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Economic insecurity is upending the lives of millions of older adults as soaring housing costs and inflation diminish the value of fixed incomes. Across the country, seniors who until recently …

GLEN CARBON – In early 2022, Girl Scouts of the USA sponsored the “Girl Scouts to the Moon and Back” essay contest to give Girl Scouts a chance to win a Space Science badge that’s actually been to space on NASA’s Artemis I. That mission is NASA’s first step toward the goal of sending the first woman and the first person of color to the moon. We’re excited to announce that two local Girl Scouts – who are also sisters – were named winners of the contest. Girl Scout Daisy Isabelle Bates and Girl Scout Senior Evania Bates, both from Belleville, were selected as winners in the essay contest. Each girl will get one of the special badges that have literally been out of this world! In her essay, Evania wrote, “There are three things I would instill in my new community. The first would be to instill honesty. Honesty because I would want my community to feel comfortable in coming up to me to tell me the truth and admit any mistakes

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Each week, we bring you our picks for the best concerts of the next seven days! To submit your show for consideration, click here.

The low-cost airline is offering an introductory fare of $29 — if you can get one.

GRANITE CITY - Granite City High School Guidance Office and Saint Louis University is partnering to host a Financial Aid 101 seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the GCHS atrium. SLU's financial aid office will be presenting, and senior and junior students and parents are welcome to attend. Financial Aid 101 : Overview of the scholarship and aid process. Includes information on types of aid, how to apply, and how to cover the remaining balance. We also offer a timeline for students who don't know where to start in the financial aid process.

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ST. LOUIS - The world’s quickest and fastest race cars will converge at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, from September 30 to October 2 for the annual NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Midwest Nationals. The series’ premier classes are Top Fuel Dragster and Funny Car, with nitromethane-burning 12,000-horsepower engines that rocket the cars from zero to more than 330 miles per hour in less than four seconds. Some of the world’s biggest names in professional drag racing include: Five-time WWTR Top Fuel Dragster winner Antron Brown, a three-time NHRA champion. Legendary Funny Car pilot John Force, a 16-time champion with three WWTR wins. Five-time WWTR Pro Stock winner Erica Enders (four NHRA crowns). Two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Ron Capps (four WWTR final-round wins). Friday’s high-speed action includes a nighttime qualifying session for Funny Car and Top Fuel Dragster teams and the white-hot exhaust flames will light up the night

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CARLINVILLE - This fall, Blackburn College will once again celebrate Homecoming with its campus and the Carlinville community. The Wizard of Oz-themed “There’s No Place Like Homecoming” will take place September 23-25, 2022, and will transform the campus into Oz featuring music, fun-filled games, reunions, social gatherings, and even a hot air balloon. Events are open to all alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of Blackburn. “Homecoming is a great opportunity to celebrate as a campus and as a community,” Alisha Kapp, Executive Director of Advancement and Alumni Relations at Blackburn, said. “In addition to our alumni, we welcome our friends from Carlinville and Macoupin County to gather with us throughout the eventful weekend.” The magic will kick off on Friday with a “Pastries with the President” welcome at Blackburn’s historic McKinley House, a musical showcase previewing songs the College Choir will perform this

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Police described the car that hit the man as a "newer model Kia."

The Dardenne Creek Blueway “water trail” stretches three and a half miles, and it’s about to get much longer.

An archival live album capturing The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1969 performance at the Los Angeles Forum will be released on November 18, nine days before what would've been the late guitar legend's 80th…

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In my previous article, on the Bioscience Labor Market Analysis in St. Louis, I explained the regional economic development complications caused by "overspecialization", and promised to provide a brief explainer on the issues of economic complexity in general.

So... Here's why questions of economic complexity are relevant to the St. Louis region.

"Increasing a region’s or country’s economic complexity — by making products of high complexity — is associated with increasing incomes and affluence.

Countries whose economic complexity is greater than [expected] tend to grow faster than those that are “too rich” for their current level of economic complexity."

Blueberry Hill's 50th anniversary celebration is Sept. 8.

Garry McMichael: Retrospective features photography, drawings and paintings spanning the art career of the late Garry McMichael, long-time resident artist at Green Door Art Gallery.

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Featuring architectural photography by Ken Konchel and mixed media jewelry by Lois Jacobs.   Ken Konchel has won 74 awards in juried exhibitions and art

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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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