Five Years Ago This week in 2021, Australian news sites were reacting bizarrely to Facebook’s withdrawal from sharing news in the country, just before Facebook caved and decided to restore news links. The whole ordeal was surrounded by silly reactions so we pointed to the best summary of everything, and also looked at how it […]
The United States and Israel launched a series of coordinated strikes against Iran on Saturday. The attacks follow sustained pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to reach an agreement to limit its nuclear program, along with renewed calls for a regime change.
Getting the weather message out to as many people as possible is the goal of every forecast team. Now, the National Weather Service is reaching out to one underserved community, working with deaf and hard of hearing groups across the country.
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County officials recognized an Alton pastor Wednesday night as a “Living Legend” for her lifetime of ministry, mentorship and leadership in the community. County Board Member Michael “Doc” Holliday of Alton and Chairman Chris Slusser presented Pastor Joyce Elliott with the Madison County Living Legend Award during the County Board’s February meeting. Elliott made history as the first female licensed ordained minister at Union Baptist
Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum is excited to bring you the 5th Annual Garage Sale on February 28th 2026, from 9:00 a.m. until noon in the service yard. Once you enter […]
On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) today introduced two pieces of bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation—the Smarter Sentencing Act , to modernize federal drug sentencing policies, and the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act , to provide judges additional flexibility when determining if pretrial detention is appropriate for those accused of nonviolent
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has established a new Student Advisory Council (SAC) to help give students a platform on campus, and to provide the college’s president and executive team with student input on various matters affecting them. Student Trustee Jim Eck said the idea was born out of several informal sessions with President Ken Tzraska last fall, during which several students shared their positive learning experiences. “We are building on that
BETHALTO - Civic Memorial High School students presented a check to the Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 Board of Education to increase literacy in the community. During the Board’s regular meeting on Feb. 26, 2026, four members of the Educators Rising program at Civic Memorial spoke about their fundraising efforts to assist with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Madison County. Through several initiatives, students have raised money to help continue this program in
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs today unveiled nearly $200,000 in Charitable Trust grants to 10 small nonprofits that help people stay in their homes and get job training. “We are helping people who need a helping hand at a time when so many folks are struggling due to higher costs and as our federal government yanks away lifelines,” Treasurer Frerichs said at a news conference at Rockford. “I’m proud to partner with nonprofit organizations
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