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Jay Farrar is not going to work the room. He’s not going to walk to the sides of the stage, wave or point to people in the audience, encourage the crowd to sing along, make eye contact or smile.

ALTON - Two schools in the Alton Community Unit School District 11 (ACUSD11) canceled classes today due to excessive heat. Alton High School and Gilson Brown Elementary School both closed today following air conditioning outages. Classes will resume Tuesday morning, Aug. 22. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for the area through Thursday, Aug. 24. Temperatures are expected to climb over 100 degrees in the next few days.

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Eddie Vedder is set to headline two hometown shows for a good cause. The Pearl Jam frontman will play Seattle’s Benaroya Hall on October 23 and 24, with all proceeds going to EB Research Partnership.…

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EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville kicked off the new academic year with enthusiasm and excitement as students started their first day of classes Monday, Aug. 21. The SIUE community came alive with students, faculty, and staff reconnecting and embarking on another year of learning and growth. “The buzz around campus on the first day of class is electric,” said Miriam Roccia, interim vice chancellor for student affairs. “New and returning students are eager to get the new academic year underway, meet their classmates, faculty, and find their classrooms.” Faculty and staff volunteers were stationed around campus with “Ask Me” signs eager to answer questions, give directions, and provide help. Monday also kicks off the Cougar Welcome, a two-week stretch of events to connect students to the SIUE campus and its resources. Events include resource and volunteer fairs, affinity celebrations, game nights, an ice cream social and

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Bags o' cotton candy for sale on the Balboa peninsula. "Please Don't Squeeze!"

Tickets go on sale on Aug. 25 and start at $66.50.

The accused is 18 years old, but he was 17 when the killing happened in June 2022.

There are two ways of looking at the Hunter Biden tax 'n gun case: The whistleblower view: Hunter was involved in some serious criminal acts but prosecutors let him off easy due to political pressure (i.e., the White House quietly pushing them to back off). The prosecutor view: No ordinary person would be criminally charged ...continue reading "Maybe Hunter Biden didn’t do anything wrong?"

Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023 would help reimburse military families for business expenses when moving between active and reserve assignments.

CREVE COEUR, Mo. -- A Missouri Lottery player recently won millions of dollars from one lucky scratch-off ticket. The top prize in the $2,000,000 Sizzling Riches game was found at On the Run on Olive Boulevard in Creve Coeur. The player says that he purchased several scratchers tickets at the gas station. He saved the [...]

GRAFTON - Grafton will be the latest city in the Riverbend to join the pickleball craze with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the city’s new pickleball courts set for 7 p.m. this Saturday, August 26th at Red Hawk Park. The ceremony will occur during Grafton Family Fun Day 2023, which takes place the same day and location from 6 to 9 p.m. Scott Weiner, president of Sheppard, Morgan and Schwaab, Inc., said at the Grafton City Council meeting on Aug. 15 that the pickleball court project was nearing completion. Mayor Mike Morrow said the city secured a $120,000 grant to help fund the project. Alderwoman Donna Smith said there will also be a live pickleball demonstration at the new courts. “At 7 o’clock, we will do the grand opening of the pickleball court and we have a team, I believe from Jerseyville, coming in and they will then be demonstrating what it looks like to play pickleball,” Smith said. Smith said throughout Family Fun Day, there will be

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O'FALLON, Ill. -- An 18-year-old is accused of assaulting a school employee and O'Fallon officer after being denied entry into a football game. Antwan Douglas of Cahokia Heights now faces several felony charges. A statement from the city of O'Fallon, Illinois, says that Douglas tried to get into the end of the O’Fallon Township High [...]

You might have heard late last week or over the weekend, that Elon was getting rid of the “block” feature on exTwitter. Elon had tweeted on Friday claiming “Block is going to be deleted as a “feature”, except for DMs.” But, uh, he had said basically the same thing back in June. I know this […]

Today on TAP: The White House executive order on export controls is mostly window dressing—and there is already pressure to water it down.

Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen appear in the new video for the Barbie soundtrack song "I'm Just Ken." Both the Guns N' Roses shredder and the Mammoth WVH frontman contribute…

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