PONTOON BEACH - The Agency for Community Transit (ACT) Board of Directors recently recognized three employees for achieving significant safe driving milestones while serving the community through public transportation. Employees recognized for their years of safe driving include: · Mike Taylor, Demand Response Driver – 10 Years of Perfect Safety · Dave Forbes, Fixed Route Driver – 10 Years of Perfect Safety · Ken Hill, Fixed Route Driver – 15 Years o
EFF announced last week that it has stepped in to defend yet another anonymous Jehovah’s Witness critic from having their identity exposed through bogus copyright claims. The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society — the organizational arm of the Jehovah’s Witnesses — has sent DMCA subpoenas to both Google and Cloudflare seeking information to unmask […]
The Modern No-Code Creator Bundle is an extensive online curriculum specifically developed to enable individuals to construct professional websites, applications & automated workflows without the necessity of writing any code. It has five courses, covering leading no-code platforms and tools like ChatGPT, Mendix, and Tabnine. It is ideally suited for novices and non-technical professionals, empowering […]
DoorDash released a report revealing the top Easter candy selections in each state, with Reese's Peanut Butter Bunnies being the most popular in Missouri and Illinois, and yellow being the most popular Peeps Marshmallow color nationwide.
MoDOT Hosts Public Meeting on March 25 for I-270 Corridor Upgrades Project The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has scheduled an open-house style public meeting for its I-270 Corridor Upgrades project. The meeting will be held Wednesday, March 25 from 4-6 p.m. at St. Louis Community College (Florissant Valley), 900 Archer Dr., 63135 […]
Saint Louis County Pet Adoption Center Announces New Charitable Foundation The Saint Louis County Pet Adoption Center is excited to announce the launch of a new charitable foundation in support of the shelter. Friends of the St. Louis County Animal Shelter Foundation will now serve as the official nonprofit partner of the Saint Louis […]
EDWARDSVILLE - Kurt Prenzler, a Republican candidate for Madison County Clerk and Recorder, said he called Linda Andreas “last night” (Tuesday, March 17, 2026) to congratulate her on her victory in a brief statement released after the election. The final tally for the Madison County Clerk and Recorder race was Andreas with 8,418 votes (52.85 percent) to Prenzler's 7,509 votes (47.15 percent). “I called Linda Andreas last night to congratulate her on her victory,” Prenzler
Brad Dean, head of the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission, called pitting the arts against tourism and sports "unhealthy, unproductive and wholly unnecessary.”
5th Annual Chain of Rocks 6K March 22 Supports Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation The 5th Annual Chain of Rocks 6K will be held on Sunday, March 22 t 9:00 a.m. The event brings together running clubs, competitive runners, and casual walkers from across the region for a unique and scenic race. This year the even t […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries spent big and lost often in this week's Illinois primaries, an early setback for technology firms that are trying to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power players in American politics. The companies flooded the state's Democratic primaries with millions of dollars to promote [...]
ALTON - Students throughout the Alton community had the opportunity to present their business plans to bankers. Every year, students from Alton High School and surrounding schools participate in the Riverbend CEO program, which teaches them about entrepreneurship. As a culmination of the program, students develop their own business plan, and, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, they presented this plan to bankers to receive funding. “It's not a class. It is an opportunity for entrepreneurs
FERGUSON, MO. - Prosecutors in St. Louis County have filed first-degree murder and other charges against an 18-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a Lyft driver in Ferguson, Missouri, a case investigators say stemmed from an ongoing feud involving the rider passengers. The victim was later identified as Shannon O’Brien, 28, of the 4300 block of De Tonty Street in St. Louis, police said. O'Brien was an Edwardsville High School graduate and was once a member of the Tigers' girls cross
CHICAGO, IL — Following today’s U.S. Senate primary in Illinois, Raja Krishnamoorthi released the following statement: “I called Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton and congratulated her on winning this primary. I trust that she will continue the lasting legacy that Senator Durbin leaves behind. “Only in America can an immigrant with twenty-nine letters in his name go from public housing and food stamps to the halls of Congress. I will continue to fight for our
SCHAUMBURG, IL – In response to the results in the the IL-8 Congressional Democratic primary, Junaid Ahmed released the following statement: “Tonight’s result is not what we hoped for, but I could not be more proud of the movement we built together. From the beginning, this campaign stood up to the powerful interests that too often dominate our politics and together we built a grassroots coalition of volunteers, organizers, workers, students, and families who believe
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