The St. Louis Cardinals promoted Rob Cerfolio to general manager as part of a major front-office restructuring led by president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom.
ALTON - Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church will host its 27th annual Christmas Bazaar complete with craft vendors, food, a basket raffle, a bake sale and more to help a local ministry. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, community members can stop by the church at 717 State Street in Alton to shop and enjoy everything the event has to offer. Proceeds from the Christmas Bazaar go toward Helping Hands Ministry, which serves families in need throughout the Riverbend region. Parishioners
ALTON – After hearing from several residents against a proposed data center , Alton officials may bring in a consulting firm to review the project's potential impacts. A resolution appears on the agenda for the Nov. 9, 2026 Committee of the Whole meeting authorizing a professional services agreement between the City of Alton and Stantec Consulting Services Inc. “Support is required to assess the suitability and effect on the community of the proposed data center project at the
Missouri Republicans spent two years trying to reinstate an abortion ban. They emerged from Tuesday’s election with fewer ways to do it β and no plans to stop trying. About 55% of voters rejected Amendment 3, preserving the constitutional right to abortion approved in 2024. Voters also approved Amendment 6, which sharply limits lawmakers’ power […]
ALTON - Alton Main Street presents First Fridays, a late night art and shopping experience which spans many locations across the Downtown Alton district. This series is held on the First Friday of October, November and December, providing shoppers with an opportunity to check out new shops and galleries and visit familiar favorites to experience art and great specials at each business. Participants are offering a variety of discounts, refreshments, and giveaways. Every time you make a purchase
How Harvest Season Shaped Meals A feast and a pickle jar solve the same problem: what do you do when more food arrives than you can eat? One turns abundance into a shared meal. The other saves it for later. Both reveal how deeply the harvest shaped what people cooked, when they gathered, and what they considered worth celebrating. Before refrigeration and reliable long-distance transport, the arrival of ripe crops changed daily life. Households had to feed workers, process fresh ingredients,
A small art-school performance in London on Nov. 6, 1975, helped set the stage for a major upheaval in popular music. The Sex Pistols played their first show at St. Martin's School of Art, beginning a performing career that would make them central figures in British punk. The significance was not a polished debut or an immediate commercial breakthrough. It was the arrival of a band whose confrontational approach helped challenge assumptions about who could make music and what rock could express.
JERSEY - Jersey Community High School Spanish students honored loved ones who have died with altars, kites and traditional bread this week during a Day of the Dead celebration in Jersey Community Unit School District No. 100. Students created ofrendas, or altars, made and flew barriletes, or kites, baked pan de muerto, or bread of the dead, and more. The activities marked a week focused on Hispanic culture and remembrance. Day of the Dead, known in Spanish as Día de los Muertos