Halloween festivals, live entertainment, community fundraisers and outdoor adventures offer plenty of ways to spend Oct. 23-25, 2026, across the Riverbend. Explore the highlights below and visit RiverBender.com Events for the complete calendar. Food and community support come together at Alton Block Party for Good from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 23 at Soulcial Square in Alton. Hosted by Soulcial Kitchen, the free gathering offers groceries through the St. Louis Area Foodbank's Food on the Move trailer,
EDWARDSVILLE – The new chief of the Edwardsville Police Department has officially been sworn in. The Edwardsville City Council meeting on Oct. 20, 2026 marked an eventful evening for the city’s Police and Fire Departments, seeing the new police chief, two newly promoted officers and a probationary firefighter each take their oaths of office. Michael Lybarger was sworn in as the new chief of police. Lybarger, who previously served as deputy chief, steps into his new role leading the
A day after the surprise resignation of Missouri’s interim commissioner of education, the State Board of Education announced a new interim leader for the state’s public school oversight agency. Lisa Sireno, deputy commissioner of learning services, will lead the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, according to a news release from the board. Sireno has […]
New York, Oct. 21, 2026 — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has proclaimed on social platform X that broadcasters who report on purported “fake polls” violate license terms by engaging in “news distortion” or “broadcast hoaxes,” accusing them of violating “basic journalistic ethics.”
Freedom of the Press Foundation Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern said:
“Brendan Carr is not the journalism police. And he is just about the least qualified person in the country to lecture the press about journalistic ethics. The tell is that literally every time he attacks the press, it’s because of reporting that was unfavorable to his boss, Donald Trump, whose gilded face he’s been known to wear as a lapel pin. Carr could care less if reporting is accurate, as long as it’s uncritical of Trump or apolitical altogether. His selective outrage is Exhibit A on why the Constitution does not allow partisans to regulate news content.
“News broadcasters have a First Amendment right to report polling data, even if it proves to be inaccurate, just like they have a First Amendment right to report on Carr and Trump’s own countless lies and distortions, even when they turn out to be inaccurate. FCC policies about hoaxes and distortions must be applied narrowly to avoid clashing with the Constitution, if they can be constitutionally applied at all. The law under which the FCC operates expressly prohibits censorship and meddling with free speech, as Carr himself used to regularly say before he traded in any integrity he had to hitch his wagon to Trump.”
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Stacey Preis announced her resignation as interim education commissioner in an email to media following a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday. She didn't give a reason.
The announcement ends an unusual arrangement designed to supplement Tracy's pay while avoiding city charter clause requiring the police and fire chiefs to earn the same amount.
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National Democrats are suing President Donald Trump, accusing his administration of intimidating election officials and asking a federal court to block him from interfering in the midterm elections. The lawsuit, filed late Tuesday in Washington, D.C., comes as the Trump administration mounts a highly public offensive against voter fraud in California just two weeks before Election […]
A man accused of setting two Cahokia Heights spas on fire, which killed one woman, told investigators he started the fires after a sexual encounter left him upset, according to a federal criminal complaint.
For the past several months, the DHS and DOJ have been pushing hard to make Trump’s illegal voter election conspiracy theories a reality. Trump continues to claim millions of non-citizen voters are participating in federal elections — something he persists in proclaiming despite having won two of the last three presidential races. This isn’t really […]
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WOOD RIVER - The Cannaisseur Dispensary is now licensed to sell medical cannabis. Located at 40 E. Ferguson Avenue in Wood River, The Cannaisseur sells a variety of cannabis products for recreational and, now, medicinal uses. Nick Campbell with The Cannaisseur noted that the dispensary can help people navigate the steps to get a medical card, and they’re eager to help community members find the products that will work best for them. “For any questions or anything like that, an
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