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ELSAH - Principia College’s Varsity Women’s and Men’s Tennis teams are offering a series of Tennis Clinics throughout the month of November to teach tennis basics while fundraising for their Spring Break trip to California. Coaches Shannon Carney and Rusty Jones will join the college’s varsity tennis athletes to lead the clinics, which will cover the fundamentals of ground strokes, volleys, overheads, serves, and returns. Groups will pass through circuits on different courts covering skills and tactics. Each session will include warm up conditioning exercises, and there will also be time for singles and doubles play toward the end of each session. All clinics will be held at the indoor courts located at 1 Maybeck Place in Elsah. Tennis Clinics will be available on Mondays and Wednesdays from Nov. 1 to Nov. 29, 2023. Clinics will be open to all ages and skill levels, and a variety of pricing options are available. Those interested can “drop in”

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JERSEYVILLE - This is the Jersey Middle School School First-Quarter Honor Roll: 5th Grade Honor Roll Atteberry, Zoey N., Bexheti, Jona, Dalton, Olivia N., Deverger, Landen J., Dewitt, Haylie I., Eberlin-Brown, Kynleigh J., Gillespie, Hannah M., Hardwick, Keilee J., Herring, Eva J., Jordan, Gage R., Kanallakan, Lydia A., Klunk, Jaxen, McNelly, Landon F., Orlando, Phenix A., Reisch, Liam M., Rex, Tiberius A., Smith, Grayson J., Talley, Clayton M., Taylor, Samson W., Weatherford, Kaleigh E., Wellenreiter, Braxtyn E. 5th Grade High Honor Roll: Abbott, Collin J., Adair, Trenton M., Allgood, Logan B., Anderson, Liam D., Balcer, Catherine B., Baro, Jessa J., Baze, Madelynn E., Behl, Aubrey M., Bray, Abilene M., Brittain, Karleen P., Burkman, Annora R., Byrd, Makailynn A., Campion, Molly J., Cooley, Richard A., Damm, Ashlynn N., Darr, Hailey L., Daugherty, Clayton J., Eich, Peyton I., Fallin, Arthur W., Falter, Chiara, Ferguson, Hayleigh N., Fry, Piper, Gajewski, Violet E.

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Every day may be Halloween for Alice Cooper, but the "School's Out" rocker is celebrating the spooky season with a new video. The clip, streaming now on YouTube, accompanies the…

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Jimmy Buffett may be gone, but his band plans to live on. Songwriter Mac McAnally, a longtime member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, tells Billboard that the band plans to continue on, despite Buffett’s passing on September 1. …

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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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Authorities are searching Tuesday morning for a teenager now charged in connection with a murder last week in Maplewood.

Home health remedies There are two home health remedies getting major exposure on social media platforms like TikTok. One is a mix of onion and honey, and another is a combination of garlic and honey. Ashley Simper, manager of Dietetic Services with OSF HealthCare, sifts through the research to explain what is fact vs. fiction. Onion and honey remedy TikTok user HealthwellnessAB, shared a “homemade cough syrup” using chopped onion and honey. Since being posted in early September, the video has garnered over 4 million views. The concoction starts with one layer of chopped onion, topped with one teaspoon of honey. The layering of honey and onion is repeated three times. Once the concoction is made, it’s recommended to keep it stored in the fridge for up to two weeks. “There are no clinical trials that show a direct correlation between eating red onion, or red onion extract, and reducing the symptoms of a cough. There are a lot of great things in

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Decades of somewhat-restrained conflict between Israel and Palestine erupted into war again at the beginning of the month. Islamist militant group Hamas followed rocket strikes with a physical invasion, the latter of which included the massacre of hundreds of Israeli civilians. Israeli civilians were also tortured and mutilated. Hamas also allegedly kidnapped around 200 Israelis, […]

The start of Saturday's Cal-USC football game was delayed by a sit-down protest from a dozen or so Cal students. The announcers didn't know what the protest was about, and I just assumed it had something to do with Israel and never bothered to check it out. But no! It turns out the students were ...continue reading "The strange case of professor Ivonne del Valle"

An increased interest in all things spooky means Halloween is right around the corner. Horror films are a perfect way to get into scary mode, but there is room for the genre all times of the year. Alex Rafi, associate professor of media production at St. Louis University, shares what makes horror an important storytelling genre.

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Dance St Lous opens 58th Season with Trinity Irish Dance Company Nov. 11 Dance St. Louis, one of the oldest and one of only four nonprofit dance presenters in the country, kicks off its 58th season by presenting the critically acclaimed international touring Trinity Irish Dance Company on Saturday, November 11 at the Touhill Performing […]

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A Florissant man is facing criminal charges after authorities say he was caught cheating at a St. Charles County casino.

CHICAGO – Someone in Illinois might be handing out full-size candy bars this Halloween! A lucky Illinois Lottery player purchased a Lucky Day Lotto ticket that struck the jackpot worth $1.2 million in the Friday, October 27 midday drawing. The ticket was purchased at Jewel Osco, located at 2940 N. Ashland Avenue in Chicago. The winning ticket matched all five numbers in the Friday midday drawing to score the $1.2 million jackpot. The winning numbers were: 14-15-24-25-34. This is also a big win for the retailer that sold the winning ticket, as the store will receive a bonus of one percent of the prize amount. For Jewel on Ashland, that means a bonus of $12,000. Nearly 50,000 other Illinois Lottery players had good luck playing Lucky Day Lotto on Friday, October 27, in total winning over $1.3 million. So far in 2023, over 10 million winning Lucky Day Lotto tickets have been sold, with total prizes amounting to almost $60 million for Illinois Lottery players. Winners have

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Bruce Springsteen was on hand to help celebrate his wife Patti Scialfa’s induction into the New Jersey Hall of Fame on Sunday, October 29, People reports. “I met Patti at Stone Pony. Where else?…

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BENLD - Nature’s Bliss invites you to join them for their second-anniversary celebration, complete with food trucks and deals on countless skincare and self-care products. Owner Jeanine Fassero will mark the anniversary at her main shop, located at 104 N. Hardroad Street in Benld. From body butter to shampoo bars to lip balms, the products are all handcrafted by Fassero with natural ingredients and over 75 flavor/fragrance options. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 31, to Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, all products are 20% off. “It’s all natural, local, handcrafted, and you can try new fragrances,” Fassero said. “Start your Christmas shopping this weekend.” You can also check out local food trucks starting on Wednesday, when Off the Wall is scheduled to be at the shop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, Yo Dawg Catering will take their spot. Fassero is especially excited for Dippidy Donuts from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, with donuts

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Local community bank Midwest BankCentre is expanding across the state into Kansas City citing the city’s growing economy.

The new market president's job is to build the bank's brand in the Kansas City market.

JERSEYVILLE - This time of year, fans of McCarry’s Dairyland in Jerseyville usually rush to buy their last ice cream treats before the community staple closes for the season. But due to high demand, Dairyland recently announced they’ll be staying open during their usual off-season. Dairyland will remain open each week from Thursday to Sunday starting the week of Nov. 5, 2023. Their hours will be from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. “We are beyond excited to keep offering your favorite treats throughout the cold season!” they wrote on Facebook . Shortly after becoming a co-owner of Dairyland , Jay Jones said the demand to stay open is just as much from staff members as it is from customers. “The staff requested that we stay open longer throughout the year,” Jones said. “That’s what they’ve requested, and a lot of the public has requested that as well.”

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