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Historic Elsah Foundation Talk: "The Stories That Shape Us"

3 years 3 months ago
ELSAH - The Historic Elsah Foundation Talks continue with author, artist, and storyteller, Janet Riehl, coming to Farley Music Hall this April. "We listen with interest and amusement when our parents tell us stories about our grandparents, and also when grandparents inform us of great grandparents. These intergenerational accounts—some yarns, some legends—create our personal histories; they confirm who we are." Janet Grace Riehl is heir to over 150 years of tales that the Riehl-Thompsons have swapped. These stories have shaped six generations of working and living atop the bluffs above the Mississippi in Jersey County. In “The Stories that Shape Us,” (to be presented April 28, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., at Farley Music Hall, Elsah, Illinois) Janet will tell about the power of stories and how her family’s narrative is woven into the life of our community. Janet is a country girl who roamed the world and then followed her heart back home to Riverbend. She i

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GCHS Participates in Unified Sports Day

3 years 3 months ago
GRANITE CITY – Students from Granite City High School traveled to Edwardsville Thursday to participate in a Unified Sports Day held at Edwardsville High School. Thursday's event was part of the Special Olympics Unified Champion School program. "Today was a very important day as it created a bond between two local community schools. Our students were able to meet new friends, have fun, and work together as team," said Misty Monroe, GCHS Life Skills Teacher. "It was very rewarding to see all of the smiling faces. Today was truly an unforgettable day for our GCHS Life Skills students. A big thanks to our NHS students for helping out and EHS for hosting!" Life Skills students from both communities joined National Honor Society members for a fun-filled day of activities. Stations were setup with different sports including football, soccer, basketball, hula hoop, bocce ball and scooters, with a focus on skills and recreation. An additional station was setup for the students to participat

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Eric Greitens will never drop out of the Missouri Senate race | Opinion

3 years 3 months ago

Listen to this.  Read this and this.  Watch this. If you still doubt that Eric Greitens is a threat to anyone he deems an enemy, and potentially even to himself, then you may also believe O.J. Simpson spends his days searching for the real killers.    And yet recent polling in the wake of the latest […]

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Jeff Smith

12-Story Apartment Building Planned for Downtown

3 years 3 months ago

D’Amico Development is proposing a 12-story mixed-use building in downtown on the block surrounded by 10th, Lucas 11th, and Convention Center (Delmar). There would be 120 apartments on 9 floors above an amenity deck with fitness center, clubhouse, business center, and outdoor pool. The two-story podium would be 17,000 square feet of ground-level retail with […]

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Richard Bose

April Fool’s 2022: The best St. Louis pranks

3 years 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - April Fool’s Day is back to haunt our news feeds. If you are checking social media then you will want to verify any story that sounds too good to be true. Over the past few years, it’s become a trend for brands to release “fake news” about new products or services [...]
Joe Millitzer