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Four months after the May 16 tornado, Arthur Dunlap said he is finally seeing progress on the recovery efforts near his home. The Air Force veteran pleaded with city officials back in August to save his 63-year-old home, which was leaning.

GRAFTON - At the Grafton City Council Meeting on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, Mayor Morrow presented five Certificates of Appreciation on behalf of the Council, the city and the Grafton Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Morrow said, “When the city’s grant applications to beautify and improve Main Street were unsuccessful, Cyndi and Alderman David Hand started Streetscape, a privately funded organization to purchase and plant the large flowerpots that have made Main Street so spectacular all summer. They have been such a hit that Streetscape has earned a place in the city budget for next year.” With the help of Anne Hettinger, Cyndi has purchased, placed, planted and faithfully watered the colorful, giant “flowerpot gardens” that delight everyone who sees them. A city truck and water tank were vital to fill the pot reservoirs and make it through the hottest days this summer. “Thank you to everyone in the community, both businesses and individuals, who

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ALTON - Lily Waltz of Alton High School was honored as Student of the month for September 2025 at a regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey at Gentelin’s on Broadway Restaurant. Waltz is a senior at Alton High School. She would like to take the time to thank the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club for this opportunity, her teachers, peers, and more importantly, her parents. She would not be where she is today without them, and the guidance and wisdom that has been shown her way. During her four years at Alton High, she has had many accomplishments and achievements. She has a 4.4 GPA, and has taken a total of 17 honors classes, 5 AP classes, and 6 Dual Credit classes. Last year, she was awarded the Hayner Public Library District Student of the Month award. Inside of school, she is involved in many different clubs and activities. She is currently the Features Editor for the Redbird Word, and even attended the Southern Illinois Student Press Association last year, winning three

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

ALTON - Joseph Ventimiglia was honored as a Student of the Month for September 2025 at a regular meeting of the Rotary Club of Alton-Godfrey at Gentelin’s on Broadway Restaurant. Ventimiglia is a CEO Member and an Alton High School senior. Ventimiglia is a dedicated and accomplished student at Alton High School, honored as Rotary Student of the Month. Maintaining a 4.0 GPA throughout high school, Joseph has demonstrated exceptional academic commitment, earning membership in the National Honor Society and consistently making the high honor roll. He has challenged himself by completing 13 honors classes, 6 dual credit courses, and 3 accelerated classes, accumulating 28 college credit hours through LCCC, SLU, and Missouri S&T. Joseph’s leadership skills and entrepreneurial spirit were further developed through his participation in the CEO Program (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities). Beyond academics, he is actively involved in numerous extracurricular activities, including

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From Next STL: This year Great Rivers Greenway is celebrating a quarter-century of building greenways in the St. Louis region. The organization’s funding, born out of a public vote in November 2000, started GRG down the path to creating the 140 miles of trails, thousands of acres of public space, and 3 million yearly trail […]

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Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming 2025 Pickleball Tournament benefiting St. Louis Children’s Hospital as part of the annual KIDstruction campaign. The friendly competition will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, at Chicken N Pickle, 1500 S. Main St., St. Charles, MO. Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and play begins at 3PM. The pickleball […]

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It’s beginning to look like fall at the Lake of the Ozarks.

CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in partnership with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit today against Live Nation Entertainment Inc. (Live Nation), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ticketmaster LLC (Ticketmaster), over the company’s unlawful coordination with ticket brokers that drives up prices for tickets in resale markets. The lawsuit also alleges that Ticketmaster deceptively displays lower ticket prices on its website, only to charge customers substantially more at checkout. “Ticketmaster’s deceptive business tactics have left fans paying steep hidden fees and pushed them into expensive, secondary ticket markets,” said Raoul. “While Ticketmaster claims to limit bulk purchases by brokers, it allows its own rules on purchase limits to be broken. The company then profits when those tickets sell for higher prices — and Ticketmaster can collect another round of fees

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NORMAL - Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) announced today that OPmobility will establish their first Illinois facility in Normal to assemble bumpers for Rivian's R2, which will be available for consumers in 2026. OPmobility will be the first company to locate in Rivian’s new supplier park , which was announced in May 2025. The company plans to make a significant capital investment with support from DCEO's Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois (REV Illinois) program, which will enable the company to establish its Illinois-based operations and create 81 new full-time jobs. “OPmobility’s decision to establish its first Illinois facility in Normal is another win for our state, our workers, and the Central Illinois economy,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “This investment builds on Illinois’ growing EV ecosystem, and it demonstrates the power of programs like REV Illinois to support

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EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department officially welcomed five new officers after each were sworn in at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Officers Megan Douglas, Clint Freitag, Nina Funk, Gracie Kimmle, and Zachary Jines were each sworn in at the Sept. 16, 2025 meeting. Four of the department’s latest hires are brand-new to the field of law enforcement, having recently completed their Police Academy training – these include Douglas, Frietag, Funk, and Kimmle. Officer Jines is a lateral hire who joins the Edwardsville Police from his last position with the Mt. Vernon Police Department. “We are very proud of our Police Department, and all of our departments – but our Police Department are really committed to the safety of our residents,” Risavy said. “We are very proud of how professional they are and how well-respected they are in our community.” City Clerk Michelle Boyer administered the oaths for each officer a

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined members of the Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking (ITHT) to deliver remarks at the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (ATIP) Global Policy Summit and roundtable, where he spoke of federal efforts to combat child exploitation and human trafficking. In his remarks, Durbin urged the passage of his STOP CSAM Act and DEFIANCE Act —two pieces of legislation that would collectively empower survivors to hold Big Tech accountable for its role in facilitating child abuse and sexual violence. The STOP CSAM Act would allow victims to sue online providers and app stores that make available, promote, host or store child sexual abuse material. The bill would also require large tech companies to submit annual reports detailing their efforts to protect children on their platforms. Last week, Durbin delivered a speech on the Senate floor urging his

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly mentioned the possibility of deploying the National Guard to fight crime in St. Louis.

From KSDK: Every new data center in St. Louis will have to meet new requirements before construction begins, following Mayor Cara Spencer’s announcement that she will be signing an executive order focused on the developments on Friday. Spencer’s new order will require data centers to hold public hearings and obtain a conditional use permit, or […]

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But the Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide money and technical assistance to the city and state as they work to remove an estimated 1 million tons of debris left in the wake of the storm.

ST. LOUIS - Construction crews broke ground Thursday on a 30-story luxury residential tower called "Albion West End" in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood. The new high-rise development, located near Forest Park in the 4900 block of Lindell Boulevard, will feature 305 upscale apartments, along with ground-floor retail space. Plans also include a rooftop [...]