This Day in Music History: August 30 Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited , released on Aug. 30, 1965, stands as the most consequential music milestone associated with this date. The album made a forceful case that rock could carry surreal, literary songwriting without losing urgency or volume. Built around the breakthrough single “Like a Rolling Stone,” it joined electric blues, folk language and a sharp, full-band sound on songs that expanded the possibilities of the album format
CARROLLTON — The stories, memories and voices of Greene County will take center stage tonight with the online premiere of Porch Stories: Stories from Greene County, Illinois at 7 p.m. on YouTube. The film is part of the Porch Stories Project, a community storytelling and oral history effort created to record the people, places and experiences that have shaped Greene County. Viewers can watch the premiere live on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/live/0FwSKXPFhEg?si=B7-vFXSpXV_qe8AU
ST. LOUIS — Mayor Cara Spencer and Director of Public Utilities Niraj Patel, P.E., in partnership with Julian Nicks, Chief Recovery Officer, announced new plans to help tornado survivors pay their water bills. The Tornado Recovery Water Affordability Program will deliver direct relief on water bills to residents impacted by the May 16 tornado. To ease the burden on tornado survivors, they have been prequalified if they have already applied for assistance. Those households can enroll in unde
Several events on this date helped shape political and social life in different parts of the world. In 1526, the Ottomans won the Battle of Mohács against the Kingdom of Hungary. The defeat was devastating for Hungary and opened the way for major Ottoman expansion into Central Europe. It also changed the political map of the region for generations, contributing to the division of Hungarian lands among Ottoman and Habsburg rulers. The battle is remembered not simply as a military loss,
August 29 in Music History: The Beatles End Their Touring Era On Aug. 29, 1966, the Beatles played their final concert before a paying audience at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, closing the touring chapter of the most consequential popular-music group of its era. The show was the last date of the band’s 1966 U.S. tour and came after years in which Beatlemania had turned concert halls, stadiums and airports into scenes of overwhelming noise and security pressure. The Beatles would
BUZZ MAGAZINE – As I prepare for the upcoming Labor Day tribute to Ernest (Fred) Long at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Edwardsville, I find myself contemplating the number etched into eternity through his headstone. Nineteen years old. More than 125 years ago, Fred Long was a coal miner who lost his life alongside seven other United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) laborers, during the Battle of Virden (Illinois) on October 12, 1898. The armed conflict ensued as tensions erupted between the coal miner
EDWARDSVILLE – An Alton resident faces a Class X felony after allegedly threatening to set fire to the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville. 39-year-old Christopher O. Clark of Alton was charged on Aug. 27, 2026 with a Class X felony count of making a terrorist threat. The day prior on Aug. 26, 2026, Clark allegedly made a statement to Madison County Sheriff’s deputies that he “intended to burn down the courthouse in the presence of multiple residents and employees engaging
WOOD RIVER — Bringing national-level 911 training closer to home is opening new opportunities for emergency communications professionals across Madison County. The National Emergency Number Association, or NENA, held a Conflict Management course on Wednesday in Collinsville, bringing together representatives from all seven Madison County public safety answering points, or PSAPs, along with 911 professionals from Southern Illinois and other downstate counties. Emergency Telephone System
GLEN CARBON - Hawthorne Animal Hospital at 5 Cougar Drive, Glen Carbon, will stop accepting new emergency patients overnight beginning Sept. 1, 2026, directing pet owners with emergencies between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to a nearby 24-hour emergency facility, the hospital announced, citing nationwide veterinary staffing challenges, particularly in overnight emergency care. The hospital said its phone lines will remain staffed overnight to help clients determine the appropriate next step.
