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Ann & Joe's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Ann & Joe City: Jerseyville Date met or started dating: October 25, 2008 What makes your relationship special? What makes our relationship special is our ability to make it work in any situation. We tolerate each other and support each other even in our worst moments. It’s not always easy, but we are resilient in our love for each other. Share a memory you have made together: A memory we’ve made together was climbing Sky Pond located at Glacier Gorge in the Rocky Mountain National Park! It was a huge accomplishment for us both!! Definitely a feel good moment to hit the top together!

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Samy & Ryan's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Samy & Ryan City: Wood River Date met or started dating: October 7, 2017 What makes your relationship special? Best buds for life. We were friends before we become partners for life. Share a memory you have made together: Waking up every day at 4 or 5 in the morning to walk to the smoke spot at job core just to see you! And I would do it all over again.

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Dillon & Mariah's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Dillon & Mariah City: Alton Date met or started dating: March 20, 2016 What makes your relationship special? Even though we've been together almost 6 years, were still best friends. We have also never second guess about one another! Share a memory you have made together: Our greatest memories are when our 3 children were born!

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Sarah & Dyllian's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Sarah & Dyllian City: Wood River Date met or started dating: April 7, 2018 What makes your relationship special? We met in high school. I moved away to Indiana after freshman year. I moved back in 2017, we reconnected, and now have a beautiful family with 3 kids. Share a memory you have made together: We love a good St. Louis Blues hockey game! We’ve made very good family memories taking the kids to games.

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Missouri Got High as Hell and Spent $12.7 Million on Weed Last Weekend

2 years 4 months ago
Recreational marijuana went legal on Friday, February 3, and stoners and wannabe stoners across the state wasted no time in going to their local dispensary to buy weed. According to MoCannTrade, Missouri sold $12,689,965 worth of product from Friday to Sunday. [content-1] On Friday alone, Missouri sold more than $5 million worth of cannabis.
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Ashlie & Leah's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Ashlie & Leah City: Jerseyville Date met or started dating: April 4, 2021 What makes your relationship special? We met in Florida 2019 and quickly became best friends. Remained best friends for 2 years until Ashlie had to move back to Illinois after covid. Then Leah realized she was falling in love, told Ashlie, and the rest is beautiful history. Share a memory you have made together: Our favorite (so far) would have to be traveling to Colorado together for the 1st time last year for Leahs birthday and a blizzard hit while we were there. So our flight got canceled and we got to stay a few more days.

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County Approves Restaurant, Rec Facility at Lucky Dog Farm

2 years 4 months ago
From Mid Rivers News Magazine:  At its Jan. 30 meeting, the St. Charles County Council approved three bills, each by a vote of 7-0, to authorize conditional use permits (CUPs) for items related to the property at 1501 Wilmer Road. The property is owned by Craig, Ryan P. and Darlene Smith and known as Lucky […]
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How Business Owners Can Benefit From a Hands-On Financial Approach

2 years 4 months ago
From Construction Business Owner: To build a profitable construction business, owners must be focused on key performance indicators (KPIs) and bottom-line numbers. These KPIs are centered on sales revenue, overhead, profit markup, labor costs per unit of work, and your updated job cost labor for every project. You can’t expect anyone to care about your finances […]
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Myles & Angie Hayes' Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Myles & Angie Hayes City: St. Charles, Mo Date met or started dating: February 16, 2002 Date married: October 9, 2004 What makes your relationship special? The last couple years, Angie was diagnosed with breast cancer, had surgeries, chemo and radiation. We’ve come through each hardship stronger than we started. We lean on each other, God, and all our family to get through rough times. Share a memory you have made together: The births of our two kids. Kennedy was born 06/21/2006, and Ryan was born 12/18/2010. We are definitely blessed with all the people we have in our lives!

