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Halpin Music Offers Savings, Free Music Stand With 'Early Bird' Instrument Rentals

4 weeks ago
ALTON – Halpin Music is helping band students and parents start the next school year with savings by offering a limited-time giveaway during “Early Bird” instrument rentals through Aug. 7, 2026. Mark Landon with Halpin Music Company stopped by Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com to highlight everything band students and parents should know about instrument rentals and more before school starts again. For decades, Halpin has made access to musical instruments more affordable

Bipartisan US Senate proposal on AI ethics panel good step but incomplete, experts say

4 weeks ago
WASHINGTON — A proposed federal commission on artificial intelligence ethics could help address moral questions associated with the rapidly developing technology, but there are still some areas in which they believe the proposal falls short, experts say.    Sens. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, and Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, introduced a bill last week that would […]
Amelia Twyman

Fair St. Clair Concert Upended By Bret Michaels Health Setback

4 weeks ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY - Bret Michaels has canceled his scheduled Friday, July 30, 2026, performance at Fair St. Clair in St. Clair County, Illinois, after doctors instructed him to take three to four weeks of post-operative recovery following surgery for a complicated obstructing kidney stone, according to a statement posted on Michaels’ Facebook page. Fair St. Clair announced the cancellation in a concert update, saying Michaels would not perform “due to medical reasons.”

Paramount Merger Gets Further Delayed, And Things Could Get Expensive

4 weeks ago
Just as Larry Ellison and Paramount executives had worried, the state antitrust challenge to their $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers has resulted in significant delays that could prove terminal. Two weeks ago California and eleven other states filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the merger, pointing out that the consolidation would undermine market competition, […]
Karl Bode

Edwardsville District #7 Shares Summer Construction Projects Update

4 weeks ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Summer construction projects are on track for the first day of school in Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7. During the regular Board of Education meeting on July 27, 2026, Superintendent Dr. Allen Duncan provided an update on the summer’s projects and noted that almost all of the projects are finished. The Edwardsville High School parking lot was repaved this summer. It is now striped and ready for students’ first day on Aug. 19, 2026. The Midway