbage, tomatoes,... 

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A viral post led people to believe violent suspects will be released pre-trial. Legal experts explain that it is not an automatic decision, it is up to the judge.

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and

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During a heat wave last summer, some Texans were shocked to wake up and find that their local energy company had turned up their thermostats in the night to save energy. Houston locals weren’t exactly thrilled to wake up sweating in the night to the sound of dehydrated, crying infants. As it turns out, consumers has participated […]

At Missouri House hearing, state Rep. Raychel Proudie, D-Ferguson, seeks answers over district's lack of due process on some suspensions.

A majority of the ballots in the special primary for aldermanic president went for Alderman Megan Green, who's promised to work to break down the city's racial and economic divides.

Broadway sensation coming to the Fox Theatre spotlights the music and goes behind the scenes of the classic Motown act.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) gave a speech that was "more like a sermon" at the National Conservatism Conference on Monday, claiming that, "without the Bible, there is no modernity. Without the Bible, there is no America," according to Salon. The three-year-old conference, often called NatCon, is about the future of the conservative movement and nationalism.