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To bring more grocery stores and fresh produce to food deserts in Illinois, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed new legislation Friday morning. 

Justice Services Director Scott Anders is leaving "to focus on his family," the county said in a release.

Under the May settlement, Fox Associates acquired Foxland's portion of the theater.

LITCHFIELD - The Litchfield Skyview Drive-In will be decked out in pink next weekend for a Barbie-themed party and screening of the 2023 “Barbie” movie. Doors open at 7 p.m. on both Aug. 25 and 26. The movie starts at dusk, around 8:30 p.m. While they wait, moviegoers can enjoy a raffle, photo backdrops, “Barbie”-themed cups and several live Barbies available for photos. Both nights will end with a double feature of “Barbie” and “Legally Blonde.” “With the drive-in and it not being a normal theater, my goal is to start making movies like a party,” owner Chelsey Semplowski said. “I’d like to do different things each weekend to tie in with the movie that we’ll be playing… just coming and sitting in your car and waiting for the movie to start.” The drive-in’s play area will have several pink and purple balls for kids to play with, and the raffle will include a basket of products targeted

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Note: This is one of a series of features about artists who will showcase their work at the Edwardsville Art Fair on Sept. 22-24. Avalon Eales of the Edwardsville Arts Center staff provided the information. Artist #1 Name: Angela Burns Location: Edwardsville, IL Medium: Painting Artist's Statement: " Angela is an acrylic and oil artist who paints in the style of the Impressionists. Her lifelike, expressive paintings have been awarded nationally and published internationally. Her art is inspired by the universal human need for renewal and expense through nature, in a world overcome by noise, hustle, and distraction. Many of her paintings explore renewing our sense of wonder about life, based in the landscape of Edwardsville, Illinois, where she lives and paints." Artist #2 Name: Tim Gusewelle Location: Bethalto, IL Medium: Painting Artist's Statement: "Art is something I have created since I was a kid, often with an aim to make something inspiring.

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By putting $100,000 in, Realtors signaled they support a ballot initiative that keeps the status quo or could try to block any bid to make it harder to amend the constitution.

Between July 1, 2022, and June 30 more than 65,000 passengers flew into and out of St. Louis on Lufthansa flights to Frankfurt, an airport official said.

This will be the fourth time Goodwood and Alter have worked together to open a new Goodwood location, Chief Executive Ted Mitzlaff said.

For Black Business Month, 15 black entrepreneurs in St. Louis will participate in a two-day hackathon event to help grow their businesses.

Just fucking weird. Seems illegal. How do we get away with this in a constitutional republic? Rights exist. And et cetera. Those are the responses that tend to be generated by anyone attempting to explain civil asset forfeiture to normal people who just assume the government needs to prove something, anything before taking money (or […]

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with the Shelby County Health Department and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) to investigate a cluster of three Legionnaires’ disease cases. All three cases reside in Findlay, Illinois and reported illness onset dates between July 30 and August 4. IDPH staff are working with Shelby County Health Department officials to determine common exposures between the three cases. Illinois local health departments investigating recent cases of Legionnaires’ disease are being asked to inquire about any time spent in Findlay or Shelby County during the 14 days prior to onset of symptoms. On August 11, Illinois EPA conducted testing and evaluation of the public water supply serving Findlay and found no concerns with chlorine levels, an effective disinfection for Legionella. Illinois EPA has also requested daily sampling for chlorine residual within the system. Based on available

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Kid Rock joined a cancel culture crusade against Bud Light earlier this year when he flipped out over the beer brand partnering with trans activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney. He got his panties in a twist because Anheuser-Busch sent Mulvaney a can with her face on it to celebrate her first “365 Days of Girlhood.” In fact, that flimsy aluminum beer can upset the little snowflake so much that he posted a video of himself shooting cases of the beer with a semiautomatic rifle while looking like he was going to cry. [content-1] It was just the latest in a series of performative, high-profile “canceling”s from the “anti-woke” political right — you know, the group who is always whining about cancel culture?

Dan asked for music to be played during his 28 treatments. “Turn, Turn, Turn” by The Byrds came up during his final visit. "A time to heal, a time to every purpose under Heaven," Gray posted to Facebook.

The building was sold at auction in a deal that closed in late June for roughly $9.7 million. St. Louis County appraisers set the value of the building at $25.99 million this year, up from $24.43 million in 2021, according to records.

A St. Louis jury on Thursday convicted a man of fatally shooting another person during a chaotic shootout outside of a candy store in the city's Greater Ville neighborhood.

Despite an over 50-year career, Jethro Tull has received no love from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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Some Missouri Republicans have ever-so-slightly distanced themselves from the state's strict anti-abortion law as voters could weigh in next year.

PACKWOOD, Wash. — Last year, Don Pratt fled from his home as a wildfire swept down the mountainside here in Washington’s Cascade Range. “Heading out, I thought it was the last time I was going to see the house,” he said. As residents evacuated and smoke engulfed the small mountain community, fire crews with bulldozers […]

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When Rebecca Uccello got a call that her daughter’s Medicaid coverage was in jeopardy, she said it “sent me into a tailspin.” Her 13-year-old daughter, Izabella, has been on Medicaid since age two because of severe developmental disabilities, including a birth defect which prevents her spinal cord from properly developing and a neurological condition which causes fluid build-up in the brain. Uccello, of Springfield, Missouri, said she received renewal paperwork to verify Izabella’s eligibility…