When our flotilla of five canoes pushed off from Louisiana, Missouri, on a Friday afternoon in September, the sky was flat gray, and a promising forecast had turned into warnings about heavy rains coming our way. This wasn’t the introduction to the joys of paddling on the Mississippi River that I had hoped for. Six […]
Illinois does not have safety regulations for warehouses like the Amazon facility hit by a tornado late last year in the Metro East. That means workers in surrounding buildings, and in the Amazon operation, once it’s rebuilt, won’t be any safer during the next major storm.
East Alton Elementary, Wood River-Hartford District, the Alton School District, Edwardsville School District, and Granite City School District now are mask optional. The schools made decisions on Tuesday to drop mask requirements. The decision comes after the recent Sangamon County judge’s decision overturning the Governor Pritzker mask mandate and the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted to reject reintroduce of emergency rules for COVID-19 protocols. Granite City Superintendent Stephanie Cann made this statement on Tuesday night: "This afternoon action from the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) voted 9-0 to reject a reintroduction of emergency rules for COVID-19 protocols in schools which include masking, testing, and exclusion. This Illinois legislative body is independent of the Illinois judicial Appellate Court, from whom we are still awaiting a ruling on the previous court cases involving the Governor’s mask mandates. "Our lega
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - A horse died in St. Clair County, Illinois Wednesday morning after being stuck in a ditch. The property owner said he dug some ditches recently and somehow the horse got loose and got stuck in one of them. The incident was first reported to emergency crews at about 5:45 a.m. [...]
GREENVILLE - The Bond County State’s Attorney’s Office has charged Demarcus C. Gurlly, a 28-year-old male from Greenville, IL with First Degree Murder (Class X Felony) and Obstructing Justice (Class 4 Felony) in reference to a homicide that occurred on February 10, 2022 in Greenville, Bond County. On February 10, 2022 at approximately 7:24 p.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) District 11 and ISP Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Zone 8 agents responded to the 600 block of E. South Street in Greenville, IL where a 37-year-old female from Greenville was found deceased after a reported shooting. Information was received that moments before the homicide, a red Dodge Challenger, was believed to be involved in a separate shooting one block south of the homicide, near the 600 block of Vine Street. The red Dodge Challenger fled the scene. At approximately 9:06 p.m., a vehicle matching the description of the red Dodge Challenger was seen in Wood River, IL. The vehicle failed
State employees anticipating a raise should be patient and it will arrive as soon as possible, Gov. Mike Parson wrote in a memo Monday to workers waiting for the pay boost he wanted to begin this month. But for some, stretched by working overtime to complete work that would go to unfilled jobs and considering […]
ST. LOUIS - Wednesday starts off mild and windy. Rain is expected to move in later Wednesday afternoon. It will be warm and windy with gusts up to 40 mph and high temperatures in the 60s. Rain will be heavy at times through Wednesday night with a chance of thunderstorms. A flood watch is in [...]
ST. LOUIS - A boy was shot late Tuesday night in south St. Louis. Police said he was shot multiple times along Hickory Lane near Dillon Drive at about 11:45 p.m. He was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital. FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Jason Maxwell was at the scene. [...]
KISS has announced plans for the 11th annual installment of The KISS Kruise, which will take place October 29 to November 3 this fall. According to a message on the…
Ronnie Vinton has an eye for design and the ability to pick out nice things from a clutter of objects. He’s paired those skills, his ability to cook and an entrepreneurial spirit to open a series of businesses.
By boycotting committee markups, Republicans could prevent nominees from getting a Senate floor vote. Democrats could change the rules to end this tactic.
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