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CHICAGO – If you’re feeling lucky, you might want to get your hands on a Powerball ticket. That’s because the jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is now a whopping $580 million. So far this year, the Powerball jackpot has been won a total of five times, and this current jackpot is the game’s largest since April 2022. Illinois Lottery players have been doing their share of winning too. Just last week, an Illinois Lottery player became a newly minted-millionaire after buying a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million at K N R Candy in Calumet City. Since January 2022, a total of five Illinois Lottery players have won prizes of $1 million or more with Powerball. With over 7,000 Illinois Lottery retailers across the State, lottery players can conveniently pick up a ticket at their local store - or they can login to the Illinois Lottery website or app and purchase a ticket online. Powerball tickets are $2 each, and players have the option to add the Powerpla

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Fans will have the chance to see the St. Louis Blues compete in five different jerseys this season. If you plan ahead, you might be able to see the Blues sport all five fashion statements at home games this season.

A St. Charles County shopping center anchored by a grocery store – one of that chain's most successful – has sold for $22.35 million.

The Angad Arts Hotel in Grand Center was steeped in pride and emotion Thursday evening as 10 St. Louis-area family businesses were honored for their success. Here are scenes from the event.

The school will be open through Friday but some parents are saying their kids won't be back until the school is cleaned up.

The St. Louis-based health system has struck a new joint venture agreement for operations management of its new $37 million rehab hospital, now slated to open in December.

An O’Fallon, Missouri-based provider of event and venue management software has hired a tech marketing veteran to fill a newly created marketing role.

ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School was instructed by Alton Police to execute a lockdown that started at 11:07 a.m. and ended at noon on Friday. Marquette Principal Tim Harmon said the Alton Police Department let them know about a search for suspects in close proximity and they immediately went down into lockdown mode. He said he greatly appreciated the quick response by Alton Police, thinking about the safety of those at Marquette. “There was no immediate danger, but we really appreciate the contact and I thought the faculty, staff, and students all did a great job of following our policies in regard to a lockdown,” he said. “Everyone handled it very well.”

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Honestly, the only thing one can say about the whole Elon Musk buying Twitter situation is that you should expect the unexpected to happen. Nothing about this deal has been normal, even though some moves (like Musk coming up with laughably ridiculous pretextual excuses to try to get out of the deal) were telegraphed way […]

ALTON - Alton Police received an LPR hit at about 10:46 a.m. on Friday, October 21, 2022, indicating a stolen vehicle had just traveled southbound on U.S. 67, from Godfrey Road, towards the city limits of Alton. The vehicle was described as a blue Hyundai passenger vehicle and was reported stolen from St. Louis, Missouri. Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said several Alton Police Officers began responding to the general area. "A short time later, an Alton Police Department Detective observed the stolen vehicle on East 20th St., near Alby Street," Chief Pulido said. "This vehicle was driven by a subject who was wearing a ski mask. This vehicle accelerated at a higher rate of speed, at which time the detective briefly lost sight of the vehicle. "Moments later, the detective located the stolen vehicle again, but it was now being followed by a black Hyundai passenger vehicle. Upon observing the Alton Police Department Detective, both vehicles began fleeing southbound on Alby Street. "Whil

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Surveillance of workers is on the rise, and it turns out this even applies to retired people. After all, you may be retired from ordinary, unimportant human work, but you're never retired from crucial cat maintenance duties. The feline community likes to keep a close eye on its underlings to make sure they understand this, ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 21 October 2022"

Today on TAP: Not if we ignore the pack-rat punditry and take a closer look.

Queen has debuted a newly created music video for "Face It Alone," the recently released archival track featuring the late Freddie Mercury that was recorded during the sessions for the…

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Illinois' governor, J.B. Pritzker, said his administration "will continue to hold health insurance companies accountable when they fall short of their obligations to consumers."

The St. Louis Army Corps of Engineers will start taking samples to test for dangerous chemicals at Jana Elementary School.

The chess player who says he was accused of cheating at a St. Louis tournament has filed a defamation suit against his opponent and a pair of companies, seeking at least $100 million.