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ALTON/WEST ALTON - The annual Eagle Ice Fest brought nearly 1,000 attendees to FLOCK, the National Great Rivers Museum and the Audubon Center at Riverlands on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. Attendees could enjoy live music, eagle ice carvings, raptor meet-and-greets and more at Saturday’s festival. The event encouraged people to learn more about the wildlife in the area and engage with nature by utilizing local resources. “It’s a combination of a bunch of different organizations bringing free resources to people so that not only are they getting an education, especially about eagles, but they’re learning about all these resources that they have in the area that they can go out and hike here or they can go learn about the dam,” explained Ashley Lockwood, an educator with the Audubon Center. There were two eagles spotted in the trees outside the Audubon Center, and Lockwood joked that the eagles greeted people as they entered the center. She said Eagle Ice

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Ruh-roh! Scooby-Doo and the gang will need your help to solve a gem of a mystery when the SCOOBY-DOO!™ Mansion Mayhem exhibit comes to The Magic House.   The immersive […]

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A 26-year-old Missouri teacher is accused of raping a teenage student while other classmates acted as “lookouts,” according to authorities.

Elton John recently sold his Atlanta, Georgia, duplex for over $7 million. After living there for 30 years, he amassed quite a lot of stuff, and now, he's getting ready to sell it…

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Popular musical HAMILTON will return to the Fabulous Fox Theatre this summer.

Among Republicans, sympathy for Israel far outweighs sympathy for the Palestinians, and this hasn't changed much over the years. The story among Democrats is different. Although sympathy for Israel has long been firmly positive, around 2015 it began to steadily deteriorate. Then, in 2023—but before the Gaza war started—it finally went negative, with more Democrats ...continue reading "Among Democrats, support for Israel has cratered"

DeKALB - Northern Illinois University announces its fall 2023 Dean's List students. To earn this distinction, students must meet a minimum semester grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology or a minimum of 3.75 on a 4.0 scale in the colleges of Business, Education, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. Students from your area who achieved this honor include: MaKena Mueller, of Granite City, who is majoring in Acting. Mueller is a graduate of Granite City Senior High School. Northern Illinois University is a student-centered, nationally recognized public research university, with expertise that benefits its region and spans the globe in a wide variety of fields, including the sciences, humanities, arts, business, engineering, education, health and law.

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In 2004, fans saw albums from the Purple Legend, a singer embroiled in a Super Bowl-scandal and a couple of “American Idol” winners.

EDWARDSVILLE – Ahead of a frigid blast of cold weather, the City of Edwardsville is encouraging residents to pay attention to weather advisories, to avoid safety risks and to take steps to remain warm as the temperatures drop. The City of Edwardsville is working in cooperation with the following facilities to provide warming stations throughout the winter. Whenever the temperatures drop below freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit) the following facilities will be available as warming stations during listed hours: Edwardsville Public Library, 112 S. Kansas St. -- (618) 692-7556 Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1-5 p.m. (The library will be closed on Monday, January 15, for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.) Main Street Community Center: 1003 N. Main St. – (618) 656-0300 Hours: Monday through Friday: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (The community center will be closed on Monday, January 15, for the Martin Luther

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ALTON - The Riverbend Wellness Festival has been rescheduled for March 2, 2024, due to weather concerns. Organized by Beth Ahlin and Stella Webb, the Wellness Festival will promote spiritual, physical and mental/emotional wellness with keynote speakers, vendors and workshops. The festival, originally scheduled for Jan. 13, will now take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 2, 2024, at Milton Schoolhouse in Alton. “For Beth and I both, we really do support that wellness for our community,” Webb said. “We see clients on a daily basis, but to expand that out even further. The reason we’re doing this event is because of the community.” Webb owns Soul Sanctuary , which is based in Milton Schoolhouse. She has collaborated with Ahlin, who owns CE Ahlin Counseling , to plan the festival with local speakers and over 30 vendors. A few practitioners will offer breakout sessions, including a mental health workshop and spiritual health workshop. Web

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You'd have to be high AF to think the suburban landscape of St. Peters, Missouri, has anything in common with St. Petersburg, but hey, that's Afroman for you. The rapper (and First Amendment hero) is best known for his single "Because I Got High," and the title of that track almost surely explains his recent suggestion that he's coming to St. Petersburg this Friday ... not boring old St. Peters.

In 2023, R&B and hip hop artist T-Pain put aside his signature Auto-Tune for a covers album, which included an unexpected rendition of the Black Sabbath classic "War Pigs." His…

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The Foundry Art Centre is going to the dogs! Wag is an interactive art exhibition curated and designed specifically for our furry best friends. Featured artists of this unique exhibition […]

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On This Day, January 11, 1942… Clarence Clemons, best known Bruce Springsteen’s longtime friend and E Street Band saxophonist, was born in Norfolk County, Virginia. Clemons first met Springsteen in September 1971 at…

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Content by Allen Roofing & Siding. Allen Roofing & Siding, a name synonymous with industry excellence in St. Louis, has won the 2023 STL Headliners: Best Roofing Company award.

For 95 years, St. Louisans went to the landmark department store Famous-Barr to shop for gifts and celebrate special moments. Although Famous-Barr shuttered in 2006, people have kept wonderful memories […]

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Green Door Art Gallery presents Hooked on Fibers: The Art of the Stitch, featuring rug hooking textile art by Sheri Ahner, and mixed media fiber art by Chris Burton, Liz […]

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