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EDWARDSVILLE - Soil and worms are main components of composting, but there’s no need to get your hands dirty with Good Dirt Composting Collective’s initiative to bring New Earth Farm composting services to Edwardsville. New Earth Farm is a St. Louis-based company that makes it easy for residents and businesses to compost. The group supplies buckets to customers, who fill them with food waste throughout the week. New Earth Farm then collects the food waste and adds it to their composting bins. “We’re just trying to totally keep it simple so that folks can participate in doing something good and something green,” owner John Cline said. “People just love being able to do something tangible to help the environment.” Cline and his wife, Stacey, want to expand New Earth Farm services to the Metro East area. They’ve been working with Good Dirt Composting Collective, a composting advocacy and education group in Edwardsville that often provide

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The $1,000 reward is open to anyone who helps recruit a new hire to the Ferguson Police Department who completes police academy training and a yearlong probationary period.

A St. Charles teen has been transferred from the county's Juvenile/Family Court to the 11th Circuit Court to face trial for a February 2023 fatal shooting.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners. Museum officials said in a statement Wednesday that they have completed transferring 37 wooden statues known as vigango to the National Museums of Kenya so they can be returned to [...]

Journey co-founder and original rhythm guitarist George Tickner has passed away, according to a Facebook post by his former bandmate Neal Schon. Schon shared a series of posts about Tickner’s death at the age of 76,…

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County leaders have discovered just how hard it's going to be to close the gap.

HOLIDAY SHORES - A beautiful Fourth of July turned into tragedy for a Holiday Shores family on Tuesday in the 1100 block of Tampico Drive. Holiday Shores Fire Chief Jim O'Brien described the home involved in the fire as "a total loss." He said the family was enjoying the Fourth of July on the Holiday Shores Lake when the fire occurred. Holiday Shores Fire and other departments were called in a mutual aid request around 2 p.m. on Wednesday. O'Brien added that the devastating fire began at the back of the home, then spread to the attic and beyond. Temps were higher than 90 degrees on the day, so it was a very intense situation for firefighters. “We had about 50 firefighters there in the mutual aid call,” he said. “We also had another 30 volunteers from the lake and community who helped them when the fire was extinguished." The chief said many came in flip-flops and swim trunks and tried to help in any way they could. Holiday Shores called for mutual aid with Worden,

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on July 3, 2023.  Bastian Solutions, an Indianapolis-based firm that provides material handling systems and supply chain technology, has opened a new facility to house its robotics division in St. Louis. Bastian has begun operating from its new 140,177-square-foot facility at 3143 Riverport Tech Center Drive in Maryland Heights. Bastian […]

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23rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase starts July 21   Tickets: Individual tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for Cinema St. Louis members and students with valid and current photo IDs this month Locations: All film screenings and closing night awards party will take place at the Hi-Pointe Theatre, located at 1005 McCausland Ave., […]

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Another stop on our STL microbewery tour. This stop Perennial Artisan Ales in the Patch Neighborhood.

GODFREY - The Godfrey Family Fun Fest had a huge crowd in attendance on July 4 with multiple activities, and ended with a special fireworks display. Godfrey Parks and Recreation Director Chris Logan said the Family Fun Fest had a wide array of activities for families. The festival kicked off at 5 p.m. and had everything from face painting, balloon art, inflatables, food trucks, vendors, watermelon eating contests, and much more. T-Ball and Pitching Machine awards began at 5:30 pm. Rookie Baseball, Soccer, T-Ball & Pitching Machine coaches were in a dunk tank starting at 5 p.m. The Great Godfrey Maze theme was also announced as “Family Game Night.” Fireworks were once again extraordinary, Logan said. “Every parking spot was taken and it was a really nice event,” he added. “I think there were thousands of people there and I think people appreciate what Godfrey is doing for the Fourth of July. It is a chance for a nice family event for people of

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Here are last night's fireworks. This year I decided to trek around to the far side of the lake and shoot with our (patriotically lighted) bridge in the foreground. Much hilarity ensued because my flashlight didn't work and I kept fumbling with the camera buttons. Eventually I got everything set right and captured a few ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Jethro Tull is celebrating the 40th anniversary of their 14th studio album, Broadsword and The Beast, with a new reissue. Broadsword and The Beast 40th Anniversary Edition, available September 1, will feature a host of…

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Neighbors call the tragedy that happened Monday night heart-wrenching, and the worst possible start to the Fourth of July holiday.

Way back in 2005 I wrote about the launch of Amazon Prime, talking about the trade offs of joining this “shipping club” as I called it then. If you look at that post now, it has nearly 600 comments. However, the first comment didn’t even get added until over a year after I posted the […]