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Informational Night/Open House Set At Lincoln Middle School About Bond Referendum

2 years 8 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville School District 7 will hold an informational night and open house at Lincoln Middle School at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, for community members to learn more about how the zero-tax-rate-change bond, if passed, would address needed renovations and a partial rebuild of the aging school building. Edwardsville School District 7 will have a $100 million zero-tax-rate change bond referendum on the April 4, 2023, ballot. If approved by voters, the district would be able to issue $100 million in bonds to address essential safety and security upgrades, identified facility needs and other identified critical maintenance. While some schools require more repair and renovation than others, every student attending school in our district will improve from improved school buildings. The informational night will begin with a presentation in the auditorium that will include architectural plans for Lincoln. District leaders, staff, and students

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Residents ask Missouri legislators to halt silica mine, don’t want ‘our futures ruined’

2 years 8 months ago

Ste. Genevieve County residents who fear a proposed silica sand mine will drain their drinking water wells and light up the night sky with its 24-hour schedule asked a Missouri House committee on Monday to halt the project.  “We (do) not deserve to have our futures ruined because a handful of people want to make […]

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Allison Kite

St. Louis Superman Seeking Donations After Uniting With Long-Distance Wife

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Charlee Soffer, a former St. Louis resident locally known as the “St. Louis Superman,” is embarking on a new journey halfway across the country as he and his wife Colleen begin their lives together after spending years in a long-distance relationship. They are asking the public for donations to their GoFundMe fundraiser to help cover moving expenses as they start the next chapter of their story, which has so far included multiple Superman events, an emergency marriage over Zoom, and much more. Charlee’s career as St. Louis Superman began when he moved to the city after graduating from Jersey Community High School in 2005. He went to his first Superman Celebration in Metropolis the next year and became the sole pupil of Christopher Dennis, the “Hollywood Superman” who was well-known for impersonating the superhero on Hollywood Boulevard. Charlee returned to the event every year, and on his sixth year going, he met Colleen. They started

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Fourth Circuit Latest To Say Filming Cops Is Protected By The First Amendment

2 years 8 months ago
The Supreme Court — years after the ubiquity of cell phones and their cameras — has yet to provide nationwide guidance on a topic that should be considered settled: the right to record public officials while they engage in their public duties. If cops can assert anything happening on a public street has no reasonable […]
Tim Cushing

South Park Shouts-Out St. Louis Rapper Big Boss Vette

2 years 8 months ago
South Park's 26th season kicked off last week with a nod to St. Louis's own Big Boss Vette and her viral song "Pretty Girls Walk," which has a trending dance on TikTok. Probably even more popular than Megan Trainor's "Made You Look," it is hard to scroll through TikTok without seeing people earnestly performing the strut-heavy dance or parodying it. So naturally when South Park characters Tolkien and Kyle get TikTok famous at school, they shoot a viral video to the track in front of their lockers.
Ryan Krull