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Yesterday I put up this picture: As a matter of courtesy, not law, I asked what this bicyclist should do. Just stay there because it's a bike lane and that's that? Or, because it's also a right-turn lane, move up a bit and let the right turners make their turns? I genuinely didn't know how ...continue reading "Survey results: Should bicyclists get out of the way of right-turners?"

Metallica 6 p.m. Friday, November 3, and 6 p.m.

Robbie Robertson, Bono and The Edge are among the musicians who earned nominations for the 14th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Robertson, who passed away in August at the age of 80, is…

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 20, 2023. With construction nearly finished on the final warehouses in the $250 million conversion of the former Fenton Chrysler factory into an industrial park, the developer is looking toward the project’s next phase with a hotel and restaurants. Fenton Logistics Park from Clayton-based U.S. Capital Development is […]

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ALTON - Alton Band and Orchestra Builders (ABOB) is calling all crafters to participate in their 34th Annual Olde Alton Arts and Craft Fair. On Dec. 2–3, 2023, approximately 200 crafters will gather at Alton High School to sell their crafts to the Riverbend community. The crafters keep their profits, but proceeds from the fair itself will go to ABOB to provide uniforms and instruments to the Alton Community Unit School District #11 music program. “ABOB holds a special place in our heart to support, and it’s such a worthwhile cause,” organizer Dave Fritz said. “I’m not sure that we’d have such a strong instrumental music program in the Alton district without the support of ABOB and our community that supports it. So we thank everybody that supports ABOB to provide this musical opportunity for our students.” This is ABOB’s 75th year. As Alton alumni, Fritz and his children have benefited from the organization’s work, and

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A spokesperson for MetroLink said an incident happened off of MetroLink's property, and the victim ran to the train for help.

Board President Megan Green claimed she and others were teargassed in a police "drive-by" during a Central West End protest.

EAST ALTON - The demolition of the old Citizens Savings & Loan Bank at 700 Berkshire Blvd. in East Alton began Thursday morning, Nov. 2, 2023. By 9:30 a.m., the demolition was in full gear and shortly after a crowd collected in a parking lot across the street to take photos, video and simply reminisce about yesteryear with the historic bank. The Citizens Bank was built in 1964 and the architect was Alvin K. Stolze. Russ Colona, the long-time track and field and cross country coach at East Alton-Wood River, lives down the street from the old Savings and Loan. He said, "We moved here in 1982. It is kind of sad. It was about a quarter a mile around it to go by my house and my kids used to do hill training here. I also used the round building as a landmark to tell people how to get to our house. I am right behind it. The father of Kathy, my wife, banked here. It is a neat thing the architecture used on it. I feel they are taking a piece of history away, I think." Christine, another

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This article originally ran in The St. Louis Business Journal on October 20, 2023. The largest 25 construction projects have a combined estimated cost of $17.1 billion, 19% higher than last year’s construction projects’ combined cost of $14.35 billion. One reason for this: the upward adjustment of costs for transit projects planned or under construction in the region. For example, […]

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Southbound I-55/westbound I-70 between Illinois Route 203 and Exchange Avenue will close at 9 p.m. Friday and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, IDOT says.

ST. LOUIS -- A Ferguson man is facing over a decade in prison for a 2020 gas sttaion robbery. Harvey Cameron, 33, has been sentenced to prison for the armed robbery of a St. Louis 7-Eleven. The robbery occurred at 5350 Chippewa Street on June 21, 2020. During the incident, one of the men involved [...]

Thursday 11/02 Medium Matters You can go see a band, a comedian or play any night in this town.

This is no surprise since GDP grew so rapidly in Q3, but productivity was up sharply too: We've now had two quarters in a row of strong productivity growth. This doesn't tell us much about the health of the economy right now, but it's good long-term news since productivity growth is the core of long-term ...continue reading "Productivity up 4.7% in Q3"

"The Callaway County Sheriff's Office would like to acknowledge the determination of our investigators, both past and present, the diligent work of the grand jury, and the efforts of all involved in this case," police state on Facebook.

STAUNTON - Madison Communications Broadband Technician, Bryan Huffstutler, was selected to compete this year for the second time at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Expo in Denver, Co. which was held from October 16 th – 19 th . This was a huge honor since he was personally selected to compete in the games. The SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers) is an international organization that is split up between 68 chapters. Bryan did an outstanding job representing Madison Communications and the SCTE Gateway Chapter, competing against 5 other teams consisting of 4 competitors, all which have earned a spot at the International Games by winning their local regional Cable-Tec Games. The 7 competitive events consisted of games that evaluated the technicians in these categories: MTDR (Metallic Time Domain Reflectometer - used for finding faults in metallic cables such as twisted pair copper and coax), OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer - used for findin

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Video released this week shows two former Velda City police officers shooting at a car fleeing a traffic stop. Both officers pleaded guilty to felonies.