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Largest Lotto Jackpot Of Year On Line Tonight, Topping $14 Million

2 years 6 months ago
CHICAGO – The Lotto jackpot for tonight’s drawing is now a whopping $14,150,000. This is the largest Lotto jackpot in nearly three years, when a lucky Illinois player scooped up $16.5 million in June 2020. Lotto is an Illinois-only game with three chances to win a million dollars or more with every drawing. So far this month, two Lotto players have won $1 million each, but the jackpot has kept growing. In total this year, over 2.5 million winning Lotto tickets have been sold, netting players about $10.9 million in prizes. Lotto is played three times a week with drawings on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The next prize draw is tonight, April 24 at 9:22 p.m. CT. Lotto tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add Extra Shot for an additional $1 for the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes. With over 7,000 Illinois Lottery retailers across the State, Illinois Lottery players can conveniently pick up a ticket at their local store - or they can login to the

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Review: John Mellencamp Was Something To See, Baby

2 years 6 months ago
The theme for John Mellencamp’s current marathon theater tour, which included a two-night stint at the Stifel over the weekend, is the classic American cinema that had a formative influence on him. To set that stage, the audience was treated to a 30-minute pre-show sampling of film clips from the likes of Hud, The Grapes of Wrath and On the Waterfront.
Steve Leftridge

Petition to get The Urge on the St. Louis Walk of Fame nears goal

2 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Real Housewives producer and TV host Andy Cohen will be getting a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame next month. The markers memorialize many celebrities along the Delmar Loop. Now, there is a petition to honor the 90's hit band The Urge with a marker. They are close to their [...]
Joe Millitzer

Jersey's Gabe Axley Signs With Sydenstricker Nobbe John Deere Technical School For Program

2 years 6 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - Jersey Community High School senior Gabe Axley signed recently with Sydenstricker Nobbe John Deere Technical School in Wentzville, MO. Only 25 students out of 200 applicants were selected for this 9-month program. He will pay $0 tuition, $0 room, and board, and receive wages while training. "We used this signing opportunity of a model student, Gabe, to hear from Ben Poletti with SNP to inspire underclassmen industrial arts students," Jersey Community School District said in a comment.

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The students presented Ms. Joyner-Kersee with a gift

2 years 6 months ago
Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee will issue the historic instruction of “Gentlemen, start your engines,” as Grand Marshal of the Enjoy Illinois 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR) at 2:30 p.m. June 4, 2023.
St. Louis American staff