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Industrial accident at Alton Steel claims life of Pennsylvania man

4 weeks ago
Industrial accident at Alton Steel claims life of Pennsylvania man ALTON, Ill. – The Madison County Coroner’s Office has released a preliminary cause of death for a Pennsylvania man who died last week at the former Alton Steel. Coroner Nicholas P. Novacich’s autopsy says Andrew J. Bengel died of a blunt chest and abdomen trauma. [...]
Kevin S. Held

Madison County Coroner Releases Name In Alton Steel Death

4 weeks ago
ALTON - Madison County Coroner Nicholas P. Novacich on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, identified a 56-year-old Waterford, Pennsylvania, man who died in an industrial accident on July 20, 2026, at Alton Steel Inc. in Alton. The man was identified as Andrew J. Bengel, according to the coroner’s office. The incident happened Monday morning, July 20, 2026, at Alton Steel Inc., 5 Cut Street, and the coroner said preliminary evidence indicates a lifting hook fractured, causing Bengel to be struck by

U of I officially begins national search for next system president

4 weeks ago
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) -- The University of Illinois Board of Trustees has taken the next steps to find a pool of applicants all throughout the world in the search for the system's next president. On Monday, the board formally launched the national search by releasing the leadership profile for the system's next president. This profile [...]
Molly Sweeney

Missouri Republicans threaten library funding over ‘rainbow story time’

4 weeks ago
Missouri Republican officials threatened Tuesday to cut state funding for Columbia’s public library after staff held a reading of LGBTQ+ children’s books last week. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and state Sen. Rick Brattin, a Harrisonville Republican running for Congress in Missouri’s 5th congressional district, held a joint press conference Tuesday to discuss their investigation […]
Annelise Hanshaw