From RiverBender: With the first day of fall less than a month away, some area residents may be wondering why construction work has not yet begun where the old Shop & Save Gas Station was once located. For those with high anticipation of a Starbucks coming to Alton, the word as of now is that the popular […]
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville Township’s 8 th Annual Touch-A-Truck event is a month on Saturday, September 24 th at Edwardsville Township Community Park, 6368 Center Grove Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Planning around 25vehicles will be on site for children to explore throughout the day. The free, family-oriented event, which has happened every year since 2014 (except in 2020 due to the pandemic), is open to the public. Each year, Touch-A-Truck brings thousands of people to the Park throughout the day. Families and kids are encouraged to check out many vehicles they see every day and others that are not often accessible. Emergency vehicles, farm equipment, antique tractors, boom trucks, line trucks, and more are open to young explorers all day. Local companies will be handing out free merchandise to attendees while supplies last. During the event, children are able to explore a wide range of their favorite vehicles. Previous years have included vehicles like, the SSM Health Cardinal
We already wrote a long story looking at many of the eye-opening claims from Peiter “Mudge” Zatko in his whistleblower report regarding Twitter’s security operations, and the possibility that the company both has shit security practices and violated its FTC consent decree regarding those security practices. As I noted, the report is a mixed bag […]
Founding INXS member Andrew Farriss has been busy promoting his 2021 debut solo album, a self-titled effort that sees the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter putting aside his famous band's funky modern-rock…
The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum (IPHF) held a juried international photography contest collecting submissions from talented artists from all around the world.
A St. Louis man who had sexual contact with a 15-year-old he met online was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday by U.S. District Judge John A. Ross.
During the Illinois State Police’s firearm enforcement blitz this summer, 295 people in southern Illinois were brought into compliance with Illinois gun laws.
Cassville School District in Southern Missouri is bringing back corporal punishment under a new policy that allows students to be punished with a paddle. Administrators say it would be the last resort if other means of discipline do not work.
ALTON - 'Our Daily Show!' is Riverbender.com's newest daily morning news talk show, and began last Monday, August 15th. It's hosted, produced, and edited by AHS graduate CJ Nasello and has already had multiple guests appear on the show. Tuesday morning's first guest was none other than Dallas Martz, general manager for the Alton River Dragons. The two talked about everything from the postseason to the origin of their mascot, signing players at a concession stand, and more. To watch the entire Martz interview click on the video found above. The first question Nasello asked was about the Boyz II Men concert on Sunday, August 21. Martz walked out on stage to get the crowd hyped up at the Alton Amphitheater. "It was exciting, it was a lot of fun," Martz said. The two also talked about the River Dragons' four all-stars including league MVP Eddie King Jr. out of Louisville University. "When you have the MVP on your team, obviously that's pretty special." "He's an incredible person,"
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