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Lee has created dishes inspired by women chefs, culinarians, and wine/spirits producers from St. Louis, Oaxaca, and Malaysia, and Malaysia, his birthplace.

The company at the center of a massive cannabis product recall in 2023 lost its appeal to get its license back on Tuesday, with Missouri’s administrative hearing commission concluding it had a “corporate culture of lax compliance with regulatory requirements.” The scathing 137-page ruling, issued by Commissioner Carole Iles, comes almost a year after a […]

House Bill 495 will now head to the Senate.

The location will open fully this summer in the space previously occupied by Bar Louie.

State officials attributed community-police engagement efforts to the reduction in deaths.

JERSEYVILLE – Winter weather hasn’t stopped the progress being made at Jerseyville Public Library, where a major expansion project is getting closer to completion. As “finishing touches” are being made, the library will be temporarily closed from Monday, March 3 to Friday, March 7, 2025. The library is set to re-open on Saturday, March 8 from its regular Sunday hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. “As you may have noticed when driving past the corner of Pearl and Liberty streets in Jerseyville lately, an impressive construction project has been in the making for the past several months,” library staff wrote in a press release. “The Jerseyville Public Library is in the midst of a long-awaited expansion project and part of that project requires the Library to be closed to the public to put some finishing touches in the building.” While library patrons wait to revisit in-person, they can still access all the online resources that come free

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ALTON - On Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, former Mayor and current Mayoral candidate Brant Walker issued the following statement outlining his opposition to the proposed Lovejoy Housing Development slated for consideration by the Alton Committee of the Whole on Monday, February 24, 2025 and called on his opponents in the race for Mayor to clearly articulate their positions on this issue: At the February 12, 2025, City Council meeting, the 7th Ward Alderman curiously referred a resolution to the Committee of the Whole for the City of Alton to enter into a redevelopment agreement with McCormack Baron Salazar for the “Lovejoy Development Project” located within the 3rd Ward on and near the corner of Ridge and East 4th Streets. This resolution indicates this development project is for construction of 70 units of mixed income housing partially funded by Alton taxpayers in the form of TIF, ARPA, and Community Development Block Grant funds. The developer is also seeking low-income

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On Feb. 20, 1925, 9-year-old Gaspar Marone ran away from home. The Alton Evening Telegraph newspaper announced the next day that “Alton has a new champion runaway boy.” At 4:45 p.m., the Chicago & Alton Railroad’s fast Chicago-St. Louis train left the Alton station with an unexpected passenger. Gaspar perched himself on the pilot (also called a cowcatcher) at the front of the engine and clung there for eight miles as the train went down the track. The train normally made no stops between Alton and St. Louis, but a telegraph operator at the Roxana station saw something white at the front of the engine and threw a semaphore signal, which brought the train to a stop. The train crew came out to see what was wrong and found Gaspar sitting quietly on the cowcatcher. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article, “He was cold but contented and a little angry at being stopped so soon on his adventure out into the world.” He told the train crew that he was

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The company, which owns IGN, CNET, PCMag, and dozens more outlets and properties, took down specific information about its diversity commitment on multiple pages on its website over the past several weeks. 

WOOD RIVER/ROXANA - Rusty Wheat, the one-man “Chain Gang” who picks up trash along the roads in Wood River and Edwardsville, has officially found his biggest piece of trash yet. Over the past two years, Wheat has picked up thousands of pounds of trash along Illinois Route 143. But he was always bothered by a huge Styrofoam block in the middle of a nearby field. On Feb. 11, 2025, Wheat decided he was finally going to do something about it. “It just seemed like it needed to be gone. That’s it,” he said. “It was just driving me crazy. It’s one of those things that just drives me crazy, and you see it every day. Well, I just came to the conclusion that day that I was going to go take care of it.” The field is often muddy and difficult to navigate, but on a dry day earlier this month, Wheat parked his truck, put out his normal “Chain Gang” signs, and walked to the middle of the field to survey the Styrofoam block.

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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - Ali M. Summers has been named the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. As Acting U.S. Attorney, she is the chief federal law enforcement official in the Southern District of Illinois. Acting United States Attorney Ali Summers is a career prosecutor who became an Assistant U.S. Attorney in 2012. She has prosecuted a wide variety of federal crimes for the District to include murder, armed robbery, carjacking, violent gun offenses, drug trafficking, and crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. She has served the office as Criminal Chief since July 2018 and most recently as First Assistant. She also served as Chief of the Violent Crime Unit from July 2016 to September 2023. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Acting U.S. Attorney Summers was a law clerk to the Honorable David R. Herndon in the Southern District of Illinois. Upon completion of her two-year term judicial clerkship, she worked as a state

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The Trump administration is maintaining the merger guidelines that Lina Khan co-authored, and big business is angry.

Despite single-digit temps Thursday morning, crews were busy making repairs to multiple water main breaks.

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — Rachelle Aud Crowe, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, has officially departed from her position, effective February 18, 2025. Crowe has served as the chief federal law enforcement officer in the district since her appointment, expressing gratitude for her time in office. “It has been my honor to serve the Southern District of Illinois as the United States Attorney,” Crowe stated. “Announcing my departure accompanies many emotions, but my heart is full of gratitude.” Throughout her tenure, Crowe led a team of attorneys and legal staff, contributing to policy and management discussions as a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and the Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee. She emphasized her collaboration with local, state, and federal law enforcement to seek justice for victims and enhance public safety. In addition to prosecuting hundreds of criminal cases, Crowe’s office

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Tax season is here, and so are the scammers.

The statement did not say if Crowe resigned or was fired.

Who could it be? You get two guesses.

JERSEYVILLE — A vehicle crash into a power pole in Jerseyville on Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2025, led to a power outage that initially affected 1,300 customers in that area. Ameren Illinois spokesperson Brian Bretsch reported that the damaged pole was replaced and the job was completed by 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Ameren Illinois crews responded quickly to the scene, prioritizing the restoration of service due to the frigid temperatures. By the time the repairs were completed, 13 customers remained without power. Bretsch stated that these customers had their power re-routed back to their primary source shortly after the repairs were finished. Ameren Illinois did not report any additional power outages in the region for the remainder of the day, other than those caused by the accident in Jerseyville and Kane. The utility company advises the public to contact 911 and their utility hotline at 800-755-5000 if they encounter downed power lines or witness accidents involving power

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