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If voters approve, Missouri would become the 20th state to legalize recreational marijuana use.

A Good Start At first I thought Saucy Porka might be a BBQ joint. It’s not. It’s an adorable Midtown restaurant with a sense of humor. A place where Latin American and Asian cuisine dance playfully upon your palate. For example: I had no idea what a “baco” might be.  (Hmm. . .  maybe the... 

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GRANITE CITY - Six Mile Regional Library District (SMRLD) would like to spread the word about their upcoming fall events. All of these events are completely FREE . For more information about these events, you can see the flyers attached below or go to their website at smrld.org .

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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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Crews are expected to break ground on Missouri's first Buc-ee's travel center in Springfield next week.

Forty-five years ago today, August 16, the band that became INXS, then known as The Farriss Brothers, played their very first gig at a house party in Sydney suburb of…

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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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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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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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The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is launching a new clean water initiative in an effort to improve water quality around the St. Louis area.

They usually split along party lines, but they all hate international scam calls.

The Census Bureau reported today that housing starts dropped 10% in July. But that's a misleading number all by itself. Here it is broken into single-family homes vs. apartment buildings with five or more units: Apartment buildings have been on an upward trend for more than a year and are up 3% since the beginning ...continue reading "Single-family housing starts are plummeting"

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  Several area projects, including the Interstate 270 bridge, are part of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s $34.6 billion six-year spending plan for roads, bridges, rail, ports, transit and airports. Announced Friday, the multi-year plan is backed by the state’s 2019 Rebuild Illinois bipartisan infrastructure law which doubled the state’s motor fuel […]

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  By the end of this year, parts of the former Edwardsville Public Safety Complex at 400 N. Main St. may be just a memory. The city’s finance and administrative and community service (ACS) committees unanimously voted in favor of a resolution authorizing a tax-increment financing (TIF) redevelopment agreement with 400 North […]

From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:  A 30-page master plan from Edwardsville’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee (BPAC) is headed to the full city council for a vote Tuesday. Edwardsville received a Community Planning Grant from the Metro East Park and Recreation District (MEPRD) in 2021 to develop a Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The planning process for […]

From St. Louis Post Dispatch: From the low-lying stretch of Manchester Road, just east of Brentwood Boulevard, Bob Story has spent 30 years growing Feather-Craft Fly Fishing into an established player in the industry. The company his father started in 1955 now has about 20 employees, a mail-order business with nationwide reach and loyal anglers […]