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Quentin & Leslie Palos' Love Story

2 years 10 months ago
Couples names: Quentin & Leslie Palos City: Jerseyville Date met or started dating: June 20, 1998 Date married: September 16, 2000 What makes your relationship special? We are complete opposites and have endured hardships but we have been able to endure those hardships together. Share a memory you have made together: An anniversary trip to Southern Illinois 3 years.

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Josh & Destiny's Love Story

2 years 10 months ago
Couples names: Josh & Destiny City: Jerseyville Date met pr started dating: July 31, 2020 What makes your relationship special? He’s my person and I’m his! We are the perfect balance for each other! Share a memory you have made together: Creating our family and the many trips we’ve made!

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Missouri health department says recreational marijuana will go on sale Friday

2 years 10 months ago
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Thursday that the emergency rules legalizing recreational marijuana sales will go into effect Friday. DHSS Communications Director Lisa Cox said the department's Division of Cannabis Regulation will begin approving conversion requests on Friday from medical dispensaries that requested the ability to sell adult-use marijuana. Cox said nearly all of the state's medical marijuana dispensaries applied for the comprehensive license that would…
Sam Clancy, Laura Barczewski and Brent Solomon, KSDK

Orchid Show

2 years 10 months ago

Experience a beloved tradition in a brand-new space as the annual Orchid Show returns in its new home in the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center’s Emerson Conservatory.   For most

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Mark

‘Ballot candy?’ Missouri GOP adds citizen-only voting into initiative petition changes

2 years 10 months ago

Missouri Republicans have long argued a successful 2018 initiative petition establishing a nonpartisan redistricting process duped voters by pairing it with politically popular proposals like limits on lobbyist gifts to legislators.  Two years later, the GOP got in on the act, pushing its own ballot measure repealing the nonpartisan plan by tying it to a […]

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Jason Hancock

Charter’s $7 Billion Penalty For Murdering An Elderly Customer Reduced To $262 Million

2 years 10 months ago
Last August, cable giant Charter Communications (Spectrum) was slapped with a $7 billion lawsuit after one of the company’s cable technicians murdered an 83-year-old customer after hours. The lawsuit (pdf) claims that Charter had eliminated a more rigorous screening process when they merged with Time Warner Cable, letting the employee and his history slip through the cracks. […]
Karl Bode

Cling II: A Carescape

2 years 10 months ago

In Cling II: A Carescape, Amy Reidel uses abstract and figurative imagery to illuminate facial expressions, details and patterns, inspired by the poignant emotions shared between family members, the often-disregarded

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Rachel Huffman

Powerball Soars To $700 Million For Latest Jackpot

2 years 10 months ago
CHICAGO – A life-changing amount of cash is up for grabs tomorrow night as the Powerball jackpot soars to an eye-watering $700 million. If a player wins Saturday’s jackpot, it would be the sixth-largest Powerball jackpot and the 10th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot won in history. Illinois Lottery players are already winning big in this jackpot roll. In Wednesday night’s Powerball draw, two lucky players matched four numbers and the Powerball to win $50,000 each. The lucky players purchased their winning Powerball tickets from Casey’s General Store in Collinsville and Aurora Gas & Food in Aurora. In total, over 42,000 winning tickets were sold, and nearly $329,000 in prizes were won in Wednesday evening’s Powerball drawing. The Illinois Lottery encourages all lucky winners to write their name on the back of their ticket and keep it in a safe place until they’re ready to claim their prize. Winners have one year from the date of the winning draw

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