ALTON - The Upper Alton Association Rockin' With Robert Concert Series 2023 kicks off at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Robert Wadlow Statue on the campus of SIU on College Avenue. Tuesday evening will feature the Alton High School Jazz Combo, who will perform for an hour. This free concert is sponsored by GCS Credit Union, King Air Conditioning & Heating, John Meehan/Bruce Egelhoff J.E.M. Properties, LTD and Scott Credit Union. The series will continue on July 18 with Porch Cafe, and on August 15 with Lady Luck Duo. Concerts will begin at 7 p.m. Debbie Frakes, one of the event organizers, said she expects the Rockin’ With Robert series to be outstanding each time. She said it has been done in Upper Alton for many years. “The Alton High Jazz Combo is extremely talented and will put on a good show,” she said. “They have played previously at the Alton Amphitheater. The series is one time a month and something to look forward to each time.”
Over the past two years, there has been a concerted push by state legislatures to regulate the Internet, the likes of which has not been seen since the late 90s/early aughts. Content moderation, financial relationships between journalists and platforms, social media design and transparency, “national security,” kids being exposed to “bad” Internet speech—you name it, […]
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore has hired Centene executive Keith Williamson as interim director of community engagement, a position in which Williamson has agreed to serve on a pro bono basis while searching for a permanent hire.
Williamson is chief charitable giving officer of Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) and president of the Centene Foundation. That’s a position he was appointed to in 2020 after serving for 13 years as the health care company’s general counsel.
“Keith’s ability to…
GOLDEN EAGLE - At 4:05 p.m. on June 15, 2023, at law enforcement officials with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Golden Eagle Ferry Road, Golden Eagle in Calhoun County. Subsequent to an investigation, a passenger, Stacey L Habermehl, age 49, of St. Charles, Mo., was arrested for the following offenses: Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine, Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Habermehl was arrested without incident and transported to the Jersey County Jail. All suspect(s) are innocent until proven guilty.
If the Blues explore a trade for Clayton Keller, they would not only bring on a local kid, but someone who is still nearing his prime years and could immediately slot into a top-line setting.
Nashville SC boasts the top defense in Major League Soccer along with one of the league's best players, 2022 MLS Most Valuable Player Hany Mukhtar. At the same time, St. Louis CITY SC faced a talented Nashville team without numerous key players.
From Fast Company: When UX designer Bianca Pasternack applied for a design job this spring at a company working on climate change, she got a rejection email saying that they’d had 3,000 applicants. At the same time, she kept hearing about the massive shortage of electricians who are necessary to help the country decarbonize. She […]
A plan to connect St. Louis’ new professional soccer stadium and Harris-Stowe State University with a pedestrian path received a $2 million infusion of state cash Tuesday.
New business formation was up 0.4% in May compared to April. It was up a respectable 3.5% since last year. But that's not super interesting. A longer term look is: Note that this is not net business formation. It doesn't account for businesses that were shut down during the pandemic. Nonetheless, new businesses were obviously ...continue reading "Businesses are still shutting down at pandemic rates [UPDATE: OR ARE THEY?]"
From Leader Publications: Jefferson College officials will raise tuition next school year as part of its fiscal year 2024 budget, which was approved June 8. The budget also includes a large capital project – an addition to the Viking Woods housing complex. The college’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the budget, which runs […]
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Officials are hoping to use millions in federal grant funding to offer voluntary buyouts to up to 100 homeowners in St. Charles County, but residents’ responses have been mixed. The county is slated to receive $15.7 million in funding from the Housing and Urban Development’s disaster relief fund to compensate residents […]
In a scathing denunciation of Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s legal arguments, a Cole County judge on Tuesday set a 24-hour deadline for the AG to certify a fiscal note summary for an abortion rights initiative petition. Circuit Judge Jon Beetem rejected every claim of authority made by Bailey for refusing to accept State Auditor Scott […]
KISS is currently on the European leg of their End of the Road Tour, and while you may think it’s hard for the band members to get around in their elaborate…
A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move forward after a judge broke a standoff between two Republican officials that had halted the process.
From New York Times: In January 1912, in the depths of a New York City winter, an unusual new apartment complex opened on the Upper East Side. The East River Homes were designed to help poor families fend off tuberculosis, a fearsome, airborne disease, by turning dark, airless tenements inside out. Passageways led from the […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis development company most known for its industrial work is proposing a new apartment complex in St. Louis County. TriStar Real Estate Acquisitions LLC, which is connected to TriStar Cos., plans a 218-unit apartment complex on on a nearly 19-acre property in unincorporated St. Louis County, near the […]
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