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The Ultimate Excel VBA Bundle and Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2021 for Windows will take you from Excel beginner to expert in no time. Over 13 courses, you’ll learn how to use Excel VBA to do a variety of tasks: how to create your first macro from scratch,  how to control mouse and keyboard commands, […]

A scheduled television debate between two of the leading candidates for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination has been postponed due to lack of response to invitations by Anheuser-Busch heiress Trudy …

In baseball, there are a lot of lessons that can be transferable to your personal and professional life. Patience in the batter’s box is required. You put in countless hours of practice and work to understand your opponents, so you throw the right pitches and put your defense in the best position. You need to do all of this to give your team the best chance to win. Bob Hayworth, market president for Humana’s commercial business in Kansas and Missouri, understands how bringing a baseball mindset…

Former Pink Floyd singer/bassist Roger Waters kicked off his long-delayed This Is Not a Drill Tour of North America last night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. As seen…

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Tadero Taylor Sr., 60, was found shot in a hallway of a residence just after midnight Thursday.

The boy told police he was at a playground in the 1400 block of Rutger Street just before 11 p.m. when someone fired shots at him.

The Illinois Supreme Court has sworn in its first Black female justice.

James Bullard, countering fears of a recession, insists the economy is actually expanding.

Owners Miguel and Nikky Cortez also run the nearby El Nopal Mexican Restaurant, a fixture for nearly three decades.

Earlier this week, Guns N' Roses postponed a scheduled show in Glasgow, Scotland due to an unspecified "illness" and "medical advice." Now, frontman Axl Rose has revealed he's been battling…

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LITCHFIELD - The Litchfield Pickers Market returns Sunday, July 10, 2022, from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. in Downtown Litchfield (Starting at 400 N. State Street). This portable vintage and antique market is a fun, family-friendly event and we are excited to welcome back visitors and vendors to Litchfield, IL. The Litchfield Pickers Market is the largest open-air pickers market in the region and is located less than 3 miles off Interstate 55. This market specializes in antiques, collectibles, vintage items, and refurbished items, and occurs every second Sunday of the month through October. Each month the Litchfield Pickers Market welcomes musicians to perform at the Carnegie Park stage. During the July 10 market, Lexy Schelmer will kick off the day and perform live from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Lexy Schlemer is a solo singer and guitar player hailing from Edwardsville, Illinois. She has played lead guitar/sang on and off in rock bands for the last 15 years and in 2018 decided to go out on her own

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CHICAGO – Today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to Illinois education leaders highlighting the federal funds secured through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act for mental health services to help students prevent and cope with the emotional scars related to gun violence. The bill provides $3 billion for school and community mental health grants and activities to support counseling and trauma-informed care, including at least $28 million over four years for the Trauma Support in Schools program that Durbin and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) created in 2018 to help break the cycle of trauma and violence. The letter said in part, “Your schools and communities know this challenge all too well. The threat of physical violence within your walls and your surrounding neighborhoods is an ever-present worry. Millions of students nationwide enter the classroom each day carrying the emotional trauma of having suffered or witnessed violence or other

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ALTON – The next American Red Cross blood drive at Alton Memorial Hospital will be from 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in the AMH café meeting rooms. To register, go to https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=AltonMemorial or contact Dave Whaley in AMH Marketing & Communications at 618-433-7947 or david.whaley@bjc.org . To encourage donors to do something amazing this summer and give blood, we’re thanking all those who present to give in August with a $10 e-gift card to a merchant of choice, plus they will automatically be entered for a chance to win gas for a year (a $6,000 value)! There will be three lucky winners. Terms apply at RedCrossBlood.org/GasForAYear . The Red Cross currently has about four days’ supply of most blood products. However, the Red Cross strives to keep a five-day supply of all blood types on hand at all times to meet daily patient needs and be prepared for emergencies requiring significant volumes

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The St. Louis Cardinals are now officially more than halfway through the 2022 regular season, though have made it through that checkpoint on a bit of a skid.

ST. LOUIS - Today, the City of St. Louis announced an expansion of youth programming locations and events to help keep city kids safe while school is out. Summer Fun STL , a collaboration between the City, St. Louis Public Schools, and the St. Louis Youth Collaborative, has opened another location at Jefferson High School, and the City is funding through the American Rescue Plan youth pop-up events in partnership with the Violence Prevention Commission (VPC). “Keeping our children safe is the most important investment we can make,” said Mayor Tishaura O. Jones. “As a mom, I know how hard it can be to juggle work and family while school is out for the summer. I encourage families to check out these fun opportunities for youth to learn and grow.” The Boys & Girls Club will administer the new Summer Fun STL location. A total of eight locations are running through July 29, from 8am - 6pm, providing recreational and educational activities and three meals a

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) — Canada’s federal Dudley Do-Whatevers — is again belatedly admitting it has access to powerful surveillance tech its supposed oversight seems unaware the RCMP possessed. This is par for the RCMP course. The agency tends to admit it has surveillance tech only after extended deployment periods. And, like its […]

Perez Reed waived his right to bond hearing, and will stay behind bars in Kansas City. Reed is charged with seven murders in KC and St. Louis.

ALTON - The 132nd season of the Alton Municipal Band continues this week, featuring the Alton High School Jazz Band, at Riverview and Haskell Parks. The concert will begin with the Municipal Band, under the direction of David Drillinger, performing a 30 minute music set, including the traditional march around the park. Then, the AHS Jazz Band, under the direction of Chris Jarden, will play a variety of tunes, featuring students who represent the future of music in our community. This concert follows a highly successful and busy week of patriotic concerts that took place over the Independence Day holiday. The program will take place on Thursday, July 7th, at Riverview Park (7:30 PM), and Sunday, July 10th, at Haskell Park (7:00 PM). Admission is free and open to the public.

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