ALTON - Kids are invited to Bowl Haven in Alton for a free Christmas party complete with food, bowling, live music, a dance competition and gift giveaways. From 6–11 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, the organization Something Bigger Than Yourself will welcome folks from the Catholic Children’s Home, the Alton Boys and Girls Club, Beverly Farm and the Illinois Correctional Youth Facility. Jay Lipe, founder of Something Bigger Than Yourself (SBTY), said this annual party spreads Christmas cheer to local kids and families. “If there are any kids in Alton and they’re not having a good Christmas, bring them,” Lipe said. “Those kids are facing pretty tough circumstances, and I know that a bowling alley event and a pizza party, the things that we do, isn’t going to solve their problems. But it can bring just a day of joy to get minds off of their problems, to have them feel loved and considered.” The bands 29 Steps, Bassment, Agents of
MADISON - A St. Louis woman faces multiple felonies after a police chase in a stolen car led to the deployment of spike strips and more. Danielle K. Donohue, 40, of St. Louis, was charged with a Class 2 felony count of offenses related to motor vehicles and a Class 4 felony count of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. On Nov. 7, 2024, Donohue allegedly possessed a 2013 Chevrolet Impala with an Illinois vehicle registration which she reportedly knew to be stolen. She also ignored a visual or audible signal from an officer to stop the vehicle and disobeyed multiple traffic control devices during the incident. Madison County Sherrif’s deputies were patrolling the area of 20th Street and Madison Avenue in Granite City when a vehicle travelling in front of their squad car showed an expired registration, according to a petition to deny Donohue’s pretrial release. “A computer check showed that the vehicle, a 2013 Chevrolet Impala …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) voted to pass the final version of the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that authorizes critical steps forward to address flooding in the Metro East. The bill now heads to the Senate for further consideration. At Budzinski’s request, the 2024 WRDA includes an increase in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers budget cap and allows the Corps to address stormwater management issues in their future response efforts in Madison and St. Clair Counties. The legislation also authorizes a General Reevaluation Report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ activities in the Metro East, including a feasibility study to determine if the Spring Lake Project can be moved from the Planning Phase to the Preconstruction Engineering Design Phase. The project was recommended in the East St. Louis and Vicinity Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction Project Report in 2009 to help communities
Before competing in the World Food Championships next year, chefs Jack MacMurray and Jevon Brewer will host a multi-faceted culinary extravaganza at Kirkwood Performing Arts Center.
In a region struggling with crime and population loss, St. Louis has become home to several programs designed to transform inmates into valuable members of the workforce. At least one of them, Unlocked Labs, is taking its story nationwide.
A concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s classic album Blood on the Tracks is being put on by the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The concert, Shelter From…
GLEN CARBON - The Glen Carbon Police Department will see some personnel changes in the near future as it expands its hiring capabilities to offset an "exodus" of retiring officers and K-9s. A total of seven officers are set to leave the department by next spring. A probationary police officer who did not pass field training is set to resign immediately, while two others will retire in January and February of 2025. Four more officers will start careers with the Illinois State Police next spring. While the department will only have three vacancies to fill until next spring, Link asked to exceed his “authorized manning” and hire a fourth officer to prepare for the “April exodus” of officers leaving next spring for the State Police. “This would allow us to get an additional officer in the Southwestern Illinois College Police Academy, which starts on Jan. 6, 2025,” Link wrote in a memo to trustees. “It would also allow us to pre-plan our Fiel
Cheree Berry, CEO of Cheree Berry Paper & Design, brought the historic State Dining Room to life with storytelling, handmade ornaments, and rolls and rolls of colorful paper.
ALTON - On a recent episode of “You’re Beautiful” with Brian Trust, Eric Winn shared how his faith helps him overcome challenges, trust in God, and be accountable. Winn previously served in the Army, and he said his faith guided him through this experience. He once felt unworthy of God’s mercy, but he has since learned that God loves him and will take care of him. These lessons have changed how he views the world, and he makes a point to be understanding and accountable with all of the people in his life. “To be honest, if brains were dynamite, sometimes I don’t think I’d have enough to blow my nose,” Winn said. “But I try to learn every day. I try to be more understanding about the people that I meet and the people that I come across. I love to hear people’s stories, the way they live their lives, the things they’ve been through…The way we view the world, our opinions, are nothing more than our unique an
Aldermanic President Megan Green said Wednesday that a new plan on how to spend the city’s remaining $277 million share from the Rams settlement is designed to reverse its “great challenge”: the city’s ongoing population loss.
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) would like to remind the public to report any large mortality events of waterfowl and other waterbirds during seasonal migrations. Several dozen waterbirds, primarily snow geese, have died of suspected highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) at Baldwin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area in Randolph County recently. Other mortality events may occur in the state as waterfowl arrive from northern breeding grounds and congregate. IDNR first announced HPAI was detected in wild Canada geese in Illinois in March 2022 in a joint notice with the Illinois Department of Agriculture. IDNR will continue to monitor for mortality events from HPAI during the seasonal bird migration. Members of the public are encouraged to report concentrations of five or more deceased birds found at one location. Reports can be made to the local IDNR district wildlife biologist online . Rubber gloves and a mask should be worn when disposin
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