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BETHALTO – It’s not only one of the hardest things to pull off in baseball, but one of the hardest things to do in all of sports; throw a no-hitter that is. Well, Civic Memorial High School senior pitcher Nick Williams accomplished the feat Monday night (March 28) when the Eagles toppled the Alton High Redbirds by a score of 9-1. Nick Williams is the Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Male Athlete of the Month for CM. Nick mentioned feeling very confident in the first inning when he struck out his old friend James Vambaketes for his first K of the game. He threw all seven innings facing 23 batters. Of those 23, he struck out 10 of them and only allowed two walks. “Pretty dominant performance for him,” CM head coach Nick Smith said postgame regarding Williams’ outing on the mound. Nick admitted that he knew about and was openly discussing the no-hitter in the dugout saying that he doesn’t believe in superstitions. He let his pitching do all the

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ELDRED - As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, the Eldred American Legion was packed full with anticipation of the $500,000 drawing set for 7 in the evening. The good news is someone will walk away with $500,000 if they are there on Tuesday night and their ticket is drawn for the Queen of Hearts card. If they have purchased a ticket and aren't there, they will receive half that amount. The other good news - tickets can still be purchased until 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Eldred American Legion on Locust in Eldred. Only nine cards of a deck will be drawn tonight and one of the cards is the Queen of Hearts so a $500,000 winner is guaranteed Tuesday. A Legion spokeswoman said vehicles were already being parked in the town of 300 as of Monday night and already the community's population is swelling and will each hour that goes by until the drawing. By tonight, there will be thousands of people in the small farming community in Greene County. Because this drawing is a Draw For A Winner, there will be no

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GRAFTON - Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow recently saluted a community member Bob Beloit for his volunteer efforts during a recent bad snowstorm. Grafton Mayor Mike Morrow recently presented a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the City Council to Bob Beloit, Organizing Coordinator for Machinist District 9 and citizen of Grafton’s 3rd Ward for his volunteer work during the storm. “Bob called me the day before the big snowstorm and said if we needed any maintenance work on the snowplows to call him,” said Mayor Morrow. The mayor said when the big snowstorm hit, the power went out in the entire city. "We awoke on a Friday to a blacked-out city and a report from our Public Works Director that one of our plow trucks was down with a broken hydraulic line," he said. "I called Bob around 5:30 a.m. and told him about the broken plow. He said he was making a thermos of coffee on his camp stove and would be right down. "Bob went to the city maintenance bay, assessed the situation

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The full list of performers for the 2022 edition of Milwaukee's annual Summerfest has been announced and, as usual, it features popular artists from a wide variety of genres, including…

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You can catch all the Cardinals spring training games on KMOX radio, and some of them on TV through Bally Sports Midwest or MLB.TV.

More than 16 million homes are sitting vacant across the U.S., according to a report using census data.

ALTON - Alton Memorial Hospital, a member of the Siteman Cancer Network, will have its next free monthly skin cancer screening in partnership with Siteman Cancer Center from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 26. The screenings are by appointment only in Suite 101 of Medical Office Building A on the AMH campus. Call 618-463-7220 or visit www.altonmemorialhospital.org, then go to Classes & Events to register. Because of physical distancing, a limited amount of people will be allowed inside the office at one time. Please arrive 10 minutes prior to your appointment and do not bring another person with you unless it’s necessary. Being proactive is the one step to early detection. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer. People with fair skin, light-colored hair, green or blue eyes, and people who freckle easily are at the greatest risk. Excessive sun exposure, blistering burns before the age of 18, and a family history of melanoma are also risk factors. Most skin cancers appear after

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Former Cardinals pitcher Todd Stottlemyre is bringing a pair of poke bowl franchises to the St. Louis area this summer.

Fathers & Families Support Center, which offers parenting education and employment and other support services to absent fathers looking to reunite with their children, has named its next CEO.

This is an African spoonbill in a picture taken at the San Diego Zoo. As I recall, the spoonbill was not very cooperative but it eventually showed its entire self.

There are a lot of reasons to be excited about this season — and plenty of ways to take in the action!

St. Louis County residents can now call a hotline to report suspected abuse against elderly and disabled people.

A lawsuit says electronic editions of the Post-Dispatch violate contracts with distributors of the print newspaper.

ST. LOUIS – Faces Not Forgotten, a local nonprofit and recipient of the FOCUS St. Louis What's Right With the Region Award in 2021, has teamed up with Central Reform Congregation for an important cause. Faces Not Forgotten, born of its founder’s personal losses, is a group of artists who paints portraits of young gun violence victims. These original portraits are donated to the children’s families to provide comfort. Fine art images of the portraits are then made into quilts and exhibited nationally to raise awareness of the horrific epidemic of gun violence. In the St. Louis area, Faces has completed nine quilts containing 72 portraits. All nine quilts will be on exhibit at Central Reform Congregation (CRC) from April 8-May 1, with a public opening on Friday, April 8th, from 5-7 pm. Ceremony begins at 6 pm and all are welcome. Founder and executive director Christine Ilewski, “These children are not just numbers or statistics. Each one of them was a life ended

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EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville senior pitcher Gannon Burns is off to a very good start for the 2022 season, and against Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin Catholic on Monday afternoon at Tom Pile Field, Burns allowed only one run and three hits while striking out six in the Tigers' 9-1 win over the Cyclones. Burns pitched very well on the day and had wanted to go out for the sixth inning. One problem though. "I feel pretty good," Burns said during a postgame interview. "I wanted that last sixth inning, but (pitching coach Mike Sabatino) told me no," he said with a laugh. Everything aside, Burns was able to throw strikes consistently, having the SH-G batters guessing all day and was able to get the outs with his curve ball, which was his most effective pitch. "I think my breaking balls, I was throwing them for strikes early in the count," Burns said, "and they weren't really swinging at them, so I could get ahead easy and then, just finish them off." The Tigers got all the runs they needed

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Last week, the EU and the US announced something important that sounds pretty boring — a new “privacy shield” agreement. You should know it’s important, because in the midst of dealing with everything else, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Biden actually made a public statement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]

Beginning Monday, small businesses can fill out in-person applications for the program that will allocate $5,000 grants to approximately 900 businesses. The online application portal will open April 14 at 8 a.m., officials said.

As you might have predicted, Foo Fighters' tour is not going forward in the wake of the shocking death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. "It is with great sadness that Foo…

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