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GRANITE CITY - Granite City Community Unit School District #9 announced a Special Meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday, September 27, at 4 p.m. at the James J. Greenwald Administration Building at 3200 Maryville Road in Granite City, Ill. Pursuant to the Illinois Open Meetings Act, the Board of Education will immediately go into Closed Session for the purposes of conducting interviews for a Board Member vacancy. The regularly-scheduled Board Meeting will follow at 6 p.m. and will be streamed live on the GCSD9 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GCSD9.net . For more information about Granite City School District #9, visit www.gcsd9.net .

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A St. Louis woman who stole tens of thousands of dollars from an Illinois nonprofit was sentenced in federal court on Monday.

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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"Using photos, videos and music to re-live the stories all over again, this will be a reunion you will not want to miss! Hang out for live music and a chance to meet some of the voices you hear on the radio today," states the event description on KSHE's website.

ST. LOUIS - A store dedicated to coloring books has opened in the St. Louis area. Really Big Coloring Books is the world's first official coloring book store. "Our company designs, creates, edits, manufactures and ships with a full staff under one roof here in Missouri. You are welcome to purchase one copy or a [...]

Outdoor enthusiasts will soon have an opportunity to enjoy a new state park in southwest Missouri.

CHICAGO - As part of his continuing plan to carefully unwind the state’s COVID-19 executive orders, Governor Pritzker today updated testing requirements for school and childcare personnel, rescinding the requirement that unvaccinated employees in these sectors test twice weekly. This change goes into effect Friday and is made on the advice of medical experts, based on their careful consideration of the current conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and is in line with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance. “Vaccination continues to be the most effective tool we have against COVID-19, and I’m proud that millions of Illinoisans have taken advantage of these life-saving vaccines – they have given us the ability to adjust these requirements,” said Governor JB Pritzker . “I continue to urge everyone in the state to stay up to date on vaccines and boosters, including getting the recently released bivalent booster shot. Although the current state of the

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A Georgia Republican Party official named Cathy Latham, one of the "alternate" electors for Donald Trump, has testified that she had nothing to do with a bunch of tech experts hired by Big Lie lawyers who copied data from voting machines in Coffee County. Surveillance footage suggests otherwise, and new surveillance footage suggests really, really ...continue reading "Election fraud? It’s always Republicans."

About three dozen people from several advocacy groups rallied outside the City Justice Center to demand better conditions and transparency in this year's jail deaths there.

Missouri’s abortion ban took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Note: Kateryna Savienkova is a Jersey Community High School senior and Future Leaders Exchange Program student from Ukraine. JERSEY COUNTY - Over the years, people from countries far from Ukraine have been treating it with a particular misconception, established by misleading news, articles, books, and political views. The point of this article is not to shame somebody for lack of knowledge or a different opinion but to tell the truth from the perspective of a Ukrainian. Here’s the list of mistakes that I’ve heard the most during my exchange year. 1. Ukraine has always been a part of Russia and got its independence only in 1991 No. The best way to prove this is to find a map of Europe in the 5-10th centuries. It can be seen that Kyivan Rus’ existed in its shape in the years 882-1240, separately from the Moscov Kingdom. Kyivan Rus’ is the Ukrainian oldest cultural ancestor, this state was almost twice as big as modern Ukraine and was ruled by Rurik Dynasty

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The three books follow plucky young protagonist Piper Jewell across the English countryside.

The Saudi government is decidedly unconcerned that other nations may have concerns about its censorship efforts. I mean, if need be, it will murder and dismember critics who prove unwilling to be silenced by less drastic efforts. Having some of the keys to the oil kingdom helps, providing leverage against foreign governments that may want […]

A St. Louis suburb is considered to be one of the top small towns for celebrating Halloween festivities in the United States.

A University City man who made "terrorist threats" in the Delmar Loop while dressed as the Joker received a 60-day jail sentence last week. University City Police arrested Jeremy Garnier, 51, in March 2020 after bystanders heard him livestream threats while "in character" as the Joker. See also: Watch the "Joker" Get Arrested for Making "Terrorist Threats" in the Loop

Missouri state officials now claim Ste. Genevieve is the official dinosaur visitor site of the Show-Me State.

ALTON - For only the ninth time in its more than 100-year history, the Alton Godfrey Rotary Club has announced that it will honor a person with the Service Above Self Award this fall. The 2022 winner is a long-time community volunteer and current head of the Grandpa Gang, Dick Alford. The award will be presented at a dinner at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2022, at the Best Western Premier Hotel in Alton. The Alton-Godfrey Rotary honor, named after legendary community leader Dr. Gordon Moore, incorporates the Rotary watchwords and is presented to a non-Rotarian who exemplifies the spirit of placing service to others over personal gain. This year’s winner, while presently serving as the head of the Grandpas Gang, the Christmas volunteer group that raises over $50,000 a year for various Riverbend charities, has a long history of service. Starting with his time in Vietnam where he earned a Purple Heart, to efforts in Haskell Park, the Alton Park Board, the American Legion, as

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Learn about radioactive cleanup at a virtual open house on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.