SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is reminding employers and employees about a new amendment, Public Act 104-0171 , to the Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act (VESSA) which clarify that employees may use an employer-provided device to document or record evidence of violence affecting themselves and or their family. The amendment ensures that workers who use a business-owned device—such as a computer, tablet, or cellphone—to record or
BUZZ MAGAZINE – I opened Docs Just Off 66 because I believed the city of Girard needed someone to save the oldest operating business, keep the little bit of history in place. We also wanted to give families a place where they can gather after ballgames, where kids could order a milkshake and feel like it was a special occasion, and where travelers along Historic Route 66 could experience something real, not manufactured, not corporate, but authentic. Docs began as a dream rooted in nostalgia
WOOD RIVER – At the Jan. 5, 2026 Wood River City Council meeting, Trisha Shrewsberry of CJ Schlosser & Company LLC presented a few highlights of the audit report for the city’s past fiscal year ending April 30, 2025. The city received an “unmodified opinion,” sometimes known as a “clean” audit, with a few notable items given major projects completed in recent years. “You guys received an unmodified opinion again this year – it just meant no
BUZZ MAGAZINE – I want to talk to you today about something very important. Something HUGE. Yet strangely enough, almost no one is talking about it. For decades the CDC has told the American public - with absolute certainty - that vaccines do not cause autism. This was presented as settled science. End of discussion. Case closed. Well apparently not so fast, because now that statement had to be retracted under a federal law called Data Quality Act. That law requires government agencies
St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief Robert Tracy has taken on a new role as an educational consultant at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS — A Missouri-based nonprofit organization has filed suit in federal court against the United States Coast Guard, alleging the agency violated federal law by failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records related to…
Billy Joel shocked fans on Jan. 2 when he took the stage — for the first time since his brain condition diagnosis — to perform with a Billy Joel cover…
ALTON - An Alton native is releasing his memoir. On Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, you can purchase your copy of “Mountains Within: A Life of Achievement, a Quest for Meaning, and the Mountain that Changed Everything” by Dr. Jack Groppel. Raised in Alton, Groppel is a world-renowned tennis coach, businessman and speaker. But his story is one of humility, faith and learning to foster relationships. “I’ve had this fairly outlandish career, and I’ve had people for
Signatures on only two-thirds of the petition pages submitted to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map will go through the verification process, new filings in a Cole County court case show. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins delivered 33,068 pages to local election authorities out of 49,773 pages with signatures collected by a […]
Peter Frampton took to Instagram Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of his iconic live album, Frampton Comes Alive!“I can’t believe today’s the day. It’s now been 50 years since Frampton Comes…
The county needs $348,000 for pet food for the animal shelter for the year, and $65,100 for county-funded warming and cooling shelters, according to Page's office.
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