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Eagle Season is Coming to Southwest Illinois

1 year 3 months ago
ALTON - The great American Bald Eagle winter migration is almost here and southwest Illinois is ready and waiting. The Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau is hosting a party honoring these iconic birds in downtown Alton on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, launching the official start of Eagle Season. The free Annual Alton Eagle Ice Festival will be held Jan. 4, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at FLOCK Food Truck Park in downtown Alton along the banks of the Mississippi River. Eagle focused activities will also be held at the Audubon Center at Riverlands and the National Great Rivers Museum in Alton. “Eagle Fest is a great way to kick off Eagle Season and gives people the chance to celebrate the return of American Bald Eagles to the region for winter,” said Cory Jobe, President/CEO of the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau. “This is a very popular festival with the visiting public and is an opportunity for people to travel throughout the Alton area and enjoy a wide variety of

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SLU names new president

1 year 3 months ago
The private, Jesuit university said it has appointed Edward Feser, currently provost and executive vice president of Oregon State University, as its 34th president.

Proud to Serve: Cahokia Heights, IL police officer receives $500 from Brown & Brown

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Jonathan Williams, who serves his community of Cahokia Heights, Illinois, as a police officer and mental health advocate.  After he and his academy classmates suffered the loss of one of their own, Jonathan makes it a priority to reach out to the community about mental health awareness! Prior to being a Cahokia Heights police officer, Jonathan was a juvenile [...]
Nick Gladney

Police seek help identifying suspect in downtown St. Louis stabbing

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Police are asking for help from the public as they are trying to identify and arrest a man in connection to a stabbing downtown St. Louis. According to police, the incident happened on Dec. 6 on Hadley Street. The victim, a 43-year-old man, told police the suspect approached him and asked him [...]
Nick Gladney

Two people injured in shooting in Webster Groves

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - Two people were injured following a shooting in Webster Groves Monday evening. According to Webster Groves Police, the shooting happened around 8 p.m. Monday evening at Ivory Crockett Park. The victims went to the hospital where they're being treated. The conditions of the victims are unknown. Investigators are still looking [...]
Nick Gladney

Grain Belt route removed from federal transmission program — but project will go forward

1 year 3 months ago
Members of Kansas’ congressional delegation celebrated the federal government’s decision Monday to remove a proposed electric transmission line route from a program offering assistance for power infrastructure projects.  But the project will still move forward. The U.S. Department of Energy earlier this year announced a list of preliminary “National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors” to offer […]
Allison Kite

AT&T, Verizon Fail To Inform Customers About Major Salt Typhoon Hack

1 year 3 months ago
For the better part of the last thirty years, telecom giants and “free market” libertarian think tanks have told anybody who’d listen that gutting regulatory oversight of the U.S. wireless and broadband markets would result in near-Utopian outcomes across innovation and competition. Instead, the reduction in both competition and real oversight resulted in regional telecom […]
Karl Bode

Dierbergs to open new store in University City's Market at Olive

1 year 3 months ago
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. – The Market at Olive retail project is continuing to build on its stacked lineup of brands by introducing Dierbergs to its plaza. The development team behind the Market at Olive, which covers both sides of Olive Boulevard between Interstate-170 and McKnight/Woodson Roads, announced Tuesday that Dierbergs purchased a 7-acre site within [...]
Nick Gladney

Drone sighting epidemic spurs Dems in Congress to urge more transparency from feds

1 year 3 months ago
Members of Congress are among those calling for greater transparency from the federal government as a spate of reported drone sightings concentrated in New Jersey and New York has raised questions beyond the Northeast. Reported sightings of drones, officially known as unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, have spiked since Nov. 18, when authorities received several […]
Jacob Fischler