EDWARDSVILLE - Several appointments, zoning measures and an advisory question on voter identification were approved at a Madison County Board meeting in Edwardsville, where board members also honored three high school state champions. The board recognized Triad’s Sophia Schardan for winning the 100-meter dash at the IHSA State Finals, Edwardsville’s Sophie Shapiro for winning the 300-meter hurdles at the state finals, and CM’s Max Weber for winning the 3,200. The board also
ALTON - Pride, Inc. Beautification is proud to recognize and thank OSF HealthCare for its generous financial support in revitalizing the landscaping surrounding the historic State House Circle fountain at the corner of College and Central Avenues. Several shrubs surrounding the fountain had become overgrown and needed replacement. Thanks to funding provided by OSF HealthCare and the generous donation of labor by Sisk Lawn & Landscaping, the landscape has been beautifully renewed, ensuring
CHESTER – The Illinois Department of Transportation over the weekend joined state and local leaders, along with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission and the Missouri Department of Transportation, to celebrate the completion of the new Don Welge Memorial Bridge, another achievement made possible by Gov. JB Pritzker's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program. The ribbon cutting marked the culmination of years of collaboration between Illinois and Missouri t
EDWARDSVILLE – A section of Esic Drive between Center Grove Road and Governors’ Parkway will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, July 20, 2026, while concrete pavement patching is underway. This closure is expected to remain in effect through Friday, July 31, 2026. All primary entrances and exits will remain open and accessible to the apartment buildings on this portion of Esic Drive during the improvement project. The Esic Drive entrance to the Metro East Lutheran High School
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with a coalition of 48 attorneys general, today announced a $29.6 million settlement with Glenmark, resolving allegations the generic drug manufacturer engaged in a widespread and long-running conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to numerous generic prescription drugs. Today’s settlement comes after Raoul and the coalition filed three separate
WOOD RIVER - Jordyn Spiller, a 6-foot-3 senior for the East Alton-Wood River High School Oilers, is viewed as one of the team's top prospects heading into the 2026-2027 school year. He scored a season-best 31 points on Feb. 10, 2026, to help his team defeat Mt. Olive 62-48 at EA-WR High, offering another sign of the high expectations surrounding him heading into the next boys' basketball season. Spiller, who plays for coach Billy Sullivan, is viewed as a key piece for the Oilers after showing
ALTON - Alton High boys tennis player Carter Hanebutt, who will be a junior for the 2026-2027 school year, earned praise from coach Jesse Macias after playing No. 1 singles as a sophomore and continuing a run of All-Southwestern Conference honors in each of his first two high school seasons. Hanebutt was an all-conference player as both a freshman and sophomore for Alton High. Macias said Hanebutt’s offseason work helped him rise into the top spot in the lineup. Hanebutt is an Earley
ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICE - St. Louis County Police have identified a man found dead Tuesday, July 14, 2026, on a ledge along a bluff near a shopping center in Fenton as 62-year-old Grant Reece of Union, Missouri. Officers from the St. Louis County Police Department’s City of Fenton Precinct responded at 11:31 a.m. Tuesday, July 14, 2026, to a welfare check in the 600 block of Gravois Bluffs Boulevard, according to St. Louis County police. When officers arrived, they found the body
ALTON - With the Alton Powerboat Nationals coming to Alton this weekend, one racer is eager for the chance to mount the podium. Chris Rinker with Rinker Racing took home first place at last year’s competition. With racing set to begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19, 2026, Rinker is hopeful he will once again leave Alton with a title. “We’re excited about heading to Alton,” he said. “We’ll get set up and get ready to rock and roll.”
– U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, reintroduced legislation to improve emergency communication technology that could help save lives. The ITS Codification Act would codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), which currently serves as the research and engineering laboratory at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and require
EDWARDSVILLE/GRANITE CITY - Madison County Sheriff’s deputies took an attempted murder suspect into custody Monday night after investigators said he intentionally struck a pedestrian with a vehicle in unincorporated Granite City, Illinois, then returned to the area in a different vehicle before leading deputies on a pursuit. The incident began at about 8:43 p.m. Monday, July 13, 2026, in the 1500 block of Chouteau Place Road, according to the Madison County Sheriff’s
O'FALLON, IL. - HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon, Illinois, said it completed construction on a new outpatient registration area that opened July 11, 2026, marking the first finished component of the hospital’s ongoing $116 million campus expansion project. The new outpatient registration area is located just inside the outpatient entrance, where patients check in for appointments and walk-in testing. Hospital officials said the relocation is intended to increase patient
AEDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Municipal Band will continue its summer concert season Thursday, July 16, with a rescheduled performance of “A Tribute to Leroy Anderson” at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleaon Etzkorn Bandstand in City Park. The free public concert in Edwardsville will spotlight the music of Anderson, whose work includes “Sleigh Ride,” and will feature pieces that emphasize what organizers described as his humor and creativity. Audience members can expect a “sandpaper
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Angus King (I-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Chris Coons (D-DE), and Alan Armstrong (R-OK) today introduced a bipartisan proposal to initiate Congressional action on Social Security. The Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone ( PROMISE ) Act follows the release of the Social Security Board of Trustees’ annua
CHICAGO — July 17 marks National Lottery Day, a time to celebrate lotteries across North America and recognize the positive impact they have on the communities they serve—from funding public education and supporting local businesses to investing in meaningful causes that benefit residents statewide. "When Illinoisans choose to play the Illinois Lottery, they're doing more than playing for a prize—they're helping support communities across our state," said Harold Mays, Director
ST. LOUIS – Steven L. Hofer was appointed Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Field Division, marking a return to the Division in which he began his 22-year career with the agency. SAC Hofer will oversee operations across 10 DEA offices in Kansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois. "I am honored to return to the St. Louis Field Division as the Special Agent in Charge," SAC Hofer said. "This division helped shape my career and I am
ALTON — Alton native Wren Crawford has been selected for the 2026 ASCEND Pre-Law Summer Institute at the USC Gould School of Law, earning one of 35 spots in the nationally competitive program from a pool of more than 800 applicants. Crawford, a Silver Medallion graduate of Alton High School and a student at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, is preparing to begin her sophomore year. The program is designed to prepare aspiring attorneys through academic instruction, professional development,
GODFREY — Ameren and local emergency response crews were at the intersection of Saturn and Mercury Drive in Godfrey on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, working to repair a 2-inch gas main leak, according to the Village of Godfrey. Godfrey advised motorists to consider avoiding the area at the present time. “While the scene is secure, motorists should consider avoiding the area,” the Village of Godfrey said. The village said Ameren and local emergency response crews were “currently
ALTON - Incoming sophomore Eliza Boatman created quite an awakening this past spring in outdoor track and field for Marquette Catholic High School. Boatman recorded a personal best in the 100-meter hurdles, taking the Gateway Metro Track and Field Championships title with a time of 17.16 in the spring. She also won the Gateway Metro title in the 300 hurdles (50.05). She was a member of Marquette's 4 x 100 and 4 x 200 relays at times during the season. Her other specialty was the long jump, where
ALTON - Alton Main Street’s Night Market will continue through the end of July. From 7–10 p.m. every Thursday in June and July, vendors set up on Sugar Alley behind 3rd Street and in the lot next to Catdaddy’s. Attendees can browse a variety of handmade and vintage items while enjoying music by a local band. Sara McGibany, executive director of Alton Main Street, emphasized the value of hosting these markets and bringing people together downtown. “We get a whole
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