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
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 […]
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…
ROXANA - Roxana community members are mourning the loss of beloved first-grade teacher Josh Bertrand. Roxana Community Unit School District 1 Superintendent Debra Kreutztrager on Sunday announced the death of Bertrand, an instructor at South Primary School. “Our hearts are heavy as we come to terms with this unexpected tragedy,” Kreutztrager said. “Mr. Bertrand played a significant role in the lives of our students and the Roxana family. “We are not addressing his death with students as a whole, but counselors are available to address individuals as needed,” she added. “Parents may provide their child (ren) with the information that they feel is appropriate prior to the start of school on Monday. “Death can be difficult to understand when it is so sudden. If your family needs any additional support or guidance on how to support your child, please do not hesitate to contact the school. There are also additional resources available on the Distric
Over the past decade, ranked choice voting has become increasingly popular. From conservative Utah to liberal New York City, 13 million American voters in 51 jurisdictions — including all of Alaska and Maine — now use the system, under which voters rank candidates based on preference, leading to an instant runoff in a crowded race. […]
Digital consulting firm Perficient Inc. has created a global innovation group within its operations in an effort to determine how best it can help customers use cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology.
Queen’s Greatest Hits album is short one hit on the audio platform Yoto, which is aimed at children. While 16 tracks from the album are available, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Another One Bites The…
Republican presidential hopefuls are slated to take the stage Wednesday night to make their cases to voters in the first 2024 presidential primary debate.
State officials are still not clear on how they will enforce restrictions on transgender athletes — one of the most controversial new laws approved by Missouri legislators this year.
The Wall Street Journal says auto prices are unsustainable, leading to a surge of delinquencies. I'm not so sure of that. First up, here's the average monthly payment on a new car over the past few years. This takes into account both the rising price of cars and rising interest rates: That doesn't look so ...continue reading "Auto loans aren’t looking out of control these days"
The new building will be located on a portion of a 7-acre property adjacent to Parkland's 130-bed acute-care hospital at 1101 W. Liberty St. in Farmington.
The new NGA West campus , Jefferson & Cass, has been under construction for a few years now. Next NGA West is a large-scale construction project that will build a new facility for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis, Missouri.This $1.7B project is managed by the U.S. Army Corps ...
St. Louis University welcomes a new pep band director. But some students are uncertain of their future participation in the band amid its rocky relationship with SLU's athletics department.
Customer service matters. Suing patients unhappy with your work just ain’t it. That’s what Texas cosmetic surgeon Dr. Wilbur Hah has just learned, after being handed a loss in four concurrent opinions dealing with four anti-SLAPP motions filed by unhappy patients the (allegedly not-so-good) doctor sued for daring to besmirch his reputation with social media […]
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