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$10 Million scratch-off ticket sold in Illinois
A lottery ticket purchased in Alton, Illinois, has won $10 million from a scratch-off game called "$10 Million." This is the first winner of the Illinois Lottery’s first-ever $50 scratch-off ticket, $10 Million, which launched in December 2023.
Changes coming to Alton Farmers' and Artisans' Markets
Last Saturday was one of the largest vendor turnouts in the history of the Alton Farmers' and Artisans' Market. Opening day saw 147 vendors set up, parking overflowed into the Amphitheater lot and onto the other side of the berm. Alton Main Street Executive Director Sara McGibany tells The Big...
Beloved Saint Louis Zoo vulture with 'larger-than-life' personality dies at 36
ST. LOUIS — Boris, one of the oldest cinereous vultures in human captivity, has died at the age of 36, the Saint Louis Zoo announced Wednesday. The zoo said Boris' care team had been treating him after he developed an ongoing and painful eye disease. Eventually, his condition progressed to the point that additional treatments could no longer keep him comfortable, so the decision was made to humanely euthanize him.
Actress Jennifer Coolidge spends week in St. Louis, shops and dines at local businesses
Award-winning actress Jennifer Coolidge shopped and dined her way through St. Louis this week after receiving an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at Washington University on Monday.
'We wanted to create a sober space where you can go and enjoy music' Sober concert series debuts in St. Louis this week
This week, the Garage at the Intersection concert series begins, which aims to offer a venue for sober St. Louisans and they can enjoy music. The venue is located at 3323 Washington Avenue in the Grand Center Arts District.
Benefits of the Brood
By this newspaper’s press time, Brood XIX (19) of periodical cicadas will likely be making its noisy appearance in the St. Louis area, joining the swarms of other insects residents already deal with at this time every year. Although not harmful to humans in any way, this giant wave...
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