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Metallica has announced a $500,000 donation to the World Central Kitchen Ukraine Relief Fund to kick off the band's annual Month of Giving charity initiative. The money will support World…

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EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville High School Winter Color Guard Team is having its most successful season ever. The Winter Color Guard Varsity Team earned Silver in the Scholastic A Independent World-Class with their program “Tears of Gold.” The Junior Varsity Team, performing their program, “A Night at the Circus” , placed third place at the 2022 MCCGA Championships – Scholastic AA competition this past weekend. Both teams dedicated their performances to the memory of previous team member Mackenzie Allen, age 18 of Edwardsville, who died suddenly on January 6, 2022. “I’m so proud of our team”, said Ms. Leah Cummins, Director of EHS’ Color Guard Team. “I have been directing this team for six years, and they’ve grown so much. Mr. Ryan Lipscomb, EHS Director of Bands, added that because of the skills and difficulty of their program, the Junior Varsity team changed their ranking and is now competing in a more competitive

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ALTON - Jacoby Arts Center presents a Celestial Moon Soundbath + Tarot card pull on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.jacobyartscenter.org/tickets or at the door. Children ages 8-12 are free with an adult. "Each one of us has looked up to the night sky and caught a stunning display of the moon + stars and we stop for a moment as we witness the beauty and grandness and magnitude of it all realizing we are a part of something WAY bigger," says Lisa Grezlak, Creator SVOUND™ "The moon plays such a beautiful part for us humans here on earth, and it has since the beginning of life on this planet. With its precise rhythm and cycles, it's always 'on time' and always showing up for us. However, it is always shifting. "And just like the moon, we are always shifting too. Using the moon cycle is a great way that can help us gauge things in our lives as change constantly swirls around us. "Each month, we offer the Celestial Moon + Tarot Soundbath as the

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ST. LOUIS - Tuesday is municipal election day in Missouri. There are several propositions on the ballot in St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Multiple municipalities are also electing mayors. Light voter turnout is expected. Gary Stoff, the city’s Republican Director of Elections, said St. Louis City is expecting a 20 percent turnout. St. [...]

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ST. LOUIS - Get ready to get your Q on! The 15th Annual QFest St. Louis — presented by Cinema St. Louis (CSL) — will take place from April 29-May 5 at the Galleria 6 Cinemas, with a selection of programs also available online. The online programs can be streamed at any time during the festival’s dates. The St. Louis-based LGBTQ film festival, QFest will present an eclectic array of 35 films from 13 countries (20 shorts, nine narrative features, and six documentary features). The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of LGBTQ people and to celebrate queer culture. The fest is especially pleased to host the St. Louis premiere of “The Depths,” a rarely seen 2001 work by internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, and a reprise from SLIFF of Sebastian Meiser’s prison drama

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Voters in 64 municipalities in the region will have the choice to raise the use tax for out-of-state online vendors to the same rate customers pay at local businesses.

SPRINGFIELD - It’s no secret that Illinois is plagued with corruption and today’s status hearing in federal court for indicted former House Speaker Mike Madigan is a fresh reminder of the fact. That’s why State Representative Amy Elik (R-Fosterburg) filed legislation to suspend a lawmaker’s pension if they are convicted or charged with corruption by federal investigators. According to State Rep. Amy Elik, “Under current law, Madigan will collect a taxpayer-paid pension until a guilty verdict is reached. This means Madigan could go on to collect his elected official pension for several years before it’s taken away. Corrupt lawmakers should not receive a taxpayer-funded pension if they defrauded the taxpayers while serving themselves in state government. Suspending pension payments while awaiting the resolution of a case will send a strong message to corrupt politicians that if you break the law, the consequences will be costly.” Since 2019,

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Director of Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University, Lewis Sheats his journey of entrepreneurship, the growth of Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship, SLUStart, Be Heard: Women in Leadership Conference, the value of building relationships. Lewis, a new resident to St. Louis, talks about some newly-discovered favorite parts of the city, his hunt for wings and pizza, Short Walk Wines, and an example of kindness he's experienced!

Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian is paying tribute to Taylor Hawkins with a series of Foo Fighters covers alongside his son, Revel Young Ian. In an Instagram post, Ian shares a…

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ALTON - Catholic Charities will be hosting its annual fundraiser Help On the Move on Saturday, April 23, 2022, from 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. The event will be held at the Bluff City Grill, 424 E. Broadway, Alton. The evening will include a cocktail hour, dinner, music by Glendale Riders, a $10,000 raffle, and activities. Dinner tickets are $50 each. Raffle tickets are $25 or buy 2 and get 1 free. All tickets are available on our website cc.dio.org or by calling 1.618.462.0634. The event will include the presentation of the Father Jack Quilligan Award to Al Womack, Jr., Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of Alton. He has been involved with the club for more than 24 years. “Al epitomizes what this award is all about,” said Steven Roach, Executive Director of Catholic Charities in the Springfield Diocese. “His dedication to the youth of this community is unmatched. He is a hero in real-time.” The Mary Alyce Beardslee Award also will be presented

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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A Bel-Ridge man has been sentenced to life in prison after killing two people on Main Street in St. Charles as the bars were closing. Marcell Foster, 27, has been convicted by a jury for charges of murder and armed criminal action. Bouncers were breaking up a fight behind a bar [...]

