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Alton Woman Charged With Threatening Middle School Employee

2 days 17 hours ago
ALTON – The mother of an Alton Middle School student faces felony charges after threatening to blow up and burn down the school and physically harm students. The 32-year-old Alton woman was charged on May 21, 2026 with a Class 4 felony count of disorderly conduct and a Class A misdemeanor count of aggravated assault. The woman allegedly knowingly threatened an Alton Middle School employee by “threatening to blow up and burn the school to the ground” on April 16, 2026, according

Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Female Athlete Of The Month: Sarah Rider Caps Breakthrough Season With State Hurdles Run

2 days 18 hours ago
CHARLESTON - Sarah Rider of Civic Memorial High School said competing in the 100-meter hurdles at state was an overwhelming but rewarding experience after qualifying with a personal record at the Triad Sectional and finishing 29th in the preliminaries. Rider, a junior at CM, ran 16.27 in the 100 hurdles prelims. She qualified for state by placing sixth at the Springfield Southeast Sectional in 16.14 after chasing a state berth throughout the season. Sarah is a Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Femal

Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Female Athlete Of The Month: Sarah Rider Caps Breakthrough Season With State Hurdles Run

2 days 18 hours ago
CHARLESTON - Sarah Rider of Civic Memorial High School said competing in the 100-meter hurdles at state was an overwhelming but rewarding experience after qualifying with a personal record at the Triad Sectional and finishing 29th in the preliminaries. Rider, a junior at CM, ran 16.27 in the 100 hurdles prelims. She qualified for state by placing sixth at the Springfield Southeast Sectional in 16.14 after chasing a state berth throughout the season. Sarah is a Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Femal

France’s Terrible Copyright Law, Hadopi, Is Not Quite Dead

2 days 18 hours ago
One of the best demonstrations that an obsession with protecting copyright’s intellectual monopoly drives politicians insane is the French law known as Hadopi, an acronym for ‘Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des oeuvres et la protection des droits sur internet’ (High Authority for the Dissemination of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet). The […]
Glyn Moody