ALTON - Community members are invited to the ultimate date night on the river at Alton’s Jazz and Wine Festival. From 6–10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, the Alton Amphitheater will host the festival featuring performances by Kasimu Taylor, Playadors, and Butcher Brown. Wine and charcuterie will be available for purchase. Amphitheater Commissioner Abby Haynes explained that this year’s festival serves as a tribute to Miles Davis. “Miles should be celebrated,”
GRANITE CITY – Residents of Granite City and Missouri have been charged with stealing thousands from the same elderly victim for nearly two months. Todd D. Morris, 45, of Granite City, and Branton D. Eldridge, 43, of Florissant, Mo., were both charged on Aug. 13, 2026 with one count each of aggravated identity theft (both Class 2 felonies) and theft by deception (both Class 3 felonies). From July 1 to Aug. 31, 2025, Eldridge allegedly knowingly used the personal identifying information
DOW - Community members can enjoy a 35-year tradition at the Tri-County Antique Club’s annual Olden Days Festival. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, the Tri-County Antique Club will host its 35th festival for families to enjoy. Live entertainment, a car show, tractor pulls, demonstrations, and a flea market all headline the festival, with plenty more planned. It’s such a good event, such a family-oriented event,”
EDWARDSVILLE - A woman caring for her neighbors’ dogs was taken to a hospital after being bitten and suffering numerous wounds on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, in Edwardsville, according to Cathy A. Hensley, communications coordinator for the City of Edwardsville. Hensley said officers and Edwardsville Fire Department paramedics responded about 6:45 p.m.on Aug. 14 to the 500 block of North Buchanan Street in Edwardsville. She said the injured woman was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
ALTON — The Alton Police Department has completed renovations to its Command Center at the department after more than 25 years of continuous operation, a project intended to improve workspace functionality, equipment, and support for police and emergency services. The Alton Police Department said the Command Center is fully operational and serves as its operational hub. The room houses the 911 phone system, dispatch terminals, emergency communications equipment, CCTV monitoring systems,
BETHALTO - The Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 has officially opened the Eagle Nation Community Box, a way to combat food insecurity. Located behind the Central Office in Bethalto, the Community Box allows people to leave and take food items, school supplies, hygiene products, and other necessities. Civic Memorial High School Principal Justin Newell helped oversee the project, and he is pleased to report it’s already working. “Believe it or not, I’ve already
A calendar can tell you the date, but it cannot fully explain why some months feel busy, hopeful, slow, or restless. For that, people have long relied on something larger and more visible: the changing rhythm of the year. Seasons do more than describe temperature or daylight. They help us organize work, food, celebration, memory, and even emotion. Why seasons matter beyond the weather Most people think of seasons as a simple part of nature: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. But for humans,
On August 17, the event with the widest and most lasting global impact is the beginning of Indonesian independence in 1945. On that day, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaimed that Indonesia was free from colonial rule, just days after Japan’s surrender in the Second World War. At the time, the declaration did not end conflict right away; it began a difficult struggle against returning Dutch control. Even so, it mattered immediately because it gave millions of people across a vast archipelago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Metropolitan Police District 4 detectives are investigating after a 34-year-old man was critically injured in a shooting that followed a dispute with a 35-year-old man he knew, authorities said on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. The dispute began in the 2700 block of Howard and continued into Downtown St. Louis, where gunfire erupted near Olive and Tucker. A preliminary investigation found the 34-year-old man, driving an Infiniti, pursued the 35-year-old man, who was driving a Toyota
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias today launched a new statewide public awareness campaign encouraging Illinoisans to become organ and tissue donors and pass along something meaningful: the gift of life. The new campaign begins airing today on broadcast and cable television, radio, digital and social media platforms across Illinois to increase awareness and encourage more residents to join the state’s Organ/Tissue Donor Registry. “We pass down
ALTON — The Alton Police Department will join more than 200 law enforcement agencies across Illinois from now through the early morning hours of Sept. 8, 2026, in a Labor Day traffic safety effort aimed at stopping impaired, distracted and unsafe driving. The department will participate in the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” “Drive High. Get a DUI” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns. Officers will focus on impaired driving, seat belt enforcement
JERSEYVILLE – Felony charges have been filed against one of the suspects in an alleged mob action and public battery incident in Jerseyville. 18-year-old Hayden M. Womack of Grafton was charged on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 in Jersey County court with one count each of aggravated battery in a public place (a Class 3 felony) and mob action (a Class 4 felony). Charging documents state Womack knowingly gathered with two other individuals, including another 18-year-old and a minor, and engaged i
BELLEVILLE — Belleville City Council members are scheduled to vote at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, on a winter safety plan that would provide overnight shelter at the McCormick Center at the Cathedral of St. Peter within the Catholic Diocese for people with no place to go when temperatures fall to 20 degrees or below. The plan is intended to protect people on the coldest winter nights and address safety concerns in the city, according to Kara Moore, a social worker who is chairwoman
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police’s (ISP) new Bicycle Response Team is on a roll this summer as it hits the streets of the Illinois State Fair for the first of many large-scale events the Team is expected to attend in support of ISP’s mission of protecting public safety. The Bicycle Response Team was established to increase operational mobility, visibility, and service during events where traditional patrol vehicles are less effective due to crowds and environmental restrictions
SPRINGFIELD – Invasive carp sampling crews removed several hundred small silver carp from the Marseilles Pool of the Illinois River, about 80 miles from Lake Michigan, on Thursday and Friday as part of routine intensive monitoring of the upper river. The fish ranged in size from about 4 to 6 inches long, and the discovery marks the first time invasive carp of this size have been found this far upriver since the monitoring program began in 2010. The location indicates a spawning event
EDWARDSVILLE - Five weeks before their first fall semester, a record cohort of 120 incoming Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students got an early start. On Friday, Aug. 7, SIUE’s 2026 Summer Success Program gathered for a closing ceremony celebrating the completion of five weeks of college coursework, campus engagement and community-building. Students finished the program with certificates in hand, seven college credit hours already earned and five weeks of experience navigating
CHICAGO — A Breese woman accused of using an elderly person’s debit card between January and May 2025 for personal purchases and cash withdrawals was arraigned in St. Clair County Circuit Court on felony theft and financial exploitation charges, Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office said. Nicole Snyder, 44, was charged with two counts of financial exploitation of an elderly or disabled person of less than $50,000 and two counts of theft of less than $100,000. All four charges
GRANITE CITY — Kaysen Emerson, a senior running back and wide receiver for Granite City, said Aug. 8, 2026. at Kevin Greene Field that the Warriors are working to turn around the program after a third consecutive 0-9 season in 2025, to win games and reach the playoffs when the new season begins Aug. 21 at home against Freeburg. Emerson, a Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of the Month for the Warriors, made an impact last season as Granite City’s leading receiver. He ran 19 time
ALTON — Firefighters responded to a house fire Sunday evening in the 600 block of Wyss Avenue after smoke was seen coming from the eaves of the residence. The Alton Fire Department arrived and conducted a search of the home. No one was found inside, and no injuries were reported. Firefighters requested a box alarm, bringing the East Alton Fire Department to the scene However, East Alton firefighters were canceled before arriving after the fire was quickly brought under control. The cause
GRANITE CITY – A woman from Granite City was recently charged three years after allegedly using an elderly victim’s signature to apply for a mortgage and more. Linda L. Bone, 66, of Granite City faces two counts of financial exploitation of an elderly person, including a Class 1 felony and Class 2 felony. She also faces two counts of aggravated identity theft, including one Class 1 felony and one Class 2 felony. The charges against Bone were filed on Aug. 13, 2026 in Madison County
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