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When Conner Smith saw an Instagram ad in early 2021 from the mobile app EarnIn offering to let him access up to $100 from his paycheck before payday, he thought it would be a convenient way to pay for a…

In a recent interview, Enterprise Mobility CEO Chrissy Taylor spoke on the company's new name, and its goals for future growth.

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in […]

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ALTON - What does the future of tourism look like in southwest Illinois? That’s a question the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau plans to answer with a new Tourism Master Plan. The Tourism Bureau has partnered with Whereabout, a destination futures studio based in Portland, OR, to create a Tourism Master Plan which will set a long-term vision for the future of the region and the organization. The planning process is already underway and includes surveys designed to gather input from visitors, local residents, small business owners and tourism partners within the bureau’s six county scope. It is part of the community-driven process to create the plan. The surveys are available on the Bureau’s website https://www.riversandroutes.com/destination-development/tourism-master-plan/ . The surveys opened October 5 and will close November 5. “Our six county region includes 39 diverse communities and we want to ensure we are meeting the needs of our partners as wel

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ALTON - If you’ve seen the posters advertising the 106th Alton Halloween Parade around town, then you already know the work of Alton High School sophomore Audrey Hunter. Every year, Alton High School (AHS) students can compete in a contest to design the parade poster. The East End Improvement Association , an Alton nonprofit that sponsors the parade, chooses the winner and plasters posters all over town. AHS career and technical education teacher Lexa Browning coordinates the contest and said Alton students have been designing the posters for at least 25 years. “ get to use their creativity and produce all these lovely posters, and it’s exciting every year to see the different concepts the kids come up with,” she added. “We’ve gone from doing them almost completely by hand to now doing them on the computer, or a combination thereof. It’s a fun project.” Browning teaches graphic communications classes, which is how she knows Hunter’s

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LIBERTYVILLE – Governor JB Pritzker today joined EVBox and other stakeholders for the launch of its new Illinois-built DC fast charger. Called the Troniq Modular, EVBox’s new product is a National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) ready electric vehicle (EV) charging station. EVBox’s new DC fast charger is compliant with the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s Build America, Buy America guidelines, which requires that chargers be produced in the United States with at least 55 percent domestic content. The launch event highlights the importance of clean energy businesses like EVBox, whose innovations will help bring Illinois closer to its goal of putting one million EVs on the road by 2030. “I’m proud to work closely with industry partners, like EVBox, to advance our shared clean energy goals and accelerate the transition to zero-emission vehicles,” said Governor JB Pritzker . “Major EV, EV parts, and renewable energy

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Some urban legends are simply extraordinary. A caller from Missouri to the nationally syndicated paranormal late-night radio program Coast to Coast AM claimed in 1995 to have invented a time machine. Then he disappeared.

The shooting happened minutes before midnight near Riverview Boulevard and Thekla Avenue.

Cement production has an enormous carbon footprint. That can be curbed with plug-and-play solutions, but eliminating emissions entirely will require big, ambitious action.

Inna and Vladimir Giterman tinkered with several business ideas before finding their niche — and their version of the American dream — with crepes.

Moms Run This is a 5K race dedicated to fundraising to support the mental health of moms on their entrepreneurial journey.

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We have some scattered light rain out there this morning. Temperatures are in the low to mid-40s for most places and this is where temperatures will stay for most of the day.

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Long before there was Costco or Sam's Club, there was E.J. Korvette. But two decades after the stores' grand openings, they were gone.