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Daily Deal: Microsoft Office Home And Business Bundle

3 years 9 months ago
The Microsoft Office Home & Business Bundle is for families and small businesses who want classic Office apps and email. It includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and OneNote. A one-time purchase installed on 1 computer for use at home or work. Available for Mac or PC, it’s on sale for $50. Note: The Techdirt […]
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Work Moves Forward On Herald Square Project

3 years 9 months ago
COLLINSVILLE - There is an intense amount of work underway in the lot next to Old Herald Brewery & Distillery at 115 E. Clay in Collinsville. On Wednesday morning, Hayes Contracting was busy with what they described as "site civil work." Old structures were demolished last week on the property. The building demolition part of the project concluded on Friday, Bud Sparks of Hayes Contracting said on Wednesday. Old Herald Brewery & Distillery owner Derik Reiser aims for a grand opening event at what he describes will be a new plaza called Herald Square with an ice cream shop called Uptown Scoops. Reiser is the owner of the property adjacent to Old Herald Brewery & Distillery. He said the rest of the area will be a place for live entertainment and festivals. “We are getting the site ready for the construction of footings and concrete work,” Hayes Contracting's Sparks said. “We should be finished with our part in a couple of days. This is going to be a very nice addition

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Missouri could make it harder to get out-of-state abortions

3 years 9 months ago
First-of-its-kind Missouri legislation shows that anti-abortion lawmakers in Republican-led states aren't likely to stop at banning most abortions within their borders but also could try to make it harder to go out of state to end pregnancies.
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Eureka-native Clayton Echard leaves 'The Bachelor' single, now in love

3 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Eureka-native Clayton Echard's season of 'The Bachelor' is over, and he found love. The live finale aired Tuesday night on ABC. This season was the first season the Bachelor was rejected and walked away single, but Clayton's love story didn't end there. Echard said he was in love with all three finalists, [...]
Monica Ryan

Real Irish Butter, Cheeses and Shortbread

3 years 9 months ago

Real Irish Butter from Real Irish Cows “I saw on line that you can get butter to a spreadable consistency by putting water in a small glass and microwaving it for a minute. Then pour out the water and put the heated glass over the butter,” I said to my daughter-in-law, Lisa. “I’m sure that... 

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Jean Carnahan

United Way Awards Over $250,000 in COVID-19 Recovery Funding to 26 Nonprofits

3 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS – United Way of Greater St. Louis awarded 26 nonprofits who serve Missouri and Illinois residents with emergency response grants totaling $252,400. The funding was earmarked for United Way member and non-member agencies serving people in Jefferson, Warren, Lincoln, and Franklin Counties in Missouri and Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, and Randolph Counties in Illinois. Funding through these grants have supported the ongoing needs of thousands of Missouri and Illinois individuals and families who continue to face emerging gaps. The grants ranged from $2,500 to $12,000 and were awarded to the following organizations to provide access to food, medicine and supplies; rent, mortgage and utility assistance; childcare assistance; transportation; mental health support and counseling; and services for seniors. AGAPE Ministry of Warren County, Inc. Aging Ahead Beauty for Ashes Ministry -- Shielded by Faith Recovery Center Broken But Not Shattered Ministries Calhoun County Health

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Missouri Attorney General sues Rockwood over FBI info

3 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo--Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sued one of the state's largest school districts over its failure to produce records related to the district's decision to post an FBI tipline online in the wake of threats against staff and administrators. “The Rockwood School District has not produced the records requested by my [...]
Gregg Palermo

Local Attorney Republican Tim Berkley To Run For Judge Mudge's Position Vacancy

3 years 9 months ago
WOOD RIVER - Local attorney Tim Berkley of Wood River announced he will be a Republican candidate for circuit judge in the election of 2022. Berkley, a lifelong resident of Madison County, has more than 3 decades of experience as an attorney and dedicated servant of the community. He attended Lewis and Clark Community College and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, graduating with a bachelor degree in government in 1985. He then graduated from University of Tulsa College of Law in 1990. Since then he has worked as a prosecutor, public defender, private practitioner, and for the Appellate Court system. Before becoming an attorney, Tim was a union contractor at the Wood River Refinery. “I am honored to run for Judge, I come from a typical working middle class family of Madison County. I’ve lived in the Roxana/Wood River area my entire life and built a legal career I am very proud of. This is a great place to live and raise a family. I love it here. I will take tha

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EHS Posts Notice That Temporary Records From Class of 2017 Will Be Destroyed On July 8, 2022

3 years 9 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Pursuant to the rule governing the destruction of school records by the Office of the Secretary of State of Illinois, the Guidance Office of Edwardsville High School will destroy the temporary records of those students from the graduating class of 2017. Those individuals from this class who would like to obtain these records must contact the registrar at 618-655-6717 or bohm@ecusd7.org by Friday, July 8, 2022. "If your parent or relative is picking them up please see that they have a letter giving consent for them to pick up your records," Edwardsville High School Prinicpal Steve Stuart said. "Anyone picking up records will be asked for an ID."

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Letter To The Editor: Paul Revere Moment Has Proven Prophetic

3 years 9 months ago
Letter To The Editor: Two topics that Steelworkers are well versed in, and they collided with one another during the recent rupture of the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, now operated by Marathon, spilling over 160,000 gallons of oil into Cahokia Creek in Edwardsville, Illinois. USW members are very familiar with the importance of steel chemistry, especially when the end-product will be a 32-inch spiral-weld pipeline that pumps highly corrosive tar sands, a very heavy oil that requires high pressure to push the product 1,600 miles. Steelworkers and our allies warned TransCanada that the chemistry oversight during production of this steel should have been more vigilant before they chose to procure the order from Wellspun, an India steelmaker. They chose cheap over quality control and long-term integrity. One thousand people rallied in Granite City, Illinois when 260 railcars were being unloaded within the shadows of US Steel/Granite City Works to highlight the many pitfalls, such

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Zelenskyy reminds Congress of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in pleading for U.S. help for Ukraine

3 years 9 months ago

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday invoked the Pearl Harbor attacks ahead of World War II and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, while urging the United States to do more to stop the Russian war against his country. During the speech, delivered virtually to members of Congress in an auditorium on Capitol Hill, Zelenskyy drew a […]

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Jennifer Shutt