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Mayor Cara Spencer said the city is in talks with several large property owners.

BETHALTO – Zion Lutheran School is proud to recognize students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement during the first quarter of the 2025–2026 school year. Students earning High Honor Roll distinction have maintained exceptional academic performance and dedication to excellence. Congratulations to: High Honor Roll Hunter Turner Leticia Lorenz Carter Whipple Raine Sahuri Chris Epps Scott Holmes Riley Hoxsey Andrew Sitze Dominic Ventimiglia Students earning Honor Roll distinction have also demonstrated strong academic effort and commitment to learning. Congratulations to: Honor Roll Maelene Wright Gavin Martin Drew Koch Colby Merritt Andon Reed Zion Lutheran School celebrates these students for their hard work, perseverance, and commitment to academic excellence. Their achievements reflect the school’s mission to nurture students spiritually, academically, and socially in a Christ-centered environment. For more information about Zion Lutheran

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Oasis Pools has received a 2025 Pinnacle Award from Luxury Pools + Outdoor Living, marking the company’s second consecutive year earning one of the industry’s highest honors. The internationally recognized Pinnacle Awards spotlight just 50 exceptional projects from around the globe, celebrating innovation, artistry, and the transformative power of outdoor living design. This year’s award-winning […]

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Queen’s iconic tune “Who Wants To Live Forever” is featured in the new trailer for the fifth and final season of Netflix’s Stranger Things.The band acknowledged the track’s use in…

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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley R-Missouri introduced two bills to reinstate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and critical farm programs during the government shutdown. 

A woman is in custody for stabbing a couple on a MetroBus earlier this week.

ARCOLA – An Illinois State Police (ISP) squad car was hit this morning on I-57 in Douglas County as the Trooper was conducting traffic control for a previous crash. On October 30, 2025, at approximately 5:50 a.m., an ISP Trooper was parked across the northbound lanes of I-57 conducting traffic control for a previous crash involving a commercial motor vehicle. ? The Trooper had activated the emergency lights in the squad car, directing traffic to exit at milepost 203 onto IL 133. ? A Chevrolet Trailblazer failed to move over, failed to exit, and struck the front passenger side of the Trooper’s squad car. The Trooper was outside of the squad car at the time of the crash and reported no injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet, 68-year-old Donald E. Morecraft of Robinson, IL, was charged with Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident and a Scott’s Law/Move Over Law violation. In 2025, ISP has now suffered 12 Move Over Law-related crashes. In 2024, ISP suffered 27

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SPRINGFIELD – Today, Governor JB Pritzker, joined by elected officials and community leaders, held a press conference calling on the Trump Administration to suspend federal immigration enforcement operations in and around children and families during Halloween weekend. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Acting ICE Director Daniel Lyons, and Border Patrol Commissioner Matthew Scott, Gov. Pritzker requested that all federal enforcement operations be suspended from Friday, October 31 through Sunday, November 2, in and around homes, schools, hospitals, parks, and community gatherings where Halloween celebrations are taking place. “Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear. No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood,” Governor Pritzker wrote. “Illinois children should not be robbed of their innocence. Let them enjoy a time-honored American

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by Patrick Tuohey – Senior Fellow, Show-Me Institute Across the country, cities are rethinking rules that force developers to overbuild parking—and Missouri should follow suit. A new study from Denver shows that eliminating off-street parking minimums boosts housing production, including affordable units. By relaxing these mandates, Missouri communities can free up land, cut costs, and […]

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During a Thursday morning call with investors, A-B leadership said global revenue was up about 1% to $15 million, for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

EDWARDSVILLE – To help ensure families throughout the 56th District stay warm this winter, State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) is launching her Share the Warmth Drive beginning November 3. From November 3 through December 3, Senator Harriss’ office will collect new hats, gloves, socks, hand warmers, and ChapStick to donate to Riverbend Family Ministries. “As temperatures drop, it’s important that we come together to support those who may be struggling to stay warm,” said Senator Harriss. “A simple act of kindness, like donating winter supplies, can make a big difference for someone in need.” Supply donations can be dropped off or shipped to Senator Harriss’ Edwardsville District Office at 120 North Main Street, Suite 1B, Edwardsville, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Those wishing to make a drop-off after hours are encouraged to call (618) 307-5789 to ensure someone is available to receive donations. For additional

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A St. Louis County resident has claimed one of the top prizes in a new Missouri Lottery scratchers game.

ALTON - Every year, Vintage Voices invites community members to learn more about Alton history. The Vintage Voices tours take attendees through Alton City Cemetery, where they hear from actors portraying Altonians who are buried in the cemetery. The actors tell stories about the decedents’ lives and deaths, sharing more about Alton and regional history. This year’s tours took place earlier in October, but the scripts and videos of the tours are available at The Hayner Public Library District. In the above video, actor Caleb Kelahan tells the story of Cary Langley Waples, a U.S. Army lieutenant born in 1895 who died in 1918. “On the day of my funeral, it is said that airplanes flew all the way from Scott Kelly Field in San Antonio, Texas, and soared here to Alton City Cemetery, where they hovered right above this spot as my body was entombed here in the Grand View Mausoleum,” begins Waples’s speech. Waples grew up in Alton and graduated from

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SPRINGFIELD - Last night, Illinois House Democrats rammed through a costly green energy giveaway that will saddle ratepayers with an estimated $8 billion in higher costs, ignoring bipartisan opposition. Amid rising energy demand and already-crushing utility bills, Democrats decided the solution was to pour billions into battery storage technology, a system that remains unreliable, unsustainable, and unproven at large scale. House Democrats chose to appease their green energy donors and special interests, forcing small businesses and working families to pick up the tab. And as if living in Illinois wasn’t expensive enough, this legislation will push energy bills even higher, draining family budgets, threatening jobs, and driving more families out of the state. Here are a few of the Democrats who voted to make your power bill go up: Harry Benton (HD 97) Suzanne Ness (HD 66) Katie Stuart (HD 112) Murri Briel (HD 76) This vote makes one thing clear: Benton, Ness, Stuart,

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……. Scares and Shares………                                              by Sandra Olmsted, Film Critic at The Cinematic Skinny on LightHeart Entertainment and Media As the nights lengthen, and our collective thoughts turn with the seasons to death and what haunts the nights, ghost stories and horror grow in popularity. Bingeing old favorites and others I didn’t think so […]

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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs is committing $50 million to fund zero-interest and low-interest loans to unpaid federal workers during the government shutdown. The loans will be issued through participating banks and credit unions across Illinois with money made available through the Treasurer’s linked-deposit program. An estimated 153,000 federal employees live and work in Illinois. It is uncertain how many are not receiving their salaries since Oct. 1, when the shutdown began. "It is truly disheartening that a D.C. dispute over the right to affordable health care has reached a point where the federal government has locked out some workers and forced others to continue working without pay," Frerichs said. "Our no-interest loan program aims to provide much-needed relief to workers, ensuring they can feed their families, pay their mortgage, and stay current with electric and water bills.” Great Lakes Credit Union, with 20 branches across Chicagoland

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For drivers heading south out of St. Louis County, a sign near Hillsboro has a rather startling message attached to it. It says, “Caution — you are traveling Blood Alley, one of Missouri's deadliest highways."

In U.S. cities big and small, mayors are finding their tenures shaped by housing shortages, and efforts to build more homes, so that people of any income can afford a place to live. In a series of conversations, mayors of big cities such as Atlanta and Seattle, as well as of midsize Midwest cities like […]