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A little over a year ago we discussed YouTuber Ross Scott’s attempt to build political action around video game preservation. Scott started a campaign and site called Stop Killing Games when Ubisoft shut down support for The Crew, rendering this game that people bought unplayable. The goal of the site was to build political action […]

EDWARDSVILLE – A highly anticipated shared use path in Edwardsville is one step closer to construction after the City Council approved a related agreement on Tuesday. Aldermen unanimously approved a Professional Services Agreement for Preliminary Engineering for the New Poag Road Median and Shared Use Path project. The full project total of $149,695 will be paid out of the Edwardsville Enhancement Fund. Ward 4 Alderman SJ Morrison said residents of his ward have been looking forward to this project as a way to calm traffic and make their neighborhood more bicycle and pedestrian friendly. “This is an exciting project for Ward 4 residents,” Morrison said. “It’s been a priority of mine for a while in an effort to try to calm traffic as people come off of New Poag Road and onto St. Louis Street, but also add some beauty to the entrance and enhance walkability and bikability on St. Louis Street and New Poag Road.” Mayor Art Risavy agreed area residents

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The fatal crash claimed one life, according to police.

Come sing your hearts out at Hidden Gem's weekly karaoke. Hosted every Tuesday from 8pm-12am. Free to attend. 21+.

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WASHINGTON  — The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as central in the struggle over control of the power of the purse in the nation’s capital. Democrats in Congress are pushing back hard on the Trump administration’s freeze of $6.8 billion in funds for after-school programs and more at public schools, some of which open […]

A chef-driven menu, live music and illuminated views of the St. Louis skyline – you’ll only find this combination aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch. The Skyline Dinner Cruise […]

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A little more than two weeks after telling a state Senate committee they have “never been close” to an agreement, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and University of Missouri Health Care have restored a network arrangement suspended since April 1. The failure to reach an agreement before the previous contract expired left about 90,000 […]