GRANITE CITY - The Mexican Honorary Commission invites everyone to join them for their September Fiesta, complete with Mexican folk dancing, traditional Hispanic food and their famous fishbowl margaritas. “This event is to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and Mexico’s Independence Day, which falls on the 16th of September,” said Alex Villasenor, the Commission’s Vice President and chair of the Fiesta. “This is something we do every year to celebrate that and to show the culture to everybody.” The Fiesta starts at 2 p.m. on Sept. 9 at 1801 Spruce Street. A cornhole tournament will kick off the event. The Mexican folklore dance group Alma de Mexico will perform at 3 p.m., and then the band Grupo Premiere will take the stage at 5 p.m. to play Mexican music. Villasenor said the Fiesta is “100% family friendly” with bounce houses and other activities planned for kids. Local craft and food vendors will be available, along with
Beginning Saturday, Aug. 26, customers with a 573 area code will have what's known as a "permissive dialing period," in which local calls can be made with either seven or 10 digits.
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Beyoncé has St. Louis trippin', stumblin' over our disco cowboy hats to get in formation for the Renaissance Tour — and with that knowledge, the city has officially made August 21, 2023 "Queen Bey Day." "Beyoncé is an inspiration to independent women across the world, and St. Louis is ready to move to her iconic hits at tonight’s show," Mayor Tishaura Jones said in a press release. This is a reminder: The long-awaited tour stop is at the Dome at America's Center, and Mrs. Carter was last in St. Louis for the Formation World Tour in 2016.
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ALTON - Two schools in the Alton Community Unit School District 11 (ACUSD11) canceled classes today due to excessive heat. Alton High School and Gilson Brown Elementary School both closed today following air conditioning outages. Classes will resume Tuesday morning, Aug. 22. The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for the area through Thursday, Aug. 24. Temperatures are expected to climb over 100 degrees in the next few days.