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Difference Maker: Madison County's Director of Special Operations Rizzi Ends Distinguished Law Career

18 hours 53 minutes ago
EDWARDSVILLE - After 42 years of law enforcement service, Director Robert Rizzi has retired from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, officials have announced. Director Rizzi concluded his career after serving as Director of Special Operations at the Madison County Sheriff’s Office for the past 11 years. Rizzi has been a definite Difference Maker in his region in his different law enforcement capacities. Prior to joining the sheriff’s office, he worked as an

New Law Protects Workers Who Document Violence Using Work Devices

19 hours 6 minutes ago
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is reminding employers and employees about a new amendment, Public Act 104-0171 , to the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) which clarify that employees may use an employer-provided device to document or record evidence of violence affecting themselves and or their family. The amendment ensures that workers who use a business-owned device—such as a computer, tablet, or cellphone—to record or

Docs Just Off 66 and The Power of Small Businesses

19 hours 24 minutes ago
BUZZ MAGAZINE – I opened Docs Just Off 66 because I believed the city of Girard needed someone to save the oldest operating business, keep the little bit of history in place. We also wanted to give families a place where they can gather after ballgames, where kids could order a milkshake and feel like it was a special occasion, and where travelers along Historic Route 66 could experience something real, not manufactured, not corporate, but authentic. Docs began as a dream rooted in nostalgia

Wood River Receives Clean Audit For 2025

19 hours 34 minutes ago
WOOD RIVER – At the Jan. 5, 2026 Wood River City Council meeting, Trisha Shrewsberry of CJ Schlosser & Company LLC presented a few highlights of the audit report for the city’s past fiscal year ending April 30, 2025. The city received an “unmodified opinion,” sometimes known as a “clean” audit, with a few notable items given major projects completed in recent years. “You guys received an unmodified opinion again this year – it just meant no

When the Science Isn't Settled: CDC Retracts Claim

19 hours 34 minutes ago
BUZZ MAGAZINE – I want to talk to you today about something very important. Something HUGE. Yet strangely enough, almost no one is talking about it. For decades the CDC has told the American public - with absolute certainty - that vaccines do not cause autism. This was presented as settled science. End of discussion. Case closed. Well apparently not so fast, because now that statement had to be retracted under a federal law called Data Quality Act. That law requires government agencies

Group sues Coast Guard over FOIA about Caribbean boat strike

19 hours 49 minutes ago
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri-based nonprofit organization has filed suit in federal court against the United States Coast Guard, alleging the agency violated federal law by failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records related to…
By Kyla Asbury | Legal Newsline