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Cardinals carry versatility on Opening Day roster

2 years 7 months ago
Most winning ball clubs will have at least one utility player they can plug into any position at any given time that benefits the team. The St. Louis Cardinals made the concept of versatility a priority when constructing their 2023 roster.
Joey Schneider

Swashbuckle! At City Museum

2 years 7 months ago

Somersaulting, Sword Fighting and Circus Circus Harmony is back with their annual, full length, ticketed show. This year, it is an epic adventure with somersaulting, sword fighting, and circus called Swashbuckle! The show features all-new acts co-created with Circus Harmony’s sensational staff and talented students. Date for : Circu Harmony, St. Louis’ only social circus […]

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Garwood's Heating & Cooling Keeps Quality, Success Going For Generations

2 years 7 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - At Garwood’s Heating & Cooling in Edwardsville, quality customer service has been a family tradition for the business, which has been serving the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon area for over 40 years between two generations of the Garwood family - and possibly a third generation someday. “It’s a small family business that my father and mother started in the early ‘80s, and things have been going very well,” Service Manager Shane Garwood said, adding that he’s been with the business since 1993. Shane said they mainly specialize in residential service and retrofit replacement, as well as some minor commercial work. He added it’s been “quite an honor” for the company to be in business for the last four decades. “We’ve been so fortunate and blessed in this community,” he said. “We’ve grown with it and the business opportunities that it’s presented for us have been phenomenal.”

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Mammoth meatballs—no, wait—meatballs *from* mammoths, are on the menu

2 years 7 months ago
This is how it starts: A woolly mammoth meatball has been created from the animal’s DNA — 4,000 years after the beast went extinct. It gets worse: Vow, the Australian company that created the food, made the meat by isolating genetic material found in mammoths that gives flavor to red meat and filled in gaps ...continue reading "Mammoth meatballs—no, wait—meatballs *from* mammoths, are on the menu"
Kevin Drum

Piasa Park to get Brand new look on Great River Road

2 years 7 months ago

Details of New Alton Piasa Park Redevelopment Announced   Redevelopment of Alton’s Piasa Park plans were announced on Tuesday at the commission meeting  in the Alton City Hall council chambers. It was open to the public and comments were welcomed. The much-anticipated project calls for the redesign and redevelopment of Piasa Park – home to […]

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Josh Hawley Cries 'Hate Crimes' as Kids Get Slaughtered

2 years 7 months ago
A shooting that left three kids under the age of 10 dead in Tennessee has Missouri Senator Josh Hawley demanding a hate crime investigation. Never mind that Hawley was the only U.S. senator to vote against a 2021 bill to help victims of hate crimes. Never mind that Hawley failed to call for action after a school shooter targeted students at CVPA High School in St Louis, leaving a teacher and teenager dead and many more injured in the state Hawley supposedly represents (but doesn't actually live in).
Jenna Jones

Prairie Farms Dairy Announces New Chief Operating Officer

2 years 7 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Prairie Farms Dairy announced today the promotion of Chris Hackman as its Chief Operating Officer. Hackman currently serves as Senior Vice President of Operations, and on April 1, he will succeed Gary Aggus, who has served as COO since 2006. In February, Aggus announced that he would step down from the position. “I am grateful for Gary’s dedicated service as Chief Operating Officer and wish him the very best as he transitions into the next phase of his career. At the same time, I am thrilled to have Chris assume this critical leadership role and look forward to our work together for many more years,” said Matt McClelland, Prairie Farms’ Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice President. “Chris’ extensive knowledge, experience, and dedication to “Do Right” for our farmer-owners, associates, and customers makes him the ideal person for the COO position.” “When I began my career with Prairie Farms 16 years ago,

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First Walls Of New Starbucks Are Installed

2 years 7 months ago
ALTON - The wait for a new Starbucks in Alton is almost over. The first walls were positioned in place Tuesday at the new Starbucks location at 1725 Homer Adams Parkway in Alton. The new coffee house will be located where the old Shop 'n Save gas station once occupied that space. The walls appear pre-assembled, so the process should go quickly and soon there will be a new Starbucks on Homer Adams Parkway. The new location was approved about a year ago by the city, but there was site work required because it once was a gas station.

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Deputies Who Raided Afroman’s House Sue Him For Daring To Turn Footage Of The Raid Into A Viral Video

2 years 7 months ago
When the Adams County (OH) sheriff’s office raided rap artist Afroman’s home, he didn’t just sit back and assume everyone involved operated in good faith. The raid was captured on Afroman’s security cameras, which the artist soon converted into a viral video/rap song entitled “Will You Help Me Repair My Door.” The footage — which […]
Tim Cushing

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here's what it means

2 years 7 months ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter. It’s a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving [...]
GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press