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$1 Million Winning Ticket: Lotto Player Draws Numbers From Phillips 66 On Broadway In Alton

2 years 8 months ago
CHICAGO – It’s going to be a very memorable and merry Christmas for a local Illinois Lottery player. That’s because they’re each holding a winning ticket worth $1 million. Three other lucky players also had winning numbers throughout the state with a significant prize of $50,000. The $1 million winning ticket was won playing the Lotto. The lucky player purchased the ticket at a Phillips 66 gas station, located at 1660 East Broadway in Alton, and matched all six Lotto Million 1 numbers in the Thursday, December 22 drawing to win the grand prize. The winning numbers were: 2-3-13-21-28-43. This is now the 13th Illinois Lottery player who has won a prize of a million dollars or more with Lotto so far this year. Christmas will also be very merry and bright for three more Illinois Lottery players after winning big with Lucky Day Lotto. A Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $900,000 was bought at PK Pantry, located at 19771 S. Torrence Ave. in Lynwood. The winning ticket

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Including the cats

2 years 8 months ago
Who loves Christmas more than cats? From top: Charlie investigating a new cat toy from Aunt Gin; Hilbert seemingly aware that this box has some new pillows; Hilbert getting ready to play amidst the wrapping with Charlie; Charlie peeking out from behind a mountain of tissue paper.
Kevin Drum

Winterfest 2022

2 years 8 months ago

Back for its seventh year, Gateway Arch Park Foundation’s Winterfest will have fan favorites such as ice skating, s’more stations and igloos positioned under 70,000 twinkling lights.   The festivities kick

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Rachel Huffman

Christmas/Holiday Week Is About Love, Spending Time With Family and Friends

2 years 8 months ago
What is a better Christmas gift than a loving relationship with people that you care about? Christmas should just not be about exchanging gifts, but about spending time with family and friends, and expressing the love you share with each other. Christmas has been commercialized since before my time, and there is nothing wrong with that. It’s fun and exciting to buy and exchange presents and to see the reaction of the receiver, especially when it’s kids. I love the reaction of someone receiving a gift they didn’t expect, a gift they need, or a gift they wouldn’t have bought for themselves. Of course, the kids will play with their gifts all day and night, but after the adults open and exchange their gifts, they sit around and enjoy each other by talking, eating, playing games, and enjoying the Christmas spirit. Family and friends sitting around and enjoying each other’s company is the most impactful part of the holidays. Christmas is about love. The Christmas

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Home

2 years 8 months ago

Home is a mixed media project of past and present images, paying homage to artist Phillip Hamer’s loved ones.   Hamer dedicates this project to his family, the humans who

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Rachel Huffman

Mona Chalabi: Squeeze

2 years 8 months ago

Data journalist, illustrator and writer Mona Chalabi presents a large-scale exhibition on the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ Project Wall.   Chalabi’s work is informed by statistics gathered on politics,

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Rachel Huffman