GRANITE CITY - Granite City High School’s speech team has qualified for the Illinois High School Association State Tournament, scheduled for Feb. 20-21, 2026, in Peoria, according to the Granite City School District #9. The district congratulated the team on its state qualification and highlighted individual and group results from the qualifying round. Bug Wise was listed as a state qualifier in extemporaneous speaking, placing second, and in impromptu speaking, placing third.
ALTON - Heaven Everage, a senior at Alton High School, has been named one of two Alton–Godfrey Rotary Club’s February Students of the Month, an honor recognizing her academic work, leadership, and community service in the Alton area. Everage and Jessica Eales, a Marquette Catholic senior, are the February Alton-Godfrey students who were selected. Everage said she is “truly honored and grateful” for the recognition. First and foremost, she gives thanks to "God, who is
ALTON – A sex offender from Alton faces new felony charges after allegedly fleeing from police in a high-speed vehicle chase and on foot among other offenses. Dallas M. Cook, 47, of the 3000 block of Glenwood Avenue in Alton, was charged on Feb. 9, 2026 with his second subsequent offense of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender, a Class 2 felony. Cook was also charged with two counts of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer (both Class 4 felonies), unlawful
ALTON — Marquette Catholic High School senior Jessica Eales was recognized as an Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club February Student of the Month during a recent event at Gentelin’s on Broadway Restaurant, honored for her academic, athletic, and extracurricular achievements. Eales was one of two students recognized, alongside Heaven Everage of Alton High School, as a Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey Student of the Month. Eales, the daughter of Christopher and Christina Eales, has a 4.8 GPA
by Tom Finan A recent post by Matt Shumer titled “Something Big Is Happening” has drawn more than 83 million views. That kind of reach tells you this is not a niche technology discussion. It’s a broader moment of reckoning. You can read his full post here:https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening Shumer’s central point is not that today’s AI […]
In letter to Noem and Lyons, Senate Democrats cite 30+ deaths since the start of the Trump Administration with concern over continued expansion of immigration detention WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 22 Senate Democrats in sounding the alarm on the dramatic increase in deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with over 30 deaths since the start of the Trump Administration.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A portion of Weidman Road is set to close indefinitely. According to officials, Weidman Road Bridge, located just south of Manchester Road, will be limited to southbound traffic due to the ongoing deterioration of the bridge's supporting beams. Northbound drivers on Weidman are advised to use Carman Road at Route [...]
Less than two weeks after being released from jail for exposing himself at a school, a St. Louis man is again charged with public exposure at a downtown apartment complex.
LaunchCode is rolling out a new AI-powered training pipeline—Hire Human—and the early response from students, employers, and donors suggests St. Louis is ready for it.
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