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Two From Alton Charged With Fleeing Police In Separate Cases

2 months ago
ALTON – Two Alton residents were charged on the same day with fleeing from local law enforcement agencies in two unrelated incidents. Jerry Richmond Jr., 36, of Alton, was charged on June 1, 2026 with a Class 4 felony count of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. Richmond allegedly attempted to flee from a Madison Police officer who had signaled for him to stop the vehicle he was driving on May 30, 2026. Charging documents state his attempted flight from the officer

Vintage and antique cars racing the Mother Road

2 months ago

Route 66 Great Race Plans Collinsville Stop June 20    The Hemmings Great Race presented by Coker Tire will shine the spotlight along The Last 100 Miles of Route 66 in southwest Illinois on Saturday, June 20 with a stop in Collinsville. A total of 140 of the world’s finest antique automobiles will travel the […]

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Missouri auditor warns deep budget cuts loom as surplus nears end

2 months ago
Missouri is about to exhaust the surplus lawmakers relied on to balance the state budget, and elected officials are going to have to make deep cuts to align spending with revenue, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said in a report released Wednesday. The report shows a worsening picture of state finances since Fitzpatrick wrote a similar […]
Rudi Keller

Hickory, Humidity, and Humanity

2 months ago
Saturday, I did something that I’ve been putting off all winter, which is break out the smoker, the birthday smoker.The birthday smoker was a gift I got for myself all…

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Beneath The Enshittification, Something Amazing Is Growing

2 months ago
Last month Terry Godier published a great essay on his website about “the boring internet,” discussing how the internet that many of us grew up with, the wonderful, empowering, exciting internet that moved power to the edges of the network rather than the center, is still there. It’s just hidden beneath enshittified commercial layers put […]
Mike Masnick

1 dead, 1 injured in head-on crash on Missouri Route 109

2 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - One person was killed and another was injured in a head-on crash Tuesday afternoon on Missouri Route 109. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on southbound Missouri Route 109, south of Niehoff Drive. It involved a Volkswagen Jetta and a Chevrolet [...]
Nick Gladney