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Teachers and other K-12 staff report higher levels of job burnout compared to all other industries.

EDWARDSVILLE - This is another in a series of articles of entries in the Edwardsville Art Fair at City Park on September 23-25. Today, Edwardsville, Worden, and Caseyville entries are featured. A rtist Name: Ana Sumner Location: Edwardsville Artist Statement: Ana Sumner's Sew Unique Art merges traditional art and fiber techniques together to portray nature as realism using mixed media fiber art, so that she may convey the textural beauty that is in the world. Artist Name: Annette Cummins Location: Caseyville Artist Statement: "I like road trips! When painting abstracts I am on a road trip with no destination in mind. I don't follow a map but rather my inner guide, excited to see where I may end up!" Artist Name : Deborrah Jones Location : Worden Artist Statement: "Jewelry is a form of intimate self-expression and a symbol of personal meaning. The wearer can use their body as a canvas to express their feelings, desires, and thoughts. I create jewelry

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Last week, President Joe Biden moved to codify Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by finalizing a rule to transform DACA into a federal regulation, a move that would help strengthen the legality of the program and benefit many undocumented youths. As a formerly undocumented person, I know just how much DACA can change lives. My life was changed 10 […]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Fox in the Mirror, a 20–minute video by Argentine artist Liliana Porter, is comprised of short vignettes depicting objects coupled with piano scores, solos, or

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Catching the Moment celebrates the acquisition in 2020 of 833 works of contemporary art assembled by Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons. Comprised primarily of prints—and including a

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St. Louis just can’t stay quiet. The region has produced legends who are on a first-name basis worldwide, like Ike & Tina, Miles, Chuck, and

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From Construction Dive:  Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction spending ticked up by 0.8% in July, led by publicly funded projects in the highway and public safety categories, but prevailing headwinds will keep private sector development muted, according to an analysis of government spending data released by Associated Builders and Contractors. Spending on highways and streets was up […]

From Patch News:  Subtext, a St. Louis-based integrated real estate development company, and Brinkmann Constructors, a St. Louis-based national general contractor, held an official groundbreaking ceremony on August 30, 2022 for LOCAL Midtown, a 15-story multifamily project in Midtown Nashville. LOCAL Midtown is expected to be completed and open for leasing in 2024. Located at […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The body of Eliza Fletcher was found Monday night in South Memphis, Memphis Police confirmed on Tuesday morning. Police officially identified a body found on Victor Street as the missing 34-year-old mother and teacher. Additional charges of first-degree murder and murder in perpetration of kidnapping have been added for suspect Cleotha Abston, [...]

CHICAGO — At least 55 people were shot, eight fatally in shootings across Chicago over the holiday weekend. The shootings happened between 5 p.m. Friday and midnight Tuesday. In one of the latest incidents, a man was killed and another injured while sitting in a vehicle around 7:40 p.m. Monday in the 3700 block of [...]

Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty for a man accused of killing his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in 2018.

Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr. says he was merely exercising his First Amendment rights when he entered the building that day.

From Yahoo Finance: With Labor Day around the corner, Fortune sat down with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to talk about the current state of the workforce, labor market trends, and what he’s watching for when it comes to the broader U.S. economy. The following questions and answers have been condensed and edited for clarity. Experts are […]

The lawsuit filed by the Nevermind cover baby Spencer Elden has been dismissed for the final time, Rolling Stone reports. As previously reported, Elden sued Nirvana in August 2021, alleging…

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We've all experienced this tragedy. You drive out to Kirkwood with your heart set on one thing and one thing only: A subtly sweet, butter-drenched kouign-amann from Nathaniel Reid Bakery. You park your car, walk through the bakery's front doors and patiently wait in line by the pastry case, only to find that when it's your turn to order, your beloved Breton pastry is nowhere in sight.