GRANITE CITY/WOOD RIVER – A pair of stolen motorcycles have yielded felony charges against residents of Wood River and Granite City. Larry D. Garrison, 41, of Wood River, and Clinton E. Garrison, 41, of Granite City, were each charged on June 2, 2025 with two Class 2 felony counts of unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle and one Class A misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property. Larry and Clinton allegedly knowingly possessed two stolen motorcycles, both with Illinois registration numbers – a 2023 Honda Grom and a 2023 Kawasaki BR125. They were also accused of damaging the headlight and ignition of the Honda motorcycle. T he Wood River Police Department presented the cases against Larry and Clinton, both of whom were granted pretrial release from custody. All individuals charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
ALTON - Marion and Wilma Greene of Alton marked their 75th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 7. The couple was married on June 7, 1950, by the Reverend Ross Partridge at the Park Avenue Church parsonage in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Marion Greene retired from Jefferson Smurfit and also worked at Peyton Olds-Cadillac and Upper Alton Cemetery. Wilma Greene was employed for 19 years at Losch Greenhouses. The couple has two daughters and sons-in-law: Susan and Mike Carroll of Alton, and Barbara and Mike Montgomery of Godfrey.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Officials with the St. Louis County Animal Care and Control Center said that its shelter is over capacity. "I really want to get dogs out of the shelter and into homes because we have to provide humane housing and here, unfortunately, I don't have the spacing to do that," Kanika [...]
RIVERSIDE, Mo. -- Live Nation announced on Tuesday that the entertainment company will be investing $1 billion into building 18 new live music venues, including one in Missouri. According to a press release, within the next 18 months, Live Nation will open doors or break ground on the new venues, ranging from intimate clubs to [...]
The Kinks have shared another preview from their upcoming compilation The Journey – Part 3, which focuses on the band’s career with RCA/Arista from 1977 to 1984, a breakthrough for The…
BELLEVILLE - Maia Sebold, a resident of Belleville, earned second place in a national art competition celebrating America250, a program marking the nation’s 250th anniversary. The contest invited students to create artwork responding to the prompt, “What does America mean to you?” The competition, announced recently, drew widespread participation from across the country. For Maia, the recognition held deep personal significance. “It meant the world for her talent being recognized,” said her mother, Amber Sebold. Maia has been passionate about drawing since childhood. “I always remember drawing and things; I did it for fun and loved it. Around age 10, I realized I was really good at it,” Maia said. She said she will always be involved in art, even if not professionally. "I think I will always be doing it," she said. She described the opportunity to participate in this contest as especially meaningful. “I really enjoyed getting to
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House narrowly passed legislation Thursday that would revoke $9.4 billion in previously approved funding for public media, including National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, as well as foreign aid, though the bill’s future in the Senate amid a strict timeline is uncertain. The 214-212 mostly party-line vote marks just the […]
BETHALTO - Taylor Weishaupt is organizing a fundraiser to support Hazel, a 7-year-old Bethalto girl facing a challenging medical journey due to severe scoliosis. Hazel was scheduled for a spinal procedure at the end of summer, but recent medical updates revealed she will require a halo brace before undergoing a Shilla procedure, a partial spinal fusion, necessitating a hospital stay of several months. The fundraiser aims to alleviate the financial strain on Hazel’s family during this difficult period. Hazel’s mother will be out of work throughout the hospitalization to care for her, while her father will maintain employment and look after Hazel’s two siblings. The family is preparing for an emotionally and physically taxing time ahead. “Anyone who knows Hazel knows what a light she is to the world! She is full of life, love, and laughter all the time,” Weishaupt said. “This is going to be an extremely stressful time. Physically, emotionally, and financially
As you’ll likely recall, in late 2023, Elon Musk told advertisers to “go fuck yourself” and “don’t advertise” in response to a question about advertisers feeling uncomfortable placing their brands next to the kind of content that Musk was promoting via the ExTwitter algorithm. But the full context of the quote is interesting in retrospect: […]
WASHINGTON — Small business owners and community leaders from rural regions in Western states including Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Utah pressed lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week to preserve clean energy tax credits on the chopping block in the Republicans’ “one big beautiful” mega-bill, now in the Senate. The suite of […]
Federal law enforcement officials forcibly removed and handcuffed U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla at a Thursday press conference in Los Angeles by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem amid multi-day protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The scuffle between law enforcement, including an officer wearing a jacket with an FBI logo, and a United States senator represented […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum Wednesday (May 11) about 50 representatives of Missouri’s professional land surveying community traveled to Rolla for a ceremony marking the renaming of the MO Land Survey Division Building as the Robert E. (Bob) Myers Building, in honor of a storied member of their community. Robert Myers was the […]
If you have a group chat where you and your friends send each other memes, then you and Lars Ulrich have something in common.The Metallica drummer tells Variety that he, James…
From First Alert 4: The Tower Grove Connector is a 1.8 mile protected cycle track that will connect Tower Grove Park to the Cortex/ Brickline Greenway along Tower Grove Avenue. In Phase 1, the cycle track will go along Tower Grove Avenue and Vandeventer Avenue between Tower Grove Park and Sarah Street. The city said […]
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