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Appeals Court Hands Roy Moore Another Loss In Yet Another Bogus Libel Lawsuit

13 hours 56 minutes ago
Former judge Roy Moore made quite a name for himself while attempting to convert his sketchy judicial career into a presumably equally sketchy career as US senator. Prior to his run for office in the 2018 mid-term election, Moore had already been suspended from the Alabama bench for a long list of violations: A normal […]
Tim Cushing

Alton Officer of the Month Solves Major Burglary Case

14 hours 24 minutes ago
ALTON - The Alton Police Department has named Officer Austin Cross its Officer of the Month after he investigated a residential burglary that led to the recovery of stolen property and the detention of a suspect wanted in other cases. The Alton Police Department said Cross responded on Jan. 7, 2026, to a burglary on Alby Street in Alton. What began as a single call “quickly turned into an outstanding investigation,” the department said. Using GPS tracking from stolen

Man Charged With Aggravated Domestic Battery - Strangulation In Calhoun County

14 hours 38 minutes ago
HARDIN - The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said a 45-year-old Pleasant Hill resident was arrested late April 4, 2026, after authorities were notified of a “rolling domestic disturbance in progress” on Pump Station Road in northwest Calhoun County. The sheriff’s office said it was notified at 11:13 p.m. on that evening by West-Central 911 Dispatch, which coordinated efforts with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, an

68-Year-Old Hardin Man Faces Multiple Charges After Incident

14 hours 52 minutes ago
HARDIN - Calhoun County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 68-year-old Hardin man recently after a reported domestic disturbance involving a firearm in Hardin. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said West-Central 911 Dispatch notified the agency at about 2:15 p.m. on April 2, 2026, of a “Domestic Disturbance in Progress, involving a firearm” in Hardin in Calhoun County. Deputies responded immediately and arrived at 2:20 p.m., the Calhoun Sheriff’s Office said. Calhoun

Trump’s new conditions on DEI, immigration could cut off states’ wildfire funding

14 hours 57 minutes ago
A new effort to force states to affirm the Trump administration’s views on DEI, transgender athletes and immigration when signing contracts with the U.S. Forest Service is threatening millions of dollars in wildfire grant funding and fire reduction projects on federal lands. Some liberal states can’t sign the documents because the policies clash with state […]
Alex Brown

More states consider dropping GLP-1 weight loss drugs from Medicaid

14 hours 57 minutes ago
Massachusetts and Rhode Island are considering dropping GLP-1 drugs for obesity treatment from their Medicaid programs, continuing a trend of states that have stopped coverage of these expensive medications.  Thirteen state Medicaid programs are covering GLP-1 drugs for the treatment of obesity this year, down from 16 last year.  Medicaid programs in California, New Hampshire, […]
Shalina Chatlani

Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling

14 hours 57 minutes ago
President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary. The court’s decision on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as unconstitutional and empowered other Republican states to break […]
Jonathan Shorman

Letter To The Editor: Resident Raises Safety Concerns Over Flashing Traffic Lights on Humbert Road

15 hours 2 minutes ago
Letter To The Editor: Why is it taking so long to fix the traffic lights on Humbert Road in front of Alton High School, morning and afternoon, when the school traffic is the busiest? It causes a very bad safety situation with all the traffic each day, and they have been on flashing since Sunday morning. I’m very concerned about the safety of the kids and public safety. Thomas Nesse