SPRINGFIELD - The United States and Illinois flags at half-staff from Sunrise Sunday, June 19, 2022, until Sunset Monday, June 20, 2022. The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor JB Pritzker that all person or entities covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to fly the flags at half-staff in honor of: Juneteenth National Freedom Day Please lower the United States flags and the State flags at all buildings occupied by your agency’s personnel from: Sunrise: Sunday, June 19, 2022 until Sunset: Monday, June 20, 2022 More information is available at https://www.illinois.gov/ about/flag-honors.html
Universities, coaches, and individuals associated with an athletic department would be able to identify or assist student-athletes with seeking compensation opportunities under a law signed by Governor Mike Parson.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons and St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson detectives are currently investigating a house fire/explosion which resulted in the death of one individual and injuries to 4 additional individuals. St. Louis County Police announced late Friday that an additional victim has been discovered at the scene who suffered fatal injuries. St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Detectives and ATF are continuing the investigation. At 1:21 a.m. on June 17, 2022, St. Louis County police officers from the North County Precinct responded to a call for service for a house fire in the 6600 block of Parker Road. Responding officers located a residential house fire and an individual just outside the residence deceased. That individual appeared to have injuries consistent with the fire. The age and gender of this individual are not known at this time. Four additional individuals were transported to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries. Preliminary
After teasing it online, Rod Stewart has now released the full, emotional video for his song "Touchline." The song is a tribute to his late father, Robert, and how he…
The exhibition highlights more than 200 pieces from the collection of former St. Louis Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons and his wife, fine-art printer and publisher Maryanne Ellison Simmons.
Kloss Furniture has endured nearly every challenge that can hit a family business since the retailer was founded in 1976 in Highland, Illinois. After a fire and a recession, the Kloss family has rebuilt the company from the ground up twice.
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Like recent Oscar Best Picture winner CODA, also produced by Apple TV+, Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth bodes to net a lot of fans — and for almost exactly the same reasons. Both follow an artsy white person’s coming of age (one about to enter college, one just graduated); both explore the joys and woes of quirky nuclear families (one composed primarily of deaf people, one with a bipolar mom or an autistic teenage daughter); both refreshingly normalize people with disabilities, mental or physical, as invaluable parts of their communities. None of these reasons (especially the third) are invalid, and both movies might be considered mainstays for a new wave of inclusivity in American pop culture.
Paul McCartney, arguably the most famous and influential rock artist on the planet, celebrates his 80th birthday this Saturday, January 18. McCartney, of course, is known first and foremost for…
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