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GODFREY - Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick and several village trustees are wary of the increasing number of liquor license requests they’ve been getting from local businesses after one such request came before the Village Board on Wednesday from Kroger, the owner of Ruler Foods in Godfrey. At Wednesday night’s Village Board meeting, trustees discussed a liquor license request from Kroger for a “Beer of the Month” promotion. The grocery store chain said in their application that they “will also be applying for state video gaming licenses in the near future.” Mayor Mike McCormick recalled Trustee Rick Lauschke raising concerns about the growing number of liquor license/video gaming requests from local businesses at the last Village Board meeting and said he thinks the situation is “getting out of control.” “We’ve been getting a lot of these,” McCormick said. “Now the Ruler store wants to be able to put in video

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Before Mamma Mia!, members of ABBA teamed up with Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Lion King, Evita) to create a dynamic drama centered on the World Chess Championship, mirroring

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The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the child was found unharmed on a parking lot by Creve Coeur police.

ROXANA - Jack Rea, a sophomore-to-be at Marquette Catholic High, is taking over as starting quarterback for the upcoming 2023 season and is hopeful of helping the Explorers turn around their football program. Rea is a Tucker's Automotive Repair & Tire Male Athlete of the Month for the Explorers. Marquette has gone 0-9 in both 2021 and 2022 and last won a game on Apr. 9, 2021, during the COVID-19 spring football season, winning at East Alton-Wood River 28-12. The Explorers are very optimistic they will start turning things around this coming season and in his interview that followed the Explorers competing in seven-on-seven passing scrimmages against Alton, Hardin Calhoun and host Roxana at Charlie Raich Field on June 28, Rea expressed that optimism. "Oh, I think things went pretty well," Rea said of the 7-on-7 evening in Roxana. "We have a new group of people for Marquette football and we're just working out here and we're improving a lot and keep practicing to get better from last

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The largest item in the nearly $50 billion state budget this year includes the long-awaited widening of Interstate 70 and work on the 200-mile stretch will start this summer. 

Responding officers took the teen to the hospital due to all city ambulances being unavailable, police said.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is an idyllic place to listen to live music. On Wednesday evenings throughout the summer, the garden hosts free, open-air concerts as part of the annual

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Thousands were still without power in Missouri Wednesday evening. Some of the hardest-hit areas include north St. Louis County and north St. Louis City.

ALTON - The Madison County Sheriff’s Office and Alton Police Department responded to a reported bank robbery Wednesday afternoon at Carrollton Bank in the 100 block of Homer Adams Parkway. Madison County Sheriff’s Office is the lead law enforcement agency in the area where the bank is located. Madison County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Marcos Pulido said the bank robbery call came in at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday, July 5. The sheriff’s office responded with Alton Police and preliminary investigation revealed a black male in a grey hoodie with light-colored jeans, entered the bank and inferred he had a handgun and demanded cash, Pulido said. “The suspect fled from the bank on foot toward Martin Luther King Boulevard and was reportedly last seen running into a wooded area near the Alby Street Overpass,” Pulido added. “The sheriff’s deputies and Alton Police arrived at the scene to look for the suspect. The suspect was observed a short time

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Precision Mazes spent the day Monday etching Taylor Swift's likeness into a field in Orrick, Missouri, ahead of her concerts in Kansas City.

Katherine Coen, 33, sat in her car as a storm descended on St. Louis. She had groceries with her, her father said, and was probably waiting out the rain.

After a nationwide search, the St. Louis Public School District selected Dr. Keisha Scarlett to become its new superintendent.

One of the most pernicious ideas that copyright maximalism has spread is that preventing people from freely accessing creative material is not just a good thing to do, but should be the natural state of affairs. This has made questioning whether copyright is really the best way to support artists and promote creativity hard. Against […]

ALTON - This weekend’s storms might have passed, but there's another twister coming in the form of “The Real Land of Oz.” The theater company 3 Purple Coats Productions is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a new, elevated production of the musical that made them famous in the Alton area. “The Real Land of Oz” is a retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” and was written by Leah Becoat, the founder of the production company. “You want people to be touched by your work,” Becoat said. “I think people will be moved or touched because there are so many things that speak to adults and youth.” Becoat began writing at age 8 to cope with severe eczema, and it quickly became her passion. She opened 3 Purple Coats Productions with her two sisters in 2013; the company’s name is a nod to their surname. In the 10 years since then, Becoat has written a youth show every summer, with additional productions throughout the year whe

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GODFREY – The RiverBend Growth Association has chosen Godfrey-based Karen Wilson State Farm as the July 2023 Small Business of the Month. As its business name suggests, this local State Farm Insurance office is owned by Karen Wilson. Located at 225 Tolle Lane in Godfrey, Wilson has been in business for 20 years and currently has three employees. “I downsized to two team members for a while,” Wilson noted, “but realized that a third person is crucial to an efficient and customer-focused office. We feel this has been beneficial to all. She said that continuing education is required because of the licensing her team members must have. “However, coming from the world of education, I always encourage continuous learning. Seminars, trainings, self-help books, webinars are a very important part of our culture. “We are a woman-owned and operated business and proud of it. Although we are all familiar with the company I represent, I am the business owner.

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Forbes arts and travel contributor Chadd Scott discusses how large arts institutions support the arts and artists in St. Louis — and how those support systems compare with other cities in the Midwest. Two recent recipients of regional artist grants, musician Kasimu Taylor and video and performance artist Carlos Salazar-Lermont, discuss realities around funding specific projects and sustaining themselves as artists.