Aggregator

“This is the biggest project that we have taken on since the Country Store and Restaurant were built in 2010," Chris Eckert said.

GREENE COUNTY, Ill. - Officials are searching for a Greene County, Illinois woman. The Greene County Sheriff's Office said the car of 39-year-old Randa (Long) Davidson was found in Springfield, Illinois on Tuesday, January 25. She is 5'8" and weighs 140 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. The sheriff's office said anyone with [...]

Our Love Story: The Couple: Cindy and Tom Flynn from Hartford Date Met/Started Dating: December 1, 2012 Briefly Describe First Date: Met at Allstars in Bethalto. He was in a band playing and a friend set us up to see if it was a match. PS: married him, he was a drummer. Date Married: May 11, 2014 Name Something You Enjoy Doing Together: We enjoy going to flea markets to look for Hot Wheels, Sugar Skulls, or Pigs. We enjoy just being with each other every day. I enjoy listening to him playing music and just singing to me. Share Advice For A Happy Relationship: Always listen and give each other space to do your own thing. Never go to bed angry, always kiss goodnight, or hug or even a pat. Tell each other I love you. I believe we say this 10 times a day.

Continue Reading

Officials said the fourth victim ran to a nearby convenience store and was in critical condition.

Robert R. Hermann Sr., who died in 2020, established the award in 1990 to recognize those who make contributions that protection the global environment.

Three million dollars is coming to parts of the St. Louis arts scene. Local artist Louetta Buechler gifted Laumeier Sculpture Park, the St. Louis Artists’ Guild and Craft Alliance, with the funds being split equally between the organizations.…

EDWARDSVILLE - The following students have been named to the Honor Roll at Metro-East Lutheran High School for the first semester of the 2021-22 school year. 9th Grade Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Logan Abbott, Edwardsville Rachel Brown, Edwardsville Joseph Feldhaus, Collinsville Yoonseo Jo, Edwardsville Jacob Kober, Collinsville Ethan Linnenbrink, Maryville Isabelle McLeod, Troy Erik Neath, Edwardsville Timothy Rainey, Collinsville Sofia Schwartzkopf, Edwardsville 9th Grade Honor Roll with Distinction (g.p.a. 3.75-3.99) Kate Jose, Worden Christian Kuethe, Moro Andrew Maske, Greenville Elijah Moore, Litchfield Faith Sigstad, Belleville Alexis Weber, Alton Taylor Weber, Alton Kathren Wright, Troy 9th Grade Honor Roll (g.p.a. 3.5-3.74) Dalton Beers, Edwardsville Christian Greer, Moro Jennifer Haynes, Centreville Eliza Hurn, Collinsville Evan Klaustermeier, Glen Carbon 10th Grade Honor Roll with High Distinction (g.p.a. 4.0) Faith Hall, Edwardsville

Continue Reading

ALTON - The Alton Little Theater says, "Yes, love is in the air" with Joe Simonelli's stage play, With This Ring , opening on Friday, February 11th and running through Sunday, February 20th. There will be eight performances with evening shows beginning at 7:30 pm on Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Matinees on Feb. 13th and Feb. 20th will be at 2 pm. One of ALT's favorite actors, Shea Maples, will be making his directing debut with this lovely tribology about four couples living in the same New York City apartment over the span of 100 years - and yet each couple has a varying connection to a magical ring that changes the course of their love for each other. The couples, aptly portrayed by Cheri Hawkins, Kelly Hougland, Chelsea Gould, Dylan Heck, Ian Wonders, John Kirkpatrick, Gail Drillinger, and Megan Kolosieke, take on the lives of real people enduring the realities of love, pain, loss, and gain as they traverse the course of deep and lasting love. ALT welcomes newcomers

Continue Reading

Our Love Story: The Couple: Elizabeth & Scott Schepers from Brighton Date Met/Started Dating: October 28, 1998 Briefly Describe First Date: Went to the movies to see Something About Mary Date Married: July 20, 2002 Name Something You Enjoy Doing Together: Watching our boys play baseball & soccer, spending time with family & camping. During COVID pandemic we have done home improvements together. Share Advice For A Happy Relationship: Always say love you, be honest, and open communication is what has worked for us for 20 years.

Continue Reading

The donation was described as one of the largest individual gifts that each of the organizations has ever received.

Armaud Green, 18, was the youngest to die Saturday after being shot in the Kingsway East neighborhood.

Instead of an encampment for the unhoused, City Hall is now looking at a redevelopment plan for the area.

URBANA – In addition to reducing carbon emissions, innovations in the capture, transport, and storage of carbon dioxide hope to help reduce atmospheric CO2 emissions. Officials at public meetings in central Illinois describe the plan to transport CO2 through 1,300 miles of underground pipeline, crossing 12 Illinois counties, ending at a central Illinois location for storage in underground rock. Storage of CO2 is also not new. "Illinois was the first to develop a carbon dioxide storage system from industrial sources," says Duane Friend , University of Illinois Extension natural resources, environment, and energy educator. "Geologists and engineers from the U of I Prairie Research Institute and the Illinois State Geological Survey have been working on these methods for over 20 years." The process passed safety tests. "Researchers and engineers, working with Archer Daniels Midland, closely monitored the capture, injection, and observation at the Decatur-based site," Friend

Continue Reading

ELSAH - Historic Elsah Foundation will offer its first Hosmer-Williams Lecture of 2022: “Discovering the Underground Railroad.” The speaker will be J. Eric Robinson, assistant professor of history at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis. Robinson is a graduate of Howard University and the University of Missouri-Columbia and is currently an assistant professor of history at the Saint Louis College of Pharmacy. He is a former president of the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial of Alton. Since 1995, his tours of the Underground Railroad in Alton have attracted guests from almost every state and from four continents. The tours have been featured in the New York Times, Business Week, and on the BBC World Service. The lecture will be held in person at Farley Music Hall in Elsah (limited capacity) on Thursday, March 3 at 7:00 pm. The presentation will be virtual and in person. If you wish to attend in person, please register in advance to ensure there is enough

Continue Reading

Slash will be pulling double duty on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week. The Guns N' Roses icon and his solo band, Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, are set to perform on…

Source