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Larry Lexow said he realizes that now more than ever, people need some free advice about their finances. That’s why his Edwardsville financial planning firm that bears his name is offering free bi-weekly seminars to the public.
A new Holiday Inn hotel will not be coming to town after all. The city had approved a redevelopment agreement for a new $12 million hotel at Eastport. But developers could not secure funding.
Perhaps it was fitting that when he died in his studio home in Chicago, sculptor Lorado Taft was creating a memorial piece commissioned to be placed on a grave. It was to depict a young man with his face and arms upraised and be called "Aspiration."
The bullet tore through Steve Palermo's waist, from his right side to his left. It bounced off a kidney, then through the abdomen, breaking bone before pushing into the spinal cord.
John Whitney Sr. has come up with a way for dead aviation enthusiasts to take their last flight, so to speak.
President Barack Obama says he trusts Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) to follow through on the agreements the two leaders have announced at their summit in Moscow.
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Blanca has formed in the Pacific off Mexico's western coast.