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Jevon Westoland hosts Off the Wall: Open Mic!   MX Movies & Bar will be serving up a full bar, kitchen items, and of course fresh popcorn while you enjoy

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Following the chaos of this past weekend’s shooting in downtown St. Louis that saw one teenager dead and 10 others injured, Mayor Tishaura Jones pointed an accusatory finger at parents and others responsible for caring for kids. But one of those helping troubled youngsters says the problem goes much deeper than that.

By the end of the year, owner Abelardo Gonzalez expects to have 52 locations across the Midwest, including a forthcoming one in St. Peters.

Sunday’s rain totals varied widely across the region ranging from over three inches in parts of the metro area, to just a few sprinkles in other areas. These wide variations in rainfall amounts will have varying effects on the drought.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a missing swimmer was found dead at the 20-mile mark of the main channel of Lake of the Ozarks.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The following individual from Glen Carbon - Troy Marchetto - has been named to the Dean's List at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Spring 2023 semester. UWM is the second largest university in the State of Wisconsin, with more than 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Marchetto is a Letters & Science Undergrad.

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ALTON - The summer just got better with the great news that Alton Little Theater will produce the delightful musical Spamalot. The theater group was granted permission rights under the wire of the show beginning its 17th national (professional) tour, and Riverbend residents are in for a treat with a show that is zany, witty, super-silly, energetic, and just good old-fashioned fun. The show is scheduled to run on the evenings of July 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, and 29, and matinees on July 23 and July 30. Twenty-two actors from across the region will don 122 costumes and dance and sing their way into our funny bones in a 2-hour and 10-minute jaunt through the Middle Ages (and eight Broadway shows - spoofs thrown in for good measure). If you are a Monty Python fan, then, of course, you'll like the show; if you aren't familiar with the Python genre or mistakenly aren't sure you adore it, well, trust us, you will marvel at the brilliance of Eric Idle's script and score that took Broadway by storm

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More details are emerging about the commercial building in downtown St. Louis that was the site of this weekend's mass shooting in which 11 young people were injured and one killed. Interviews with a former building manager, tenant and other downtown stakeholders paint a picture of a building that had a lax attitude toward security and an unlicensed bar operating sporadically on the first floor. 

The project is called Capri on Olive, according to a proposal submitted to the St. Louis County Planning Commission.

WOOD RIVER - Those wanting a new convenience in Downtown Wood River are about to receive their wish. Rob Lenhardt of Mac's acknowledged Monday morning that a new Mac's Convenience Store will open at 82 East Ferguson in Wood River by a projected mid-to-late August 2023. "It used to be Rachel's Cafe," he said of the building where the new convenience store will be built. "It will be just like the Mac's Convenience Store in Downtown Alton. It will have the convenience store and gaming like the Mac's in Downtown Alton." Rob said that about six months ago, Wood River city officials announced they were trying to fill vacancies in some of the empty downtown buildings and he caught wind of it. "We sat down with city officials and we have also learned of several other things getting ready to open in Downtown Wood River," he added. "I think you could see five or six more businesses opening up in Downtown Wood River by the end of the year. We are excited about it." Wood River Mayor Tom Stalcup

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Bruce Bartlett has something to say about the public's frustration and resentment toward government bureaucrats: Corporate bureaucrats are probably worse than government bureaucrats, and we deal with the corporate-types far more frequently. Try calling customer service for any big company. The irony is that only government bureaucrats can control the corporate bureaucrats. — Bruce Bartlett ...continue reading "Corporate bureaucracy is the worst bureaucracy"

KAMPSVILLE - A Louisiana, Mo., man faces multiple charges after a stop by a deputy sheriff on Illinois Route 100 in Kampsville at 2:04 p.m. on Thursday, June 8. The Calhoun Sheriff's Office said subsequent to an investigation, the driver, Johnny L Chapman, age 38, of Louisiana, Mo., was arrested for the following offenses: Unlawful Possession of a Dangerous Weapon by Felon, Driving While License Suspended, Operating Uninsured. Chapman was arrested without incident and transported to the Greene County Jail. All suspect(s) are innocent until proven guilty.

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A St. Louis County jury convicted a man last week on eight felonies for the murder of two men in 2018, one of whom was a bystander struck by a stray bullet.