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Scott Joplin's genius shaped American music in St. Louis

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Scott Joplin, known as the "King of Ragtime", composed more than 40 musical pieces, including "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer", and is recognized for his mastery of the piano and his role in integrating the genre into American music.
Blair Ledet

Alton Educational Foundation Offers New Grant Opportunity for Teachers and Staff

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ALTON – The Alton Educational Foundation recently released their second grant opportunity this school year for the teachers and staff of the Alton School District. The Foundation provides grant funding to increase innovative programs and projects which directly benefit students, classrooms and schools. The new spring grant cycle, with applications due March 13, will once again seek new ideas and proposed projects from teachers and staff. Over the past 25 years, the Foundation has funde

Site Plan for Large-Scale Data Center Approved in Warrenton

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From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: The Warrenton Board of Aldermen approved plans for a 337-acre data center at its Jan. 20 meeting. Crusoe AI Chief Real Estate Agent Matt Fields presented plans to build two 805,000-square-foot data center buildings and a 40,000-square-foot administrative building, as well as a 621,250-square-foot switch yard and 603,200-square-foot electrical substation north […]

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Dede Hance

Public-Private Partnership Advances $52M,  178-Home Redevelopment in Wellston

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by Tom Finan, Executive Director, Construction Forum A major residential redevelopment project in the Lulu Heights neighborhood of Wellston will bring 178 new single-family homes to the community through a partnership involving the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of the County of St. Louis (LCRA), the City of Wellston, the St. Louis County Port Authority, […]

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Dede Hance

Grand Staircase Focus of Amended Redevelopment Agreement

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From West Newsmagazine: Plans are still underway for the grand staircase proposed for Downtown Chesterfield. The Staenberg Group (TSG) submitted a request to amend the redevelopment agreement for the area known as RPA-1, relating to the redevelopment of the former Chesterfield Mall. Demolition of the mall site, excluding the Dillard’s and former Macy’s buildings, is […]

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Dede Hance

Laborers Training on Traffic Control is Essential to Ensure Work Zone Safety

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From St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune: It starts with a truck painting the yellow divider lines down the middle of the road and the instructors marking out dots along the side of the road where warning signs and traffic cones should be spaced for a road construction lane change. Then come the laborers marking the […]

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Dede Hance

Love Story: Grafton Mayor Shares Life-Changing Normandy Experiences With His Wife, Lynne

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GRAFTON — Three trips to Normandy, France, were "life-changing" for Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow and his wife, Lynne, and are a part of their beautiful love story. Normandy is a region in France, and its coastline includes legendary cliffs and beachheads, including Omaha Beach, the site of the famous D-Day landing. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, is a permanent concession granted by France to the U.S government for the efforts in World War II to protect

Local Playwright to Premiere Show About Tenacity and Heart in Godfrey

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GODFREY - A local playwright is ready to share her latest work with the community. “A Lil Sugar Will Do,” written by Leah Becoat and produced by 3 Purple Coats Productions, will premiere at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at Hatheway Hall on the Lewis and Clark Community College campus in Godfrey. Becoat, an Alton native, expressed her excitement to produce the play, complete with original music, “magical storytelling,” and a cast of

New Projects Take Shape Around Gateway Arch National Park

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From St. Louis Public Radio: The Gateway Arch Foundation has several irons in the fire — and soon, cranes in the sky. After celebrating 60 years of the Gateway Arch’s construction last year, the foundation and its partners have begun the planning process of reimagining the former site of the Millennium Hotel, studying I-44 near […]

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Dede Hance