ALTON - As the new school year gets ready to begin, Alton Middle School students will have a brand new class to enjoy thanks to the generosity of Liberty Bank. The class, Medical Detectives, will launch this school year and allow students to play the role of real-life biomedical scientists and investigators to solve simulated health mysteries and diseases. Liberty Bank is sponsoring the class this year with a $5,000 donation that will be used to purchase the science equipment and resources
Parkway is one of several local districts over the past few months that have looked for ways to navigate a convergence of financial pressures faced by public schools.
ALTON - Savannah Kanallakan, a fourth-year teacher in the Alton school district, spoke during new-hire orientation at Alton High School to offer encouragement to incoming teachers, saying she was honored to address educators beginning their work in the district. Kanallakan, who teaches fourth grade at West Elementary, said she was excited to speak because she had been in the same position not long ago. “I was honored to speak in front of the new teachers for new-hire orientation,”
BELLEVILLE - Four probationary police officers whave been sworn in by the Belleville Police Department as they prepare to serve the City of Belleville and begin training at the SWIC Police Academy later this month, the department said. The officers are Dazhee Horton, Daria Pryhunova, Jorge Urias and Kyle Bowlin. The department congratulated the new officers and thanked them for choosing to serve Belleville.
ALTON – A hearing in the case of Mayor David Goins vs. the City of Alton is now set for later this month. A court order filed in Madison County on Aug. 12, 2026 shows the hearing has been rescheduled for Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Dennis Ruth. At issue are two contested ordinances approved by the Alton City Council and challenged by Goins. One resulted in two city officials being ousted from their positions , while the other requires more transparent billing practices
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice has sued New York, Connecticut and Vermont over laws that allow immigrants in the country without permanent legal status to pay in-state college tuition in the states where they live. The suits, filed Aug. 10, are part of a larger push from the Trump administration to go after states […]
CHICAGO — An Illinois Lottery player is waking up a billionaire after winning the $1.04 billion Powerball® jackpot in last night’s drawing — this is the second-largest lottery prize ever won in Illinois. The winning ticket was purchased at Hy-Vee Gas, located at 310 N. 36th St. in Quincy, Illinois. The jackpot winner matched all six winning numbers — 4, 26, 66, 67, 69, and Powerball 9 — to secure the top prize in the August 12, 2026, Powerball drawing. In
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The Sunset Hills Police Department is asking for the public's help with solving a 26-year-old cold case homicide involving the murder of an elderly man.
A largely overlooked part of the executive order President Donald Trump issued this week scaling back the schedule for childhood vaccines threatens legal action against the four states that don’t allow personal or religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements. Those states — California, Connecticut, Maine and New York — are among the states with the […]
After revealing Tuesday that he would be reuniting with his former band Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore joined the group onstage at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, for one of…
ALTON - The Alton Amphitheater is gearing up for its annual Food Truck Festival. From 4–8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, the community can stop by the amphitheater to feast on food from 20 area food trucks. Admission is free, and everyone is invited to enjoy an afternoon of food and fun. This year’s theme is centered around the 100th anniversary of Route 66, with a few extras meant to honor the Mother Road. While the Food Truck Festival is an annual favorite, Amphitheater
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