For the first time since the pandemic began, live music is returning to Fair Saint Louis in downtown St. Louis.
Fair Saint Louis announced its live entertainment lineup Wednesday for this July Fourth, capping off the holiday weekend with a "90s House Party." The annual fair will take place July 2-4 – Saturday through Monday – at Kiener Plaza and Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis.
Acts include X Ambassadors, Third Eye Blind, Tyler Farr, Rodney Atkins, Color Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Coolio,…
While growing up in Collinsville, Illinois, Richard J Mark dreamed of being a power in the world of business. He didn’t know it would be with powerhouse utilities Ameren Missouri and Ameren Illinois.
A total of nine potential cases have been reported to IDPH Dating to January; Illinois Healthcare Providers Advised to be on the Lookout and Report Potential Cases to Public Health Authorities SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that it has received reports of a total of nine patients under investigation for severe hepatitis in children under ten years of age, up from three that were reported in April. The cases date back to January, and the most recent had the onset of symptoms in May. Two-thirds of the children tested positive for adenovirus , a common virus that typically causes cold- or flu-like illness. Five patients were reported in northern Illinois, two were in the western part of the state and one each was reported in the central and southern parts of the state. All of the children were hospitalized, and one needed a liver transplant. No deaths were reported. The IDPH update follows a recent briefing by the CDC about
U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler said it's "too early to talk about any more laws as far as guns go" after an 18-year-old killed 21 victims in a mass school shooting.
The rate of new concert announcements has returned to a pre-pandemic pace, so we will in turn resume this weekly public service of sharing with you a special selection of recently announced concerts. As time goes on, this list will get more and more comprehensive, but one thing will remain the same: We will scour the streets and the web to find the shows that absolutely must be on your radar. This week’s announcements bring standout punk and indie shows with a few festivals as well, including the exciting hip-hop FusiaFest going down on July 2 at Off Broadway with performances by many of St. Louis’ finest rappers such as Illphonics, Dre’Co, Domino Effect and more.
WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told Congress on Wednesday that he’s found no evidence of intentional delay or malfeasance within the agency — though it took months to act on a whistleblower report of what he called “egregiously unsanitary” conditions at an infant formula plant in Michigan. FDA Commissioner […]
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville Community Unit Schools District #7 has named Dr. Rusti Blount as principal of Lincoln Middle School. Blount’s hire was approved on May 23 by the District #7 Board of Education. She will take the school’s helm beginning with the 2022-23 school year. "Dr. Blount is a proven educator who has the knowledge, dedication and commitment that will be valuable in leading Lincoln Middle School,” said District #7 Superintendent Dr. Patrick Shelton. “We look forward to seeing our staff and students at Lincoln thrive under her leadership.” Blount has served as a special education teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school level, while her previous leadership roles include serving as an elementary school principal and a program specialist for special education. “I am excited to join Lincoln Middle School and look forward to working with the staff and families to empower each student to meet their success.” As a
Euclid Media Group announces the appointment of award-winning journalist Sarah Fenske as executive editor, effective June 27. In her new position, Fenske will be supervising all editorial content for the Riverfront Times, Detroit Metro Times, Cleveland Scene, Cincinnati City Beat and Louisville Eccentric Observer. "I've never had more fun in journalism, or did more important work, than in my years at alt-weeklies, so I couldn't be more excited about coming back," Fenske says.
The Blood Emergency Readiness Corps is sending units of Type O-negative blood to Texas over the weekend to help replenish what was used after Tuesday's shooting.
There’s a story in the Daily Mail that underlines why it is important for people to make copies. It concerns the re-surfacing of rare recordings of the Beatles: In the summer of 1963, the BBC began a radio series called Pop Go The Beatles which went out at 5pm on Tuesdays on the Light Programme. Each […]
WASHINGTON — The group in charge of renaming military installations that have continued to honor Confederates released its recommendations for nine bases on Tuesday. The Naming Commission, created by Congress …
Summer days can present an opportunity to explore fictitious worlds or delve into a gripping historical epic, and St. Louis’ local booksellers are on the case. Mark Pannebecker of Spine Bookstore and Cafe, Ymani Wince of Noir Bookshop and Joice Carrawell of Little Readers reveal their summer reading lists, including adult novels and children’s books.
SPRINGFIELD – These are statements from a variety of individuals from education representatives, to politicians about the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting where a reported at least 21 are dead. The following is attributable to Illinois Education Association (IEA) President Kathi Griffin, IEA Vice President Al Llorens, and IEA Secretary/Treasurer Tom Tully regarding the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas: “We face another tragedy – an almost unbearable and oft-repeated incident of kids getting on a bus, going to school, and hanging up their backpacks on a hook in a classroom to never walk out. “The anguish of the families of these innocent children who were murdered, the two brave and nurturing teachers who tried to protect them, and of the Uvalde, Tex. community as a whole is almost too hard to watch. “It should raise red flags for us as a country that in the cases of Robb Elementary School, of the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y.,
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