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Cardinals 2023 $6 flash-sale starts Tuesday

2 years 4 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals are holding a 12-hour flash sale for six dollar tickets on Tuesday. The tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. on Valentine's Day, and they come with six dollars in Cardinals Cash to spend at Busch Stadium. These tickets are a great way to spend some time in Busch Stadium [...]
Joe Millitzer

EHS Orchestra Shines at 14th Annual Invitational High School Orchestra Festival

2 years 4 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School's orchestra continued an eventful year with Director Victoria Voumard this past weekend at the Illinois State University campus for the 14th Annual Invitational High School Orchestra Festival. "We had six high schools, seven string orchestras, and approximately 350 string students on campus for the day," Voumard said. "You had rehearsals, clinics with the ISU artist String Faculty, and an opportunity to hear other orchestras in the Festival Concert." Voumard described the festival as a great experience for her students. Here was the Edwardsville High School schedule for Friday: 9:00 a.m. - Rehearsal on Braden Auditorium stage 9:30 a.m. - Clinic with Dr. Block 10:00 a.m. - Clinic with Dr. Kate Lewis, professor of viola 10:30 a.m. - Clinic with Dr. Igor Kalnin, professor of violin 11:00 a.m. - Move to Brown Ballroom to hear the ISU Symphony in concert Noon - Breakout sessions by instrument: All violins to Brown Ballroom – master

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St. Charles Senior Softball League Seeks Players

2 years 4 months ago

  Men’s 60+ Senior Softball League In St. Charles at Kiwanis Park Slow pitch softball league for men 60 years and older to play in St. Charles County is accepting individual applications for the 2023 season. Double-headers on Wednesdays at 4:30 pm at Schneider-Kiwanis Park. If interested, email: herbieo.jr@gmail.com or call or text: Herb Olmsted […]

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Steve’s Hot Dogs Is Serving an X-Rated Hot Dog This V Day

2 years 4 months ago
Steve’s Hot Dogs has announced a hot dog special for Valentine’s Day. But this isn’t your regular old heart-shaped hot dog. This is the “Vitamin D” hotdog, also known as the “Lord Aporkalypse," also known as an “🆇-🆁🅰🆃🅴🅳” hotdog.
Benjamin Simon

Metro East Sanitary District Commissioner Removal On County Board Agenda For Wednesday

2 years 4 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE – A Metro East Sanitary District commissioner is on the county board agenda this Wednesday – for removal. “Illinois law allows me to both appoint and remove MESD commissioners, with county board approval,” Madison County Board Chairman Kurt Prenzler said. The MESD board has five commissioners, two appointed by the St. Clair County Chairman, two by the Madison County Chairman, and one by the Mayor of Granite City. The commissioner on the agenda was appointed in 2017 and the term expired in December 2022. “I asked the commissioner to step down, at the conclusion of the term,” Prenzler said. “But the commissioner refused.” Illinois law (70 ILCS 2905/3-4) states: Commissioners shall be paid the same salaries as the county board members from either St. Clair or Madison County whichever is lower. Prenzler said that in addition to salary, commissioners also receive health insurance benefits – benefits that Madison County

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There Is No ‘Going Dark:’ Dutch Law Enforcement Spent Months Intercepting, Reading Encrypted Messages

2 years 4 months ago
To hear consecutive FBI directors tell it, unless legislators are willing to mandate encryption backdoors, the criminals (including terrorists!) will win. That’s the only option — at least according to Jim Comey and Chris Wray — given that the FBI, with its billions in funding and wealth of brainpower, is apparently unable to decrypt files […]
Tim Cushing

Health update

2 years 4 months ago
Bad cold. Didn't sleep. Feel lousy. No blogging today.¹ Instead, everyone should spend the day feeling sorry for me. ¹Probably.
Kevin Drum