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New I-70 Bridge Opening Later This Month

1 year 3 months ago
From Columbia Missourian:  Explosions rang out over the Missouri River in September 2023 when the old Rocheport bridge on I-70 was demolished. Fifteen months later, the new I-70 bridge in Columbia is nearly ready for traffic. The bridge is scheduled to fully open to the public later this month, with a ribbon ceremony set for […]
Dede Hance

Elsah United Methodist Church to Celebrate 150th Anniversary with a Special Sermon

1 year 3 months ago
ELSAH - Elsah United Methodist Church will celebrate its 150th anniversary with a special service. At 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, community members are invited to the church, located at 2 Valley Street in Elsah. Reverend Joseph Scheets will give an hourlong sermon, followed by a reception at Farley’s Music Hall. “It’s a celebration of community,” said Pastor Alan Abert. “This is a community thing, so we’re inviting everybody from the community in. The building itself has been iconic. It’s been the face of Elsah for a long time.” Scheets will be preaching from Psalms 46, and his sermon is titled “Be Still and Know That I Am God.” The service will also include some hymns from 1874. Abert shared that the Elsah United Methodist Church was started by Elsah’s earliest settlers in the 1800s. In 1859, the Elsah Methodist Society built a two-story red brick home, which still stands in Elsah today, and held service

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Alton man sentenced for trafficking meth from Missouri into Illinois

1 year 3 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - An Alton, Illinois, man was sentenced on Monday for trafficking methampheamine into Illinois from Missouri in July. According to the Madison County State Attorney's Office, Cody J. Elfgen, 36, received an 18-year prison sentence for bringing 139 grams of methamphetamine into Illinois on July 16 while in possession of a 9mm handgun [...]
Kamy Smelser

Stadiums Don’t Have to Be a Drain on Taxpayer Dollars

1 year 3 months ago
From The Conversation:  The world of professional sports is flush with cash, thanks to multibillion-dollar TV deals, sponsorships and ticket sales. Yet some of the biggest investments in major franchises come from taxpayers. Between 1970 and 2020, state and local governments spent $33 billion in public funds on sports arenas, including nearly $20 billion since 2000 at […]
Dede Hance

2 More Charged For Bad Checks At Schwegel's Market

1 year 3 months ago
ALTON - Two individuals have been charged with deceptive practices for presenting bad checks at Schwegel’s Market in Alton, marking the fifth and sixth criminal cases involving bad checks at the location since 2023. James W. Holland, 58, of South Roxana, and Lora M. Benson, 49, of Carrollton, were both charged with Class 4 felony counts of deceptive practices. On Sept. 24, 2024, Holland allegedly delivered a check written in the amount of $479 to Schwegel’s Market while “knowing the check would not be paid by the depository,” according to court documents. One week later on Oct. 1, Benson allegedly did the same with a different bad check written out for $416.74. Both cases were presented by the Alton Police Department, and both Holland and Benson were granted pretrial release from custody. These two similar cases follow a series of forgery cases involving several individuals attempting to pass bad checks at the market. These include an Edwardsville

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Where are all the bureaucrats?

1 year 3 months ago
Here are the federal agencies that America's civilian workers call home: Two-thirds of all civil service workers are in Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security. Unless you're planning to slash those departments, there's not a whole lot left to slash.
Kevin Drum

IMPACT Strategies Team Members Attend ASHE Health Care Construction Workshop

1 year 3 months ago
For IMPACT Strategies, Inc., 2024 has brought forward several health care related projects, some of which have been completed and others will be underway well into next year. To support this growing specialization, earlier this fall, several team members including Eric Engelbrecht, Rebecca McCarty, Andrew Martiszus and Luke Eckert attended the ASHE (American Society for […]
Dede Hance