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Ashley & Aaron Connors' Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Ashley & Aaron Connors City: Godfrey Date met or started dating: April 3, 2013 Date married: August 29, 2020 What makes your relationship special? High school sweethearts through & through! Met in the hallways of Alton High, flirting by our lockers & haven’t been apart since! We both have grown as individuals while always staying at each other sides! Every obstacle life has, we overcome it. Truly if it’s you see me, you see him & vice versa. Blessed to know true love so young. Share a memory you have made together: So many too count. From watching each other walk the stage, choosing & finding our careers, vacations, tragedy, his proposal in DisneyWorld, our two weddings (one small & intimate due to Covid, to our big celebration), buying our home, pool parties with our family & friends, adopting our many fur children. So many worth bringing up.

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Millennium Construction May Get Route 66 Project

2 years 4 months ago
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  Millennium Construction may get the go-ahead to build the the Route 66 Interpretive Center in Edwardsville after the administrative and community service (ACS) committee voted 3-0 Thursday to approve the company’s lowest bid of $378,900 for the project. Other submitted bids included Stutz Excavating at $406,012 and Berco Construction at $485,464. Pfund Construction […]
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Zachary & Stacy's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Zachary & Stacy City: Godfrey Date met or started dating: August 3, 2017 Date married: February 23, 2018 What makes your relationship special? What makes our relationship so special is that he found me when I was at my lowest and he made me who I am today. The happiest I’ve been. Share a memory you have made together: The day we got married. It wasn’t the wedding we wanted but we were both ok for not spending a lot on a wedding. We just wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.

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Stephanie & Zachary's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Stephanie & Zachary City: East Alton Date met or started dating: July 6, 2014 Date married: October 17, 2020 What makes your relationship special? We are each other’s best friend. Share a memory you have made together: When Zach and I first started dating he lived in Springfield, Illinois and I in Wood River, Illinois. One time I planned to take the Amtrak to see him, I ended up missing my train and there were no more schedule to go that day. That didn’t stop us from seeing each other. Zach took a chance with his beat up, one head lighted intrepid and came and picked my up. Our relationship has continued to defy all odds and it may be us against the world but we are sure that with each other and our love for one another we can conquer what ever obstacles may come.

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Old Courthouse Will Honor Scott Family in New Exhibits

2 years 4 months ago
From the St. Louis American: A groundbreaking ceremony was held last week, and among the historic building’s improvements, will be new exhibit galleries that focus on Dred and Harriett Scott’s legal fight for freedom. Exhibits will examine how their cases, both state and federal, still impact America today. Other topics will include the post-Civil War era […]
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Kevin & Kris Blumenberg's Love Story

2 years 4 months ago
Couples names: Kevin & Kris Blumenberg City: Hardin Date met or started dating: March 17, 1984 Date married: September 23, 1989 What makes your relationship special? He’s type A and I’m type B. Complete opposite personalities but we compliment each other. Share a memory you have made together: Our 30 year anniversary trip. We went on a road trip with no reservations or plans. We ended up in Tunica - Memphis - Lynchburg TN and ended in Nashville. A week of open roads and so many memories.

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The New Economy vs. the Old Economy

2 years 4 months ago
From Construction Business Owner: Trying to interpret which way the economy will go is confusing and uncertain, even for those whose primary responsibility is doing so. There are many competing views on whether we’re in a recession and how long it will last. One thing we are confident in is that 2023 looks quite challenging. After […]
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St. Louis Developer Hires Greater St. Louis Executive as General Counsel

2 years 4 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: A St. Louis-area developer has hired an executive away from Greater St. Louis Inc. Neal Griffin began work Feb. 1 as the general counsel for Creve Coeur-based Bamboo Equity Partners, a real estate developer and private equity firm. He previously served as vice president of real estate for Greater St. Louis […]
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Orchid Show

2 years 4 months ago

Experience a beloved tradition in a brand-new space as the annual Orchid Show returns in its new home in the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center’s Emerson Conservatory.   For most

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