ALTON - Community members are invited to Alton’s 35th annual Juneteenth event this weekend. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Killion Park in Alton, Riverbend residents can enjoy music, food vendors, crafts, free rides for kids and everything “from A to Z,” said organizer Lee Barham. The 35th annual event promises to be a day for community members to reflect on the history of Juneteenth while coming together for fun activities. “This is not a
In surveillance footage from around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, a man in a blue shirt can be seen kicking in one of the store’s windows, entering the store and taking two bicycles.
President Trump said Thursday that he canceled the forthcoming strikes and bombings against Iran, citing progress in discussions with Tehran’s leadership. “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the [...]
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Spanning 110 quadrillion kilometers, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are critical allies of plants. They also transport an enormous amount of planet-warming carbon.
Grateful Dead is offering up another preview of their upcoming live album, Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA (7/3/66).The band has just released a performance of the track "Viola Lee Blues,"…
President Donald Trump said Thursday he has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war. Trump had threatened major strikes on Iran and to seize control of its oil and gas industries as escalating attacks between the countries pushed the Middle East closer to full-scale war. The threats to [...]
On Wednesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved more than $3 million in post-disaster funding for repairs to St. Louis’ Centennial Christian Church.
A new public database offers a closer look at immigration enforcement patterns across the St. Louis region, tracking arrests, detentions and circumstances leading to ICE custody.
MATTOON – Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced that Rural King will invest $75 million to construct a new Store Support Center Campus in Mattoon, where the company's leadership and support departments will be based, including merchandising, IT, finance, operations, marketing, human resources, legal, and other key business functions. The company broke ground on the project today, which will create 100 new full-time