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Sunday Best Has Closed for Good in the Central West End

1 year 8 months ago
The attempted pivot of a longtime Central West End restaurant has ended in defeat — for now. Chef-owner John Perkins announced by email today that Sunday Best (4101 Laclede Avenue) has closed, effective immediately. "Friends, sunday best at 4101 laclede is no more," he wrote.
Sarah Fenske

Community Members Protest Lack of Black Police Officers in Alton

1 year 8 months ago
ALTON - A few community members spent the day protesting outside of the Alton Police Department on Feb. 23, 2024. Led by Lee Barham, the community members were protesting the lack of Black officers in the police department. Alton hired five new white officers earlier this month. In a recent letter to the editor , Barham expressed disgust about the hiring of no new Black officers, and he called on Mayor David Goins, Police Chief Jarrett Ford, the Alton chapter of the NAACP, local Black leaders and others to do more. He echoed these sentiments during the Feb. 23 protest. “I feel it is a tragedy that we elected the first Black mayor and we only have one Black officer down here,” Barham said. “We’re not reaching out to our own, but when it comes to the election, we’re going to be reminded, ‘I’m Black, I want you all to vote.’ But by the same token, where’s the Black officers? Where’s the difference you have made? There isn’

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Gov. Pritzker says His 2025 Budget Makes Important Investments In Higher Education

1 year 8 months ago
SPRINGFIELD – Higher education leaders across the state applaud Governor JB Pritzker’s budget announcement, which includes a fiscal year 2025 higher education budget of $2.55 billion. The budget includes a $10 million increase for the Monetary Award Program (MAP), a $24.6 million increase for public universities, and a $5.9 million increase for community colleges. The governor’s budget builds on the historic funding of higher education over the last several years, which included the largest investment and the largest increase in higher education in two decades in fiscal year 2024’s higher education budget. Continuing to build on historic higher education investments from the last several years is key to removing barriers and ensuring all students have equitable access to higher education. “The governor’s investments proposed in this budget build on his previous historic higher education investments and allows us to continue the progress we have

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To You, I Go

1 year 8 months ago

To You, I Go (2023) is Jessica Page’s visual love letter to St. Louis. Although St. Louis is rarely romanticized, Page aims to showcase the softest purest side of her […]

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Rachel Huffman