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BUZZ MAGAZINE - October offers a bountiful harvest of great books by some of our top authors. Best-selling author John Grisham returns to Mississippi in The Boys from Biloxi with a gripping legal thriller of two sons of immigrant families who grow up as friends but ultimately find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Biloxi is noted for its beaches, resorts and seafood, but it has a darker side of gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, drugs and contract killings. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco were childhood friends. But Keith’s father became a legendary prosecutor determined to clean up the coast, while Hugh’s father became the boss of Biloxi’s criminal underground. The two families head for the ultimate showdown in a courtroom. Jodi Piccoult turns to mystery and suspense in Mad Honey which features two families who find refuge in small-town New Hampshire. Then the daughter of one family is found dead, and the son of the other family is accused of the

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BUZZ MAGAZINE - The Union Miners Cemetery, Mt. Olive the burial place of the great labor agitator and champion of mining families, Mary Harris Jones, is the site of a celebration in remembrance of a seminal victory of the United Mine Workers of America coal miners at Virden, Illinois on October 12, 1898. The coal company locked the union miners out of the mine and brought in a trainload of hungry men, most were Black men, all desperate for work to feed their families. Armed detectives accompanied the would-be miners on the train. As the train approached the Virden mine a gun battle began. Miners and guards died. The Union miners prevailed and went back to work. Illinois quickly became the most well-organized union mining state in the country, and the United Mine Workers went on the organized effectively in other mining states. Today the UMWA represents union miners across the country. Four miners from Mt. Olive were killed in the battle, but the City of Mt. Olive and the local business

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BUZZ MAGAZINE - Oh, to be a kid in the late 80s again. If I could, I would go back to that young boy who begged and pleaded to his dad to rent a certain movie on VHS. The movie was The Monster Squad , a horror/comedy that sadly disappeared in the theaters. Audiences corrected their mistake once it went to home video and cable when they realized what they missed. More silly fun than terrifying The Monster Squad was written by Shane Black of Iron Man 3 and 2018’s The Predator fame and Fred Dekker, ( Night of the Creeps ) and also The Predator . 1987 was Black’s year, the man hit a triple with successes. Not only did he co-star in the mega-hit original P redator , but he also wrote the franchise creating Lethal Weapon as well as co-write this; not too shabby. The Monster Squad is an ode to the universal monster mash-up with some rude and crude kids and juvenile humor sprinkled in. Trying to ride on the coattails of previous hits like Ghostbusters and The

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The Missouri River Trip is a day trip that follows a portion of the path covered by Lewis and Clark as they began their journey

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GODFREY - The Rev. Charles K. Burton Jr., JD, pastor of United Fellowship Church of Godfrey and members will host its first annual "Fall Forward Revival." Services will begin at 6:30 p.m. each evening at the church located at 1301 W. Delmar, on Oct. 24, 25, and 26. Former area resident and a former pastor of Unity, the Rev. Nelson J. Pierce Jr. will conduct the evening services. The Rev. Pierce is now the senior pastor of Beloved Community Church in Cincinnati. He also helps to get progressive, social-justice-minded candidates elected to offices across the U.S. as the Grassroots Power Builder for Democracy for America. Rev. Pierce was an instrumental figure in organizing the faith community's response in the Ferguson, MO., fight for justice after the killing of Michael Brown.

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BELLEVILLE - On the heels of the recent opening of the “Transit Stop Transformation Project" at the Belleville Transit Center and the unveiling of the one at the North Hanley Transit Center set for mid-October – Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis, St. Clair County Transit District and Metro Transit today announced that the 5 th & Missouri Transit Center in East St. Louis will be the location for its next transformation. St. Clair County Transit District’s Board of Trustees has approved $70,000 for the project. In the coming months, CMT and AARP in St. Louis will be working to establish both public and private community partners. Transit riders, area residents, elected officials and stakeholders will then have the opportunity to provide insight on what they would like to see at the site via design workshops, surveys and community events as partners work to transform the concrete area between bus bays and the MetroLink entrance into an interactive,

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ST. LOUIS - St. Louis-based law firm Lewis Rice has announced six new associates: Patrick F. Ganninger, Allison E. Knopp, Ryan J. Krutz, Andrew J. Meyer, Skylar S. Petitt and Jacquelyn H. Sicilia. Patrick F. Ganninger practices in the Estate Planning & Probate Department of the firm. He develops and implements tax and estate plans for individuals and families and advises clients on wills, trusts, administration of trusts and estates, preparation of gift and estate tax returns, antenuptial agreements, and asset protection. He graduated from St. Louis University School of Law in 2022. Allison E. Knopp is practicing in the Litigation Department. She represents individuals and companies in a broad range of disputes, including complex commercial and civil litigation. She graduated South Texas College of Law Houston in 2022. Ryan J. Krutz practices general business and transactional law in the Corporate Department. Ryan helps clients navigate various corporate matters including mergers

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Female-founded firms here have raised $494.5 million since 2020.

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and

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William McMillian was traveling westbound on U.S. 50 when he crossed the center line and struck the front of a semitruck Saturday night.

The 21st annual BBQ Chili Cook-off is happening Sunday, October 16 in Millstadt, Illinois.

Sunday looks and feels a lot like Saturday.

Five Acres Animal Shelter, Purina Farms, and the Spirit of St. Louis Samoyed Club have partnered up for the annual canine games at Purina Farms.

The exciting news of a new railroad was the last thing on anyone’s mind in St. Louis in the summer of 1849. Residents were probably more worried that the end of the world was near. In May the city’s riverfront was completely destroyed by fire, with more than 400 buildings lost. As the city tried …

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