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Ameren Illinois Replacing Natural Gas Upgrades in Collinsville, Glen Carbon

2 years 8 months ago
COLLINSVILLE – Ameren Illinois customers in and around Collinsville and Glen Carbon will see energy at work throughout the spring and well into the summer as crews replace steel pipeline and natural gas services with modern, corrosion-resistant polyethylene material. Ameren Illinois crews will upgrade nearly 2.5 miles of natural gas pipeline from the 1960s and more than 200 individual customers' natural gas services. All work should be completed by early August, weather pending. Phase 1 – Construction is underway in Glen Carbon. The work is being done along Edwards Drive. Phase 2 – Crews will begin work in July. Work will be done along Carl Street in Collinsville. For projects in process, a brief interruption of natural gas service is required while switching individual services over to their new services just before the work is completed. Ameren Illinois will relight natural gas appliances for any customer who requests it. If a customer is not home at the

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Jim Brainard

2 years 8 months ago

Jim Brainard’s exhibition “Bits & Pieces” creates assemblages made from found, often-neglected, objects such as tree bark, used matches, and corrugated cardboard. He also scavenges small mysterious pieces of trash

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Catherine Neville

Ryan Eckert

2 years 8 months ago

Ryan Eckert’s structural abstractions explore ideas about the state of splitting worldviews, depicted through the lens of biblical Christianity. Eckert’s works in his exhibition:“Two Worldviews” presents the clashing of ideals

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Catherine Neville

Mario Trejo

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Mario Trejo’s exhibition “Idiosyncratic Tantrums” features extensive accumulations that visually explore eternity and struggle through manic mark making. Considering the concepts of time, space, and number. He creates hundreds of

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Catherine Neville

St. Patrick’s Day and the Shepherd’s Pie

2 years 8 months ago

Top of the Mornin’ to Ye St. Patrick’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. It requires no gifts or long speeches. No lavish meals. No expensive fireworks or costuming—though a bit of greenish bling certainly brightens the occasion. A simple necklace of green beads will get you into most any parade or pub in... 

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Jean Carnahan

CPI in February ticks up, but supercore is still in good shape

2 years 8 months ago
Today is inflation day, and the BLS reports that CPI moved sort of sideways in February: Headline CPI dropped from January's high reading, but core CPI moved up a bit. This makes three months in a row that core CPI has been creeping upward. (In case you care—which you shouldn't—the year-over year rate that news ...continue reading "CPI in February ticks up, but supercore is still in good shape"
Kevin Drum

Missouri Courts Need Extra Funds To Expunge Marijuana-Related Offenses

2 years 8 months ago
After three months of looking through old marijuana charges, Boone County Circuit Court Clerk Christy Blakemore — along with clerks and judges around the state — has come to a realization. There’s no quick way to wipe those records clean. And, it’s going to take a lot more money for overtime to go through the mountain of expungements in Boone County by summertime.
Rebecca Rivas