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A partnership between the city and the Regional Arts Commission will commission two new murals per ward

The creators of Flyover Comedy Festival refer to the annual weekend of programming – which ranges from standup to storytelling and improv – as an “invasion.”

The Regional Arts Commission gets most of its funding from the hotel-motel tax. With tourism down since the outset of the pandemic, a new marketing campaign aims to raise the profile of St. Louis as an arts destination.

Owners say they're doing some renovating inside and during that time, figuring out how to appeal to a new generation of blues lovers.

East Central College officials said early projections show a 12 percent decrease in enrollment for the next term. Currently, 1,351 people are enrolled for the spring semester, ECC’s interim vice president of student development Paul Lampe said. In December 2019, that figure was 1,534. Enrollment affects state funding, so a decrease in students changes the money allocated to local colleges. To cover costs, ECC officials increased tuition 3 percent in the fall, after a 20 percent increase in...