ALTON - The RiverBend Growth Association will host their annual LeadHERship Seminar to connect and empower local women. From 12:30–4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, community members are invited to Enjoy Church in Alton for an afternoon of speakers and activities. The goal, as explained by RiverBend Growth Association leaders Stefanie Withers and Debbie Hagen, is to bring women together and raise up the community through personal and professional development. “It is designed
GLEN CARBON – The process of selecting a new Glen Carbon Village Administrator has officially begun. The Aug. 25, 2026 Village Board meeting also served as a “kickoff meeting” between trustees and Mark Peterson of MGT Impact Solutions LLC. Peterson previously said the meeting would serve to determine what qualities and qualifications the village is looking for in its next village administrator. Jamie Bowden announced last month he would be retiring as Glen Carbon’s villag
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Nine Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Scott Composite Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, trained in general aviation at the Saint Louis Regional Airport, East Alton, Illinois, on Saturday, 22 August and Sunday, 23 August 2026. Civil Air Patrol was on site conducting cadet orientation flights in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing, fixed-wing plane manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The Civil Air Patrol cadet orientation
It can be a little hard to believe it’s back-to-school season already. And while there are still some long, relaxed days of summer ahead, it’s also that time when families begin to plan for the coming school year. School clothes and notebooks are just around the corner. And there can be a lot going on for everyone during this transition. There’s a return to the familiar routines of the school day, but there’s also much that can be different — whether it’s
GODFREY — Village Dispensary has opened a drive-thru at its recreational cannabis store at 110 Northport Dr. in Godfrey, offering customers another way to pick up online orders during business hours, with the company citing convenience as a focus for the location. Customers must preorder online and prepay by bank before using the drive-thru, the dispensary said in an appearance on C.J. Nasello's Our Daily Show! on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. Once they arrive, they pull in, provide identification,
MARYVILLE - New Civic Memorial girls volleyball coach Jack Grimm said he was “absolutely thrilled” with the Eagles’ performance against Maryville Christian, pointing to the team’s buy-in and players filling roles throughout the program. The CM team rolls to a 4-0 overall record after three consecutive wins in the Roxana Girls Volleyball Tournament. The CM girls are Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Female Athletes Of The Month. Kaitlyn Ogden and Addie Jeffery led Civic Memoria
ALTON – Owners of vacant homes in Alton may soon have a simpler way to stop being charged for trash service. At the Aug. 26, 2026 Alton City County meeting, aldermen unanimously approved a resolution to introduce an ordinance amending a City Code section regarding garbage and refuse changes and abatement. Previously, owners of vacant residential properties stopped being charged for trash service after sending a written request for abatement to the Comptroller’s Office or after th
BELLEVILLE – A Belleville resident accused of stealing an e-bike from a Maryville home while on medical release from the Madison County Jail is once again in custody. Charles B. Blount, 37, of Belleville, was charged on Aug. 14, 2026 with one count each of burglary (a Class 1 felony) and theft (a Class 3 felony). Blount allegedly entered another person’s Maryville residence without authority on Aug. 12, 2026 and stole an e-bike from the same property owner. Blount had previously
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - An autopsy found no signs of foul play in the death of Milo T. Sanders-Turner, 30, who was found deceased in the lake at the Winchester Place Apartments, Fairview Heights Police said on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in an update on the death investigation. Police said the autopsy was conducted and that toxicology results are pending. Fairview Heights Police confirmed Sanders-Turner lived at the Winchester Place Apartments. Fairview Heights Police received a call about
ST. LOUIS - A man in his 30s died after being shot numerous times on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in the Greater Ville, where District 5 officers responded just after 1 p.m. to the area of North Sarah and Maffitt. St. Louis Metropolitan Police homicide detectives are investigating the shooting in the 2800 block of Sarah. Officers found the man lying on the sidewalk near a convenience store. He was not conscious, was barely breathing, and had suffered numerous gunshot wounds. Officers rendered
EDWARDSVILLE - Lincoln Middle School recently opened its new courtyard so students can spend time outside and refocus for class. Principal Michael Cory noted that while there has been a lot of construction at the middle school and in Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 over the past few months, the projects have definitely been worth it. He said students are enjoying the new courtyard, and he believes the space indicates the start of another positive school year. “It’s
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