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RIVERBEND - It’s time to get a jump on those New Year’s resolutions. If you want to help out your community in 2024, keep reading. There are plenty of volunteer opportunities in the Riverbend region that might be a great fit for you. Best Buddies — St. Louis The Best Buddies program matches up people with and without developmental/intellectual disabilities. Most people volunteer to be part of a one-on-one friendship, but the program also sponsors integrated employment, leadership development and inclusive living opportunities. Big Brothers Big Sisters of America — Belleville If you’re interested in working one-on-one with a child, this program might be for you. Sign up to be a Big , and you’ll be matched with a kid who you will support for several years as a friend and mentor. This volunteer opportunity is pretty customizable depending on what you and your Little enjoy. Boys and Girls Club — Alton The Boys and Girls

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EDWARDSVILLE - First-year nursing student Lauren Monke from Litchfield, is the recipient of the fall 2023 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Staff Senate scholarship. “We are always excited to award deserving students with the means of furthering their education at SIUE,” said Angela White, Staff Senate secretary. “The Staff Senate has been awarding students scholarships annually for many years. It is the highlight of our year!” “I feel so honored to have been chosen for this scholarship,” said Monke. “It is going to allow me to pay for almost two months of my freshman year as I work towards pursuing my bachelor’s degree in nursing.” Monke is the daughter of Kim Monke, IT Manager/Administrative Coordinator, Information Technology Services. “I would like to thank my mother for making me a candidate for this scholarship. None of it would have been possible if it weren’t for her 23 years she has spent

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The storm that began Jan. 8, 1905, was more unpleasant than historic. But the hardened accumulation made for a great slide, if that was one’s intent.

Now that the flurry of December theater openings has passed, I'm taking a few moments to reflect on the year. All in all, 2023 was a good year for theater and theatergoers — and I'm cautiously optimistic that 2024 will continue the trend.

When Jessica Silas started taking classes at the Improv Shop two years ago, she realized all the improv groups around her were predominantly white. But soon, that reality will be no more.

A lot can change in just under three years — a flip in control of the House of Representatives, four new iPhone models, a once-groundbreaking vaccine now offered alongside annual flu shots. For one fourth-generation farmer, almost everything has changed. “It was time,” Darvin Bentlage said, referring to his decision to significantly downsize his farming […]

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In the realm of economic development, the influence of strategic funding initiatives can be likened to the ripple effect caused by casting stones into a pond. Each grant, regardless of its size, has the potential to create waves of change across the community. However, the art lies in identifying and leveraging grants that, akin to denser stones, yield disproportionately larger ripples of impact. This endeavor, central to the mission of organizations like Arch Grants in St. Louis, involves a meticulous…

Here are key retail and business openings and closings for the St. Louis area in December.

The pattern signals a deeper truth: our economics and the survival of our species are deeply at odds.

The startup funding process can be a daunting, complex task for entrepreneurs. Every stage of startup funding requires different goals and strategies to ensure successful fundraising. Knowing when it's time to move to the next round of funding, what goals you should set for your business at each point in the process and how to best prepare is key to finding investors who believe in your vision. It can take a startup years to move through the funding stages, so it's wise to use that time to prepare…

When engaging in discussions over any merger or acquisition transaction, the parties will plan out and schedule most of the process around the anticipated timetables for due diligence. All too often, parties are exclusively planning out the due diligence of the target company. Obviously, the target company is the only entity changing hands, so its risk profile is paramount to the transaction. However, in today’s market, sellers have an increased interest in performing their own due diligence on…

David Woodburn, CEO of St. Louis-based agtech startup Edison Agrosciences, vividly remembers the first time he saw a commercial sunflower field. It was years ago, during a road trip through South Dakota, and he recalls being struck by the flowers set against a bright blue sky. Yet despite how memorable the experience was, it would be many years before he’d come to understand the plant’s full power — one that is poised to solve one of the most vexing problems in the U.S. supply chain. “There…

As I’ve mentioned earlier, I consider the historic building at 7401 Hazel in our town to be an attractive piece of carpentry.  I am not alone. Also, as I have mentioned in the past, one of Maplewood’s most talented artists, Stan Masters, knew a good subject when he saw it as well.  He painted five […]

In the sports world, he's known throughout the state of Missouri simply as the awesome one. You see him around so many high school games every single weekend. He's the one with an encyclopedic memory of all that is St.…