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Several events on this date helped shape political and social life in different parts of the world. In 1526, the Ottomans won the Battle of Mohács against the Kingdom of Hungary. The defeat was devastating for Hungary and opened the way for major Ottoman expansion into Central Europe. It also changed the political map of the region for generations, contributing to the division of Hungarian lands among Ottoman and Habsburg rulers. The battle is remembered not simply as a military loss,

August 29 in Music History: The Beatles End Their Touring Era On Aug. 29, 1966, the Beatles played their final concert before a paying audience at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, closing the touring chapter of the most consequential popular-music group of its era. The show was the last date of the band’s 1966 U.S. tour and came after years in which Beatlemania had turned concert halls, stadiums and airports into scenes of overwhelming noise and security pressure. The Beatles would

BUZZ MAGAZINE – As I prepare for the upcoming Labor Day tribute to Ernest (Fred) Long at Woodlawn Cemetery, in Edwardsville, I find myself contemplating the number etched into eternity through his headstone. Nineteen years old. More than 125 years ago, Fred Long was a coal miner who lost his life alongside seven other United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) laborers, during the Battle of Virden (Illinois) on October 12, 1898. The armed conflict ensued as tensions erupted between the coal miner

After losing her husband to pancreatic cancer in 2023, Kira Andersen has turned her family’s heartbreak into a mission to give other cancer patients more options, raising $2.85 million toward a $3 million goal to help advance cancer research.

EDWARDSVILLE – An Alton resident faces a Class X felony after allegedly threatening to set fire to the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville. 39-year-old Christopher O. Clark of Alton was charged on Aug. 27, 2026 with a Class X felony count of making a terrorist threat. The day prior on Aug. 26, 2026, Clark allegedly made a statement to Madison County Sheriff’s deputies that he “intended to burn down the courthouse in the presence of multiple residents and employees engaging

WOOD RIVER — Bringing national-level 911 training closer to home is opening new opportunities for emergency communications professionals across Madison County. The National Emergency Number Association, or NENA, held a Conflict Management course on Wednesday in Collinsville, bringing together representatives from all seven Madison County public safety answering points, or PSAPs, along with 911 professionals from Southern Illinois and other downstate counties. Emergency Telephone System

GLEN CARBON - Hawthorne Animal Hospital at 5 Cougar Drive, Glen Carbon, will stop accepting new emergency patients overnight beginning Sept. 1, 2026, directing pet owners with emergencies between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to a nearby 24-hour emergency facility, the hospital announced, citing nationwide veterinary staffing challenges, particularly in overnight emergency care. The hospital said its phone lines will remain staffed overnight to help clients determine the appropriate next step.

ALTON - The RiverBend Growth Association will host their annual LeadHERship Seminar to connect and empower local women. From 12:30–4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, community members are invited to Enjoy Church in Alton for an afternoon of speakers and activities. The goal, as explained by RiverBend Growth Association leaders Stefanie Withers and Debbie Hagen, is to bring women together and raise up the community through personal and professional development. “It is designed

GLEN CARBON – The process of selecting a new Glen Carbon Village Administrator has officially begun. The Aug. 25, 2026 Village Board meeting also served as a “kickoff meeting” between trustees and Mark Peterson of MGT Impact Solutions LLC. Peterson previously said the meeting would serve to determine what qualities and qualifications the village is looking for in its next village administrator. Jamie Bowden announced last month he would be retiring as Glen Carbon’s villag

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Nine Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Scott Composite Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, trained in general aviation at the Saint Louis Regional Airport, East Alton, Illinois, on Saturday, 22 August and Sunday, 23 August 2026. Civil Air Patrol was on site conducting cadet orientation flights in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing, fixed-wing plane manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The Civil Air Patrol cadet orientation

It can be a little hard to believe it’s back-to-school season already. And while there are still some long, relaxed days of summer ahead, it’s also that time when families begin to plan for the coming school year. School clothes and notebooks are just around the corner. And there can be a lot going on for everyone during this transition. There’s a return to the familiar routines of the school day, but there’s also much that can be different — whether it’s

Denise Danison could easily charge an admission fee to see her collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia.

Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.