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BETHALTO - The Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 Board of Education held a special meeting to talk about the Public Access Counselor (PAC) investigation into the Board regarding the Open Meetings Act (OMA). On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, the Board invited attorney Adam Hennings to talk about the investigation. Following the Board’s regular meeting on Sept. 29, 2025, a reporter with The Alton Telegraph submitted a Request for Review with PAC, alleging that the Board violated the OMA by not revealing the name of a middle school teacher after the Board voted to terminate the teacher. Section 2(e) of OMA states, “Final action shall be preceded by a public recital of the nature of the matter being considered and other information that will inform the public of the business being conducted.” The Telegraph reporter argued that the Board did not provide “an adequate public recital,” according to Assistant Attorney General Christina Lucente-McCullough.

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Abraham Butz is a cross runner, with baseball close to his heart.

A Missouri man who killed a state trooper 20 years ago was executed late Tuesday afternoon.

Lance Shockley, 48, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre.

As the partial U.S. government shutdown enters into its third week, ripple effects are being felt in Missouri.

From Waste Dive: David Keeling has been confirmed to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as the assistant secretary of labor. The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to approved his confirmation, along with a block of dozens of other nominees for other federal agencies, on Tuesday. Keeling is Amazon’s former director of road and transportation […]

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The City of St. Louis, in partnership with the Missouri Green Banc, has been awarded a $250,000 “market-building” grant through Phase 1 of the Municipal Investment Fund. The funds will support development of public-private partnership plans to lower energy costs and expand access to clean-energy investments for residents and businesses. The award, made possible through […]

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In the meantime, the restaurant is still open.

ALTON - Community members gathered at The Wedge Innovation Center for a conversation about safe drinking water. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, SIUE Professor Dr. Carrie Butts-Wilmsmeyer presented “Safe Water, Strong Communities” as part of The Wedge’s Collaboration Lab series. During her talk, Butts-Wilmsmeyer explained how the Center for Predictive Analytics tested water across Illinois communities to find endocrine disrupting compounds, and she shared her findings. “There’s stuff in our water,” Butts-Wilmsmeyer said. “We just don’t know how bad it is yet.” Butts-Wilmsmeyer explained how the Center for Predictive Analytics collaborated with undergraduate student Milena Di Blasi to test water in communities across Illinois for “chemicals of emerging concern,” including the endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs). EDCs interfere with the body’s endocrine system and can be found in certain pesticides, plastics,

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The four-year-long legal battle between a St. Peters homeowner and the city over his front-yard sunflowers took another turn Tuesday, as a judge sided with the city under a new ordinance at the center of the dispute. Chris Bank will now appeal to St. Charles County, where a jury will ultimately decide. Only then, Bank says may he actually give in. 

GODFREY — Firefighters from the Godfrey Fire Protection District and several neighboring departments responded to a serious house fire on Seasons Drive in Godfrey on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. The fire was reported at about 4 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2025. Along with Godfrey Fire, crews from the Alton Fire Department, Brighton, Fosterburg and QEM were visible at the scene. A ladder truck was deployed to help combat the blaze. The home sustained significant damage as firefighters worked to contain the fire. The Village of Godfrey issued this statement: "For our residents' situational awareness: (Tuesday, 10/14/25, 4:50 p.m.) Pierce Lane is currently closed in both directions (at the Season's entrance) as GFPD and multiple mutual aid fire crews are currently working a structure fire in that area. Please avoid the area until crews can reopen the road." More details are expected as the situation develops.

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From Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: In September, St. Charles Community College held a ribbon cutting for its new Regional Innovation Workforce Center, located at 2400 Interstate Drive in Wentzville. The center offers associate of applied science degrees and certificate of achievement programs in industrial trades. The center is designed to give students hands-on experience in 48,000 […]

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Bringing weapons to school is a violation of Parkway West High's Safe Schools Act. And this type of violation carries "the highest level of consequences."

From HR Daily Advisor: Across the country, many companies are establishing return-to-work mandates. Driven by existing lease agreements and lingering suspicion that remote workers aren’t as productive as they claim, most companies are ignoring a critical flaw in their RTO strategy: maybe it’s not that employees don’t want to be in the office—they just don’t […]

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A construction worker was critically injured early Monday morning (Oct. 13) at the busy intersection of Kingshighway and Lindell boulevards, adjacent to the Albion West End apartment tower project now rising on the northeast corner. According to a report from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the 36-year-old man was in the street around 6:15 […]

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