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CARLINVILLE, IL - Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, will host prospective students and their families for an Open House on Monday, February 20, 2023, beginning at 9:00 AM. The winter event is designed to be an engaging opportunity for prospective first-year and transfer students to gather important information about the college application process. For students who bring their official transcripts, it may be possible to get an instant admission decision and find out immediately if they can attend Blackburn in the fall. Throughout the day, students and families will tour the beautiful 80-acre campus, make personal connections with current students and professors, and get to know what life is like as a Blackburn student. In addition to a complimentary lunch, they will see first-hand Blackburn’s unique approach to education as the only student-managed Work Program in the nation and discover how graduates build full resumes that will give them a four-year head start launching

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Tickets for the August concert at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater go on sale Friday.

Some key GOP legislators have not emerged as fervent supporters of new restrictions on drag shows.

GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College welcomes three new faculty members for the start of the Spring 2023 semester. The new team members include a director of nursing education, an associate business professor and an assistant professor of art. “We’re pleased to welcome these professionals to Lewis and Clark,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs Sue Czerwinski. “The knowledge and experience they bring to these positions will certainly benefit our students.” Nicholas Hand, Associate Professor, Business Hand is a Godfrey native. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Lindenwood University. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from Saint Louis University School of Law. He has experience working in the business offices of both junior and professional hockey, including a marketing role with the St. Louis Blues. His higher education experience includes work as an adjunct and full-time professor in the Plaster

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Virginia-based Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, like a lot of coastal elites, struggles with the finer points of Midwestern geography. In the lead up to yesterday's Kansas City Chiefs win over the Cincinnati Bengals, Hawley did one of those dumb politician sports bets, waging Ohio Senator JD Vance some Missouri BBQ on the outcome of the game. The only problem for Hawley was that the BBQ he wagered was actually from Kansas.

The magic in “magic mushrooms” may be the ability to defeat post-traumatic stress disorder, and a St. Charles County Republican lawmaker wants to make them legal in a treatment setting. State Rep. Tony Lovasco of O’Fallon isn’t a hippie. He says he’s never taken psilocybin mushrooms or smoked a joint. “I’ve never even smoked a […]

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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World

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Country singer Luke Bryan recently announced that his 36-city Country On Tour kicks off this summer in June.

In 2019, The Who returned to London's Wembley Stadium for the first time in 40 years, and now fans who weren't there can experience the concert. The band is set to release The Who with…

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One Sedgwick man will spend every Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium from here on out without ever traveling to Kansas City. He brought the Chiefs Kingdom right to his front door.

Dave Grohl is starring in a Super Bowl commercial for whisky brand Crown Royal. Ahead of the big game, Crown Royal has shared two teaser videos for the ad. One…

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Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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WASHINGTON — Karen Judith Briseno Ortiz mailed in her application for a program meant to protect undocumented children from deportation, one day after her twin sister’s application. Her sister was accepted into the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but Briseno Ortiz, who grew up in Dallas, was not. Now her application is in limbo […]

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Breathe is a collection of large-scale abstract paintings created through the unconscious combination of bold colors and free movement. Artist Lauren Younge uses acrylics to design irregular patterns that could motivate

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A well-known eatery is teaming up to protect fellow St. Louisans from the cold.

The stores were once part of our lives. Now it is as though they never existed