EDWARDSVILLE - The Madison County Historical Society (MCHS) has added a gallery to the Archival Library so selected items from the Museum Collections can be available for public viewing while renovations continue at the Weir House. The first set of exhibits include: Spirit of Sport: Winter Edition, featuring vintage sleds and skates, local photographs, and a history of winter sports. The Measure of a Man, a retrospective on the life of Robert Wadlow, including a growth chart and photographs from his life History is a Window to the Past, a changing screen featuring approximately 60 views of Madison County from the 19th century to the Mississippi River Festiva Madison County’s First Farmers, the story of Native Americans farmer and the foods they cultivated The Two Treaties of Edwardsville, 1818 and 1819s. Hours for the new exhibit are Wed-Fri, 9-4 and Sunday 1-4. The Madison County Archival Library is located at 801 N. Main Street in Edwardsville. There is no charge for

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The annual queer film fest runs April 29-May 5 at the Galleria 6 Cinemas.

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ALTON - Illinois American Water’s work to separate the Alton combined sewer system and install new sanitary sewers continues. Below is information about this week’s road closures –April 4, 2022 Piasa Valley Area: Alby is closed from 12th Street south to 10th Street. 8th Street is closed between Easton and George Streets. All streets highlighted yellow are closed to thru traffic, with surface restoration starting very soon as weather permits. 10th Street between Alby and Easton Street is two-way traffic only temporarily. East of Easton Street is still only one-way traffic in a westward direction. Turner Tract Area: Danforth Street pavement restoration will be starting soon. The alley south of McKinley east of Lincoln is back open to traffic, with pavement restoration beginning soon. Douglas Street, between State and Lincoln Streets is open, with pavement restoration being completed this week, weather permitting. Please drive carefully. The alley between McPherson

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EDWARDSVILLE — Officials and community leaders in Madison County kicked off Child Abuse Prevention Month on Friday at the Madison County Administration Building. Pink and blue cutouts of children line the lobby of the administration building, each one symbolizing a child interviewed by Child Advocacy Center during the past year over allegations of abuse. Also on display are T-shirts from the Oasis Women’s Center Clothesline Project that abused children paint and decorate. Madison County Chief Circuit Judge William Mudge who emceed the event said since the establishment of the CAC 20 years ago, forensic interviewers conducted thousands of interviews on children. “I would encourage any of you to visit CAC’s website to see all the things they do, the people they collaborate with and what they’ve done to help children,” Mudge said. “They’ve become one of the leading centers in the state.” He said in his my mind the CAC exemplifies

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A bail bond agent from Louisiana has been accused of violating his pre-trial release conditions by continuing to chase fugitives.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The victim in the fatal motor vehicle accident in the 9000 block of Lucas and Hunt in the City of Jennings has been identified as Joseph Johnson, 26 years of age, of the 2000 block of Retford Drive in Florissant, Missouri 63033. The St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons Detectives are currently investigating the fatal accident. On April 1, 2022, at approximately 11:04 PM, St. Louis County Police Officers from the City of Jennings Precinct responded to a call for service for a motor vehicle crash in the area of Lucas and Hunt Road and Hord Avenue. Upon arrival, responding officers observed two motor vehicles involved in the crash. Preliminary investigation has revealed a 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer, operated by Driver 1, was eastbound on Lucas and Hunt Road when it crossed into oncoming traffic, striking a 2008 BMW X3 operated by Driver #2, which was traveling westbound. The Mitsubishi Lancer was occupied by the driver and one occupant. Driver #1

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Letter To The Editor: So Senator Duckworth wants to go after oil price "gougers". I personally think the biggest "gouger" is the State of Illinois! Illinois just doubled the state's excise tax 2 1/2 years ago, and indexed it to inflation! Hello, we all know what inflation is doing now. And you watch, when the inflation rate drops back down I'll bet that excise tax stays high. It will only go up, not back down. And then, what about the especially cruel gouging tax on the backs of Illinoisians? That's the 6.25% sales tax Illinois also exploits from its citizens creating a price distortion that gets even higher, the higher the price! We need some transparency in gasoline prices; let the gas stations post the pre-tax price per gallon so everyone can know how much they are being "gouged" with taxes! Or, the question should be: Why do gas stations price gas with all taxes included? Mike McCune

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