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The 2018 farm bill that legalized hemp created a loophole for an unregulated copycat of marijuana. A form of delta-9 THC — the psychoactive substance in pot — doesn’t face the same laws and regulations as marijuana because it comes…

ALTON - The Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial will sponsor four events in November to help perpetuate the memory of Elijah P. Lovejoy. Please join us and celebrate Lovejoy, a man whose life was taken on November 9, 1837 by a mob while he was defending our rights for freedom of the press and freedom from slavery. Lovejoy Week Music Festival The Lovejoy Week Music Festival is scheduled for Thursday, November 3rd in the Alton High School Gymnasium at 4200 Humbert Rd. in Godfrey, IL. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7:00 p.m. Featured in the program are the East Elementary School Chorus directed by Thora Buis, the Alton Middle School Honor Choir directed by Melissa Sharpe, the Alton High School Symphonic Orchestra directed Laura Plummer, the Alton High School Chamber Singers directed by Leah Galbraith and the Lewis & Clark Community College Jazz Band directed by Tim Jarden. Lovejoy Day Lovejoy Day is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9 th at the Lovejoy Monument

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The Chain of Rocks Park is planning to update its riverfront trail, as well as its existing trailhead and habitat, next year.

City, County and St. Charles County residents have just one week left to apply for FEMA disaster assistance before the Nov. 7 deadline.

EDWARDSVILLE – Metro-East Lutheran High School will host an Open House at its campus on Center Grove Road on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The event, which is open to the public, will allow attendees to take a tour of the school’s campus, meet with faculty and administration and find out more about the school’s academic, athletic and extracurricular offerings as well as get answers to questions about tuition, financial assistance and scholarship opportunities. Metro-East Lutheran High School (MELHS) has been providing academic excellence in a Christ-centered environment for more than 40 years. For more information about Metro-East Lutheran High School, email admissions@melhs.org or go to www.melhs.org .

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Albert Pujols had a sendoff season for the ages, and baseball fans might hope to get their hands on some piece of history to remember it. The ultimate prize, the baseball Albert Pujols slugged for his 700th career home run, is up for auction.

More pics at : https://www.randymanning.com/Alton-Halloween-Parade ALTON - Alton Halloween Parade winners were announced late Monday night. The winners are as follows: Junior Youth Division: 1st East Alton Skating Academy 2nd Alton Middle School 3rd St. Ambrose 4th Cub Scout Pack 8001 Family/Neighborhood: 1st Geisen Family 2nd Fred’s Towing 3rd Scott Schultz Jurassic 4th Don Fuller Senior Youth Division: 1st Piasa Bird Soccer Team 2nd AHS Dance Team 3rd Marquette Homecoming 4th Alton Matching 100 Organizations: 1st Great Rivers Research & Education Center 2nd Great Rivers Museum 3rd Jacoby Arts Center 4th Alton Pride Commercial: 1st Alton Orthopedic Sports Medicine 2nd Alton Physical Therapy 3rd Tarrant & Harman 4th The Home Depot

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Rep. Ann Wagner, a five-term incumbent, faces state Rep. Trish Gunby on Nov. 8.

Over several centuries, Indian artisans perfected complex methods for producing dyes and mordants to create painted and printed cloth in a spectrum of fade-resistant colors. Starting in the 17th century,

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Hong Kong–based artist Samson Young’s practice centers on installation-based work stemming from sound and music. He interweaves cultural paradigms across media while focusing on poetic translations between the sonic and

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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World

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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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This exhibit showcases reproductions of the work of Missouri’s first known woman artist, Anna Maria von Phul. Her artwork illustrates life in the Missouri Territory during the 1810s and 1820s,

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Botswana-born artist Meleko Mokgosi creates large-scale, figurative, and often text-based paintings, drawing from the tropes of history painting and cinema to probe systems of knowledge production, the politics of representation,

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Chinese Silk Textiles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties showcases fine examples of Chinese textiles from the Museum’s collection, including clothing, embroideries, hangings, and banners made between 1570 and 1911.

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In the dramatic years between the two world wars, German art ranged from an activist realism to a utopian idealism. This exhibition presents a selection of work that questions the

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