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Pet Food Drive Honors Memory Of Alton Teen and Local Non-Profit Trinity's Way

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ALTON - A Pet Food Drive this Saturday honors the memory of a late Alton teen. A local nonprofit, Trinity’s Way, is hosting a pet food drive from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Aug. 6, at Piasa Park in Alton. The drive will benefit the pet food pantry operated by Metro East Humane Society. This pantry program provides free pet food to eligible applicants who are in need of assistance. Trinity’s Way was formed in 2018 after 17-year-old Trinity Buel was killed in a car accident on Feb. 17, 2018. The nonprofit was started by her mother, April Gray, and her godfather, Chris Unthank, to carry on Buel’s kindness and compassion for animals and the environment. The pet food drive is a fitting way to honor Buel’s memory for her birthday on Aug. 6. “When Trinity was a little girl, instead of presents for herself, she’d ask for pet food and supplies for her birthday so that she could donate those to local animal shelters,” Gray said. “She was always

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A Year After Major Flood, Frustrated Homeowners Still Waiting For Relief

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From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  In a deep, corner lot off Key West Avenue and Kuhlman Lane, yellow daylilies and pink roses are blooming, and elephant ears provide a vibrant green backdrop — standing in stark contrast to a vacant home that was condemned there after last summer’s historic flooding in Webster Groves. A year later, homeowner […]
Dede Hance

Real Estate Classes Offered This Fall Semester  

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GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College is meeting the changes and challenges in the growing real estate field by offering classes to help individuals enter that career field as brokers. An individual must pass a total of 75 hours of instruction to take the Real Estate Broker’s licensure exam. Lewis and Clark is offering three different classes of Real Estate, all of which are needed for the exam: Real Estate Brokerage (REAL 135-A6) – 7-9:40 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug. 21 – Oct. 11, 2023 Real Estate Transactions (Two sections available) (REAL 136 - 01) – 9:25-10:40 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 22 – Dec. 14, 2023, OR (REAL 136 – B6) ­– 7-9:40 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 16 - Dec. 13, 2023. Real Estate Transaction Applications (REAL 137 - 60) – 6-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Nov. 21 – Dec. 12, 2023. All three classes are in-person or online on the Godfrey Campus and will be taught by local

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St. Louis man sentenced for making rape threats to 5 women

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ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis man appeared in federal court on Thursday to be sentenced for repeatedly cyberstalking, harassing, and threatening to rape multiple women in the area and elsewhere in the country. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Robert Merkle, 54, pleaded guilty in March to five [...]
Kevin S. Held

Village Of Godfrey Yard Waste Drop-Off Plans Announced

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GODFREY - As a courtesy, the Village of Godfrey is now providing a drop-off location for yard waste for Godfrey residents. The site, located at 1433 Stamper Lane, will be open and accepting yard waste on Tuesdays and Saturdays beginning August 8 from 9 a.m.–noon. Located to the west of Glazebrook Park, residents can enter the fenced area where an employee will then verify residency and assist in unloading the bagged yard waste from the vehicle before proceeding around the circular drive and exiting back onto Stamper Lane. All yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, foliage, small branches, etc.) must be bagged in brown recyclable yard waste bags found at area hardware stores. Village of Godfrey yard waste stickers must be applied to each bag. These stickers are available for purchase for $1.75 at St. Peter’s Hardware in Alton and at Godfrey Village Hall in the Clerk’s office. There is no limit to the number of bags that can be dropped off. No unbagged items will be

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Three important myths about the latest Trump indictment

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A lot of people, either accidentally or deliberately, have misstated a few things about Wednesday's indictment of Donald Trump for colluding with others to overturn the 2020 election results and keep himself in power. Here they are: Free speech. Even mob bosses have free speech rights. But if your local mafia don tells one of ...continue reading "Three important myths about the latest Trump indictment"
Kevin Drum

How a local video game studio gave Atari its first new cartridge release since 1990

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Video games were once synonymous with cartridges. A St. Louis game developer, Graphite Lab, is turning back the clock with its release of “Mr. Run and Jump.” Out on modern consoles from Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo, a version of the game is also being released for the Atari 2600 — and, for the first time since 1990, Atari is releasing the new game on a cartridge. Graphite Lab developer John Mikula reveals how he created “Mr. Run and Jump” as a passion project and what happened after Atari took notice.

Missouri Launches ‘Historic’ Railroad Crossing Safety Plan

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  With an eye on making rail travel safer, Missouri transportation officials are turning a historic $50 million earmark from the General Assembly into lights and safety gates at 27 unprotected road crossings on three Amtrak routes in the state. Another 17 mostly rural crossings will be closed to traffic, potentially drawing […]
Dede Hance

Traveling art exhibit recognizes St. Louis founder of Black People Who Hike

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Debbie Njai, the St. Louis-based founder of Black People Who Hike, is being honored with a portrait that’s part of a national art exhibition focused on Americans who are improving their communities. In this episode, Njai and her portraitist discuss the healing aspects of nature and the ways art can be used as a vehicle for inspiration and education.