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MADISON - The SpeedTour Grand Prix Festival, featuring the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli and Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, will join World Wide Technology Raceway’s stellar calendar of motorsports events in 2023. Located just five minutes from downtown St. Louis in Madison, Illinois, WWTR is the only track in the world hosting NASCAR Cup Series, NTT INDYCAR SERIES, and NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series events. The inaugural SpeedTour Grand Prix Festival is scheduled for WWTR’s 2.0-mile road course on September 22-24, 2023. The Trans Am Series is America’s road racing series and dates back to 1966. Throughout the years, some of the greatest names in motorsports have participated in the Trans Am Series, including Tommy Kendall, Mark Donohue, Peter Gregg, Bob Tullius, and Wally Dallenbach Jr. Recent standouts include NASCAR drivers Kaz Grala, Paul Menard, and Natalie Decker, as well as Indy Lights star Ernie Francis Jr. Trans Am race weekends consist

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports today that corporate profits in the second quarter were up 8.1% compared to 2021. That's true as far as it goes, but nominal thinking doesn't get you very far. Like all of us, corporations are affected by inflation, and when you account for that profits were down 0.4%: In ...continue reading "Corporate profits were down slightly in Q2"

EDWARDSVILLE - The Watershed Nature Center presents Wine and Whiskey for the Watershed on Friday, September 30 th at the Ink House from 6:30-9:30 p.m. This wine, whiskey, and food experience will feature some of the area’s most critically acclaimed restaurants and the world’s finest vintages and most sought-after spirits. Proceeds from the event will benefit outdoor recreation, education, and environmental stewardship for the Watershed Nature Center. “We are thrilled to host this event in person again and cannot wait to celebrate the Watershed Nature Center with some of the region’s best wines, whiskeys, and delicious food!” said Jennifer Warren, President of the Nature Preserve Foundation Board of Directors. The Nature Preserve Foundation is the non-profit steward of the Watershed Nature Center and supports all of Edwardsville’s green and blue spaces. General admission tickets are $85 and include tastings for more than 40 wines, 15 spirits, and

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A lawyer from Columbia who is hoping to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri Constitution is suing Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft to force a review of his initiative petition …

FEMA said Wednesday that it has approved over $20.4 million in individual assistance grants for more than 6,000 households hit by July’s floods, up from $15 million Friday.

GLEN CARBON - Father McGivney Catholic High School was not created overnight. A group of dedicated parents, grandparents, pastors, and other faithful volunteers began working on the “dream” of a school in 2005. In the fall of 2012 Father McGivney Catholic High School opened its doors to a group of 19 pioneer students. The McGivney students, families, supporters, staff, and parents will celebrate the anniversary with Mass at the school followed by a social gathering, at 1 p.m. Sunday, August 28. In 2022, and Father Mcgivney Catholic High School is thriving - breaking records in athletics, admissions waiting lists, 300+ students, huge academic successes, strong faith formation, and now the school prepares for another first--a momentous and exciting event, the 10-year anniversary of Father McGivney Catholic High School. The 10-year anniversary committee led by Suzanne Halbrook, McGivney Advancement Director, is working hard to organize, plan, and share a celebration with

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From St. Louis Business Journal:  In 38 years at McCarthy Building Cos., project director Christopher Nisbet has often focused on projects in K-12 schools and universities, most recently finishing up a multiyear $69 million bond issue at Parkway Schools that fixed up 24 of the 28 buildings in the district. For Nisbet, it’s a project close to […]

Take a load off and take in the views on a relaxing daytime cruise that shows St. Louis from the river that built it. Narrated

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California regulators were set to issue a rule Thursday requiring that 100 percent of all new cars sold in the state by 2035 be electric

Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center replaces Ridgway Center, built in 1982.

An execution date has been set for Kevin Johnson who killed a Kirkwood Police sergeant 17 years ago.

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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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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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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Oscar Murillo (born Colombia, 1986) examines notions of cultural exchange, globalization, labor, and action through monumental paintings that reflect the processes of their making.  

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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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