ALTON - Sensational Alton singer IV4 captured first place in the Opening Act Contest quarterfinals and now heads to the semifinals that start voting today, September 2, and run to September 8. The winner in the semifinals advances to the finals where votes begin Sept. 9. IV4 was beyond excited to capture first place in the Opening Act quarterfinals. She was doing a sound check in the last hour when she was notified of the win. IV4 and her mother, Katrina Sorenson, said people were voting like crazy on the last day. "In the last hour alone, the lead changed position 20 times," they said. "I am very excited to win and compete in the semifinals." The Alton High School grad has signed a contract with Warner Music and her first project "Get rich and cry trying," has been released. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career dreams as a professional singer. Katrina, her mom, said they were so thankful for the votes they received around the Alton area and IV4's personal fan base.
St. Louis Community College’s annual State of the St. Louis Workforce Report finds that in 2021, St. Louis startups accounted for more than one-third of the new jobs that startups created statewide. While the report finds St. Louis has had an increase in new technology startups, the startup sectors creating the most jobs locally might surprise you.
Katherine Pinner is taking her name off the ballot, again. The conspiracy theorist blogger has gone back and forth on whether or not she will be the Republican taking on Sam Page in the race for St. Louis County executive in November. Pinner maintains a blog on which she describes herself as the daughter of Croatian parents, an author and an innovation consultant.
ALTON - Rob Lenhardt and Mac’s Downtown are busy this weekend. Mac’s had a visit from KSHE’s Party Bus at 5 a.m. on Friday to kick the weekend off. Lenhardt said he tried out some ideas for serving breakfast with the early morning customers. Those in attendance were greeted with some tasty bacon, eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy, and American fries. Lenhardt said the breakfast items seemed to be a hit, and he believes in about a month they will start serving breakfast in the 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. range on Fridays and Saturdays, then possibly expand. Right now, Mac’s has brunch on Sundays. Rob pointed out that breakfast is not common in the immediate Downtown Alton area, and he would like to offer it to the public. “I have been thinking about it for about it for six months,” he said. “It went well today. We could have nine or 10 really good breakfast ideas on a small menu, nothing crazy. We could do it on a trial on Fridays and Saturdays, and
GODFREY - There has been considerable excitement in the air about the new splash pad and pickleball courts at the Village of Godfrey Glazebrook Park, and on Saturday, Godfrey will host a soft opening for Labor Day weekend. The splash pad will be operating between 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Moving forward, it will be open on weekends, weather permitting. The pickleball courts will be available on a first-come, first-served basis with a 1½-hour time limit if others are waiting. “We encourage all players and visitors to be courteous and considerate,” Village of Godfrey Mayor Mike McCormick said. He also added that he was very pleased the courts would be open on Saturday for Labor Day weekend. Village of Godfrey Park and Recreation Director Chris Logan said the village has worked very hard on the project. He commended the efforts of Village Engineer Rich Beran who had a big influence on the final product. “The Splash Pad has been
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Creedence Clearwater Revival has made available the band's performance of its classic 1969 breakthrough hit "Proud Mary" at the Royal Albert Hall. It's been released as an advanced digital track from…
Homebuyers in St. Louis had already started to again require contingencies like inspections and appraisals. Now, there's a fresh sign that the local housing market is cooling with higher interest rates.
A federal grant will infuse millions of dollars into St. Louis’ manufacturing industry. Today, the St. Louis region won a $25 million Build Back Better grant through the U.S. Economic Development Administration to bolster the St. Louis Tech Triangle. The proposal, spearheaded by Greater St. Louis, Inc., focuses on three of St. Louis’ leading business sectors: advanced manufacturing, geospatial and biosciences.
A St. Louis-based company is targeting its latest project in northern Missouri that aims to capture energy from ponds of waste on large-scale pig farms.
A newly released property inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search indicates that the FBI found lots of classified documents. We already knew that. But they also found lots of folders marked classified but with no documents inside: In Box No. 2, for example, taken from Trump’s office, there were 43 empty folders with classified banners; 28 ...continue reading "The FBI found an awful lot of empty folders marked “Classified” at Mar-a-Lago"
The American economy gained 315,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 225,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate went up a bit to 3.7%. This is an almost perfect jobs report. It's healthy enough that it means the ...continue reading "Chart of the day: Net new jobs in August"
A long-lost promo video that Motörhead had filmed to promote their 1982 album, Iron Fist, and its supporting tour has finally been officially released. The unearthed clip shows the "Ace of…
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