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The famed botanist’s cordial, handwritten letter asked the garden’s help in identifying a plant species.

Incumbent Wagner and Democratic challenger Fred Wellman vie for seat from Missouri's 2nd District.

ELSAH - A unique one-woman play will premiere for Elsah audiences this weekend. “Red Hot Patriot,” a show about Molly Ivins, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, at Farley’s Music Hall in Elsah. Played by Elsah resident Rhonda Brown, Ivins was a “famously brassy newspaper columnist” and author who wrote about politics and died in 2007. The one-woman play promises to spark powerful conversations about democracy ahead

Barbara Palvin is opening up about walking the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show six weeks postpartum.The model and actress welcomed her first child on Labor Day with her spouse, actor…

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GILLESPIE / MOUNT OLIVE — United Mine Workers of America International Secretary-Treasurer Michael Phillippi emphasized the importance of preserving labor history and carrying its lessons forward during an October 10–11 visit that included the Illinois Coal Museum at Gillespie, the Springfield Mother Jones Foundation dinner and the Miners Day observance in Mount Olive. Phillippi toured the museum on Saturday, October 10, accompanied by Scott Thomas, president of UMWA Local 1613,

WASHINGTON — Immigrants living in the United States with humanitarian status from Ukraine and Sudan will retain their deportation protections and work authorizations for now, the Department of Homeland Security said over the weekend.  More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese with Temporary Protected Status will keep their protections until “such an announcement is […]

If most cops had a sense of irony, they wouldn’t be cops. By that I mean that there’s little in the job that attracts people with tons of self-awareness or a finely developed sense of humor. Both of those traits generally contain a sense of irony. And since most cops don’t have that, this is […]

Content by Royal Neighbors of America®. Through a $20,000 Nation of NeighborsSM Empowerment Grant, Royal Neighbors of America is helping Ballet Quad Cities take their work further.

Donnie Wahlberg is speaking out after he said he survived a failed plane takeoff.In a video on his Instagram page on Sunday, Wahlberg said he and others were on a plane…

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A married couple has been charged in connection to the shooting death of 17-year-old Alyssa Wilson on I-170 last week.

The family of Presley Gerber has made their first public statements about the late model after his death on Sept. 21 at age 27.Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their daughter,…

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“Trick or treat” sounds like a playful greeting, but it contains a bargain: give us something, and we will leave your house alone. That bargain helps explain how an activity linked to begging, disguise, and neighborhood mischief became a familiar children’s tradition. The route from prayers for the dead to bags of candy was not direct. It took centuries of changing customs—and a major reshaping in North America—to create the doorstep ritual we recognize. Before