ALTON - The Baker sisters, undoubtedly Alton's most passionate and charismatic players on the girl's soccer team, both got to sign commitments to their respective colleges. Emily, the goal scorer, will be heading to Southeast Missouri State University, while Peyton, the goal stopper, will be going to McKendree University. The sisters are both Auto Butler Female Athletes of the Month for Alton. Emily is the team's go-to forward, especially in big games and important situations. She scored 31 goals last season which led the team and assisted on nine more. Her sister Peyton is the go-to keeper. She started every game of the season and picked up 11 shutouts along the way. She made 99 saves throughout the season and logged over 1,700 minutes. Their head coach at Alton, Gwen Sabo, was proud of their accomplishment. "Kind of like I told them yesterday, it's super cool anytime you can make it to the next level." She mentioned that you don't see a lot of sisters being able to do
It’s always fun when copyright gets in the way of preservation efforts, especially when it comes at the hands of a mega-corporation like Apple. Many of you are likely to be familiar with WWDC, Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. This is one of those places where you get a bunch of Apple product reveals and news […]
Adolphus Pruitt, St. Louis NAACP chief, and the Rev. Darryl Gray, a civil-rights activist, co-host "Point Black" on KATZ (1600 AM) on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m.
Teach For America (TFA) St. Louis is the recipient of a $140,000 grant from Bayer Fund which will be used to develop and support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) educators in St. Louis city and county.
The jokes just write themselves, folks: Todd Rundgren has partnered with the Michigan-based company Cheef Cannabis for a collection of two limited-edition strains called, yes, Hello, It's Weed. One strain,…
Those "one night only" Billy Joel/Stevie Nicks concerts seem to be shaping up into a full fledged tour. The Piano Man and the Gold Dust Woman -- can we call…
The company updated the iconic sign, by replacing and updating each individual lightbulb and installing a new LED board that will show the American flag. Here's how much it cost.
Republican state senators made history Thursday by selecting Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin as majority leader, making her the first woman from either party to hold the second most powerful job in the upper chamber. O’Laughlin, of Shelbina in northeast Missouri, defeated Sen. Mike Bernskoetter of Jefferson City in a vote held in a closed-door caucus. Current […]
ALTON - The City of Alton , Three Rivers Project of Sierra Club Illinois , National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) and Lowe’s completed a fall tree planting project in several different Alton parks, as well as at the Alton Marina and along Broadway Street in downtown Alton. Building on their successful spring tree planting project, Alton acquired free trees thanks to a Recover, Replant, Restore! (RRR) grant secured by NGRREC from Trees Forever and the Swarovski Waterschool, along with private foundation funding obtained by the Three Rivers Project. The City of Alton secured additional support for this project from Ameren Illinois’ “Right Tree Right Place” program along with encouraging City employees to participate in the fall tree planting sessions. Mayor David Goins helped plant Bald Cypress trees at the Alton Marina, on October 28th, to replace trees that were lost during the Flood of 2019. Alderman Nate Keener helped plan
Pure Vibes, a St. Louis-based skin care products and spa services business, is relocating its brick-and-mortar storefront to City Foundry STL in Midtown.
The business, founded in 2013 by owner Tiffany Snow Wesley, opened its first location, at 8322 Olive Blvd. in University City, in June 2021. That store recently was closed, and Pure Vibes will have its grand opening Saturday at City Foundry.
Pure Vibes is a co-op with five worker-owners and three estheticians. Its new location will be open Tuesday…
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - After feeling like summer the last two days, get ready for winter-like temperatures. A strong cold front is on track to move through the metro St Louis area late tonight. Some showers are possible but the big impact this front will have in our region will be the cold air behind [...]
A deal to sell a car painted like the American flag turned scary quickly for the seller last night, leading to a gun being drawn — all over a $20 discrepancy. The victim, who asked we only refer to him by his first name, Wayne, had arranged to sell his Chevy Cobalt through Facebook Marketplace. The Cobalt's trunk area has been painted blue with white stars while the rest of the body is red and white stripes.
A former Missouri basketball player James "Jed" Frost allegedly killed himself and his wife in a Dallas-area office building on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Dallas Morning News. According to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department, Jed, 51, and his wife, Beth, 46, were found dead on the second floor of the Stemmons Corridor building, where Beth worked as a medical examiner. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told the Morning News that Jed allegedly murdered his wife, before killing himself.
When Alice in Chains released a 30th anniversary edition of their landmark 1992 album, Dirt, it surprised the band by reentering the top 10 of the Billboard chart. While the album…
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