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ALTON - After some discussion and a few changes, the Alton Committee of the Whole on Monday approved an updated and expanded version of the decorative holiday lighting schedule for the Clark Bridge. The new bridge lighting schedule, which now faces City Council approval, is as follows: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday (Jan. 15): Red/white/blue President’s Day (third Monday of February): Red/white/blue Memorial Day Weekend (following last Monday of May): Red/white/blue Flag Day (June 14): Red/white/blue Juneteenth (June 19): Yellow/green/red July 4: Red/white/blue Labor Day (first Monday of September): Red/white/blue Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (second Monday in October): Red/white/blue Veteran's Day (Nov. 11): Red/white/blue Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November): Orange/yellow/green Christmas Day (Dec. 25): Red/green Alton High School Graduation: Red Alton High School Homecoming: Red Marquette High School

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Police released photos of the getaway vehicle and suspects. They believe the team was trying to break into a U.S. Bank ATM.

The former Education Department Chair at St. Charles Community College, and currently the College of Education Dean at Harris-Stowe State University, has been charged for tampering with files that contained student information at the community college.

The amended law signed earlier this month by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker limits statutory damages to $1,000 for negligent violations and $5,000 for intentional and reckless violations per person – as opposed to those amounts per violation.

Multiple people were stuck inside the trams in one leg of the Gateway Arch on Monday afternoon.

There’s no change in the condition of a Ferguson police officer with a life-threatening head injury. Officer Travis Brown was critically injured Friday night during protests to mark the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

Two Ian Hunter solo albums are set to be reissued this fall.The records, 1979’s You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic and 1980’s Short Back n’ Sides, will both be remastered…

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A makeshift memorial sits outside a shopping center in Belleville one day after police captured a suspect in the same center who had just slammed his car into a home, killing two people.

Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. said Shavonne S. Green, 35, died of trauma and burns; and 4-year-old Toriana Bohanna died in the fire.

ALTON - The Upper Alton Association will host its Rockin with Robert Concert from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at the Robert Wadlow statue, 2810 College Ave., Alton. The concert will feature the band Porch Cafe, which was originally scheduled to perform in June but was postponed due to inclement weather. “We tried something different this year and held concerts every Tuesday in June. We have had such a great turnout we decided to do an extra concert,” said Debbie Frakes, President of the Upper Alton Association. The final concert of the season is scheduled for Aug. 27, 2024, and will feature the Jared Hennings Band. The concert will also run from 7 to 8 p.m. The Upper Alton Association expressed gratitude for the community's support and hopes to see strong attendance at the upcoming events.

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Democrats allege the initiative is designed to trick voters on whether non-citizens can vote in Missouri.

A federal judge has ruled that Illinois must move most of the inmates housed at Stateville Correctional Center by Sept. 30 because of decrepit conditions. U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood issued the order Friday.