GLEN CARBON – A 1,500-acre piece of mostly vacant farmland in Glen Carbon is set to become the site of several future developments within the village. Trustees unanimously approved the establishment of a STAR Bond District in Glen Carbon at their Feb. 24, 2026, Village Board meeting. The district’s purpose is to finance the development of future entertainment, retail, and tourism projects through Sales Tax And Revenue (STAR) bonds, according to the village’s STAR Bond District
Metallica is adding six more shows to the band's upcoming Life Burns Faster residency at the high-tech Sphere venue in Las Vegas.The exact dates for the added shows have yet to…
THE INTERNATIONAL PERCUSSION SENSATION RETURNS TO THE FABULOUS FOX FROM MARCH 6-8 STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to The Fabulous Fox for four performances only March 6-8. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation for more than 30 years, having performed in more […]
EDWARDSVILLE - Tucker Lindstedt is one of the five seniors on this year's Edwardsville High School boys basketball team, and has been very supportive of his teammates as well as being a talented forward in the 2025-2026 season. The Tigers move to the sectional semifinals for a contest against Alton at Mascoutah on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Lindstedt, as one of the club's seniors, is optimistic and confident that Edwardsville can continue on in postseason play with the Alton game ahead next.
ALTON - The Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club is expected to welcome hundreds of people to their 40th annual Chili Chowdown event. On Monday, March 2, 2026, community members could stop by Main Street United Methodist Church in Alton from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 4:30–7 p.m. for a chili meal. A $10 ticket gets you all-you-can-eat chili, a beverage and a dessert. Brad King, this year’s event chair, noted that the “legacy” of the Chili Chowdown and the Rotary Club is all about supportin
The Missouri Department of Transportation will begin a bridge rehabilitation project on the Highway 370 bridge over the Missouri River (the Discovery Bridge) starting this week. All work is weather permitting.
EDWARDSVILLE - Gabby Cook is a senior forward for the girls basketball team at Edwardsville High, and provided senior, veteran leadership for the Tigers during the 2025-2026 campaign. In a game against O'Fallon Feb. 6, 2026, at Lucco-Jackson Gym, Cook was one of three players who scored 11 points in Edwardsville's 53-42 loss to the Panthers. Cook averaged over 8 points and 7 rebounds a game for the Tigers and was consistently one of the team's leading scorers game in and game out. Cook is
Looks like Lenny Kravitz is working on a new album.The rocker teased fans with news of a new record in a recent post on Instagram featuring a photo of him behind the drum…
The St. Louis County Port Authority has named CBRE as the exclusive sales agent for the former Jamestown Mall site, which is one of the largest redevelopment opportunities in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Wow. Imagine if you could just make this shit up. The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said. It is to LOL. Not only did the military friendly fire a CBP […]
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects war with Iran will continue however long it takes to achieve his objectives, which include eliminating the country’s missile program, preventing its leaders from building a nuclear weapon and ensuring it cannot fund terrorism. “Right from the beginning, we projected four to five weeks,” he said […]
WASHINGTON — A federal circuit court announced Monday it will hold oral arguments in May to determine whether a lower court erred when it blocked the Pentagon from downgrading Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay for appearing in the “Don’t Give Up The Ship” video. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
Nearly two decades ago, progressives fought to include a so-called public option — a government-run health plan — in the broad health care overhaul known as Obamacare. That effort failed, defeated by heavy lobbying from the insurance industry and opponents who decried it as a government takeover of health care. But the final Affordable Care […]