Aggregator

Federal charges have been filed against the owner of a former bowling ball factory that caught fire in fall 2019.

Antonio Cartez Mosley, 27, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 62-year-old Michael Finocchiaro.

We live in the United States, so it's only natural that we're mostly concerned about American public opinion. But in the case of the Gaza War, Israeli public opinion is obviously more important. And among Israeli Jews, it's hawkish: 90% of Israeli Jews approved of last week's assault against Hezbollah in Lebanon. And what's the ...continue reading "The Israeli public wants war"

ALTON - On October 2, 1924, Missouri Gov. Arthur M. Hyde received a letter. The letter’s author, Noble Shepard, had killed a man and woman thirty years before, was sentenced to hang, and then escaped from the Four Courts jail building in St. Louis two days before his death sentence could be carried out. He cut a plate at the back of a cell with a saw, crawled through the hole, and then wiggled through an old sewer and out to freedom. The letter stated: “St. Louis, Oct. 1. I escaped from the St. Louis Jail in 1896 while under sentence of death for murder. I am now old and feeble and will give myself up if you promise not to hang me. I’m willing to go to the penitentiary. Put a notice in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, giving your promise, and I’ll give myself up to anybody you mention in the notice. Yours truly, NOBLE SHEPARD.” Shepard murdered Thomas George Gilroy Morton and Thomas’s fiancé Lizzie Pack Leahy on Christmas Eve, 1894,

Continue Reading

ALTON - Community members gathered at the Block Party for Good for free groceries, meals and health screenings. From 2–3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, at the Alton Amphitheater, the organizations Food is Love , Currency of Caring and AltonWorks hosted their monthly Block Party for Good. The St. Louis Food Bank provided free groceries, and Chef D. Rodg World Class Catering offered hot meals out of their food truck. Attendees could also complete several health screenings through the OSF OnCall Connect On the Go van. “We come in, we deliver hot food, we provide free groceries, no questions asked, produce and everything,” said John Michel with Currency of Caring. “It’s challenging to build infrastructure at places where people can get to them consistently, so we said, ‘Hey, what if we use the power of mobility?’ We started with the food truck movement to effectively replace soup kitchens, but we said, ‘What if we can

Continue Reading

ALTON - Community members gathered at the Block Party for Good for free groceries, meals and health screenings. From 2–3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, at the Alton Amphitheater, the organizations Food is Love , Currency of Caring and AltonWorks hosted their monthly Block Party for Good. The St. Louis Food Bank provided free groceries, and Chef D. Rodg World Class Catering offered hot meals out of their food truck. Attendees could also complete several health screenings through the OSF OnCall Connect On the Go van. “We come in, we deliver hot food, we provide free groceries, no questions asked, produce and everything,” said John Michel with Currency of Caring. “It’s challenging to build infrastructure at places where people can get to them consistently, so we said, ‘Hey, what if we use the power of mobility?’ We started with the food truck movement to effectively replace soup kitchens, but we said, ‘What if we can

Continue Reading

Bruce Springsteen is the latest artist to throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.The rocker revealed the news in a video posted to Instagram, sharing, “Friends, fans and…

Source

Velma is cautious around strangers, but warms up to her favorite individuals with a shy smile, vocalizing her excitement

Source

Daphne has a high-energy and playful nature and she enjoys interacting with other dogs and would thrive in a home with older children

Source

SmokyMountains.com has released its annual fall foliage prediction map for 2024, which relies on historical data, weather forecasts, tree types, and user-submitted information to estimate peak fall colors across the United States.

BELLEVILLE - Belleville area residents who were affected by the historic flooding in July 2024 are encouraged to attend an informational session on disaster relief assistance. The event will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Welcome Center of The Campus, formerly known as Lindenwood. Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) will provide details on eligibility for financial recovery assistance, application requirements, and guidance on initiating the application process. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive assistance directly from the representatives. For those unable to attend in person, the session will be streamed live on Facebook. Check the St. Clair Emergency Management Facebook page for more information. Additionally, support will be available at The Campus from Monday to Sunday, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., where representatives can assist with the application

Continue Reading

BELLEVILLE - Belleville area residents who were affected by the historic flooding in July 2024 are encouraged to attend an informational session on disaster relief assistance. The event will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Welcome Center of The Campus, formerly known as Lindenwood. Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) will provide details on eligibility for financial recovery assistance, application requirements, and guidance on initiating the application process. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and receive assistance directly from the representatives. For those unable to attend in person, the session will be streamed live on Facebook. Check the St. Clair Emergency Management Facebook page for more information. Additionally, support will be available at The Campus from Monday to Sunday, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., where representatives can assist with the application

Continue Reading

Nearly 140,000 Illinoisans are due to receive checks from the state’s unclaimed property program.

ALTON/EDWARDSVILLE/GRANITE CITY — More than 35 law enforcement officers participated in a deployment Wednesday evening of the Cross-River Crime Task Force, resulting in felony arrests, the apprehension of a fugitive and the seizure of various drugs. During the deployment, officers and agents from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies conducted saturation patrols in multiple areas, including Venice, Madison, Granite City, Pontoon Beach, Wood River, East Alton, Cottage Hills and Alton. The deployment was the first conducted under newly-appointed CRCTF Commander Marcos Pulido, who also is Chief Deputy at the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Pulido was appointed commander of the Task Force in August. “I’m thankful for the continued collaboration and commitment demonstrated by the officers assigned to Cross-River Crime Task Force,” Pulido said. “These high-visibility deployments are among the tools we utilize in our regional approach to keeping

Continue Reading

ALTON/EDWARDSVILLE/GRANITE CITY — More than 35 law enforcement officers participated in a deployment Wednesday evening of the Cross-River Crime Task Force, resulting in felony arrests, the apprehension of a fugitive and the seizure of various drugs. During the deployment, officers and agents from local, state and federal law enforcement agencies conducted saturation patrols in multiple areas, including Venice, Madison, Granite City, Pontoon Beach, Wood River, East Alton, Cottage Hills and Alton. The deployment was the first conducted under newly-appointed CRCTF Commander Marcos Pulido, who also is Chief Deputy at the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Pulido was appointed commander of the Task Force in August. “I’m thankful for the continued collaboration and commitment demonstrated by the officers assigned to Cross-River Crime Task Force,” Pulido said. “These high-visibility deployments are among the tools we utilize in our regional approach to keeping

Continue Reading

A year ago, we wrote about how a challenge brought by the Free Speech Coalition against Utah’s (obviously unconstitutional) age verification law couldn’t go forward because the district court noted (regrettably) that the structure of the law prevented FSC from challenging it before it went into effect. The issue is that it’s a “bounty” law, […]