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ALTON/EDWARDSVILLE - The Alton area region is going to see a huge drop in temperatures as the day and evening progresses on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Weather forecasters also predicted wind gusts Friday evening to progress from 35 to 45 mph and 40-45 mph at periods on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, with wind chills below zero. Temps will move from a high near 50 degrees during the day Friday to down to 16 degrees as a low in the evening. On Saturday, the high temperature will reach only 21 degrees with a low of 2 degrees. On Sunday, the high is projected at 10 degrees with a slight chance of snow in the evening with a low of 3 degrees. The snow accumulation shouldn’t be great over the weekend, St. Louis National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Kyger said, but the low temps are concerning for everyone. On Monday, temps will rise to only 12 degrees and the low will be only 2 above zero Monday night. On Tuesday of next week, a high of 14 is predicted and on Wednesday of next week,

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GODFREY – When filmmaker Kevin Edwards began his education at Lewis and Clark Community College, his sights were set on a career in law enforcement. Little did he know, his passion for film would alter his trajectory. Although his degree in Criminal Justice wasn’t an obvious first step into the entertainment industry, his studies fueled an interest in human nature. Edwards, who is from Grafton, believes the Sociology classes he took with L&C Associate Professor Jen Cline, along with his Criminal Justice courses, had a major impact on him by helping him develop an interest in other people’s experiences. “These classes opened my mind up to the rest of the world and taught me about the different perspectives of different people,” he said. “Jen did an amazing job by opening me up to social issues and presenting them in a way that made me want to learn more.” Cline, who has become a staunch supporter of Edwards’ efforts to bring

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Ruh-roh! Scooby-Doo and the gang will need your help to solve a gem of a mystery when the SCOOBY-DOO!™ Mansion Mayhem exhibit comes to The Magic House.   The immersive […]

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Last year marked the 60th anniversary of the murder of Bobby Greenlease, a six-year-old who was kidnapped, held for ransom, and then murdered over money.

Click on the arsonist registry page on the Office of the State Fire Marshal's website and all you will find is a blank space with no names.

Hush-a-Phone, Scissor Phones, One of the First Rotary Dial Phones – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 […]

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The program, funded by a federal grant and set to launch in mid-2024, aims to fill cost gaps and ease confusion over government rebates as residents seek to cut heating costs and emissions.

ALTON - Sadie Lupercio has established herself as a friendly face at Alton Middle School. The seventh grade math teacher is a Difference Maker in the classroom and the community with her commitment to her students, most recently as the organizer of a GoFundMe for the Alton Community Boxing Club . Several of her students are members of the club, which prompted Lupercio to get involved. But this is just one instance of how Lupercio aims to help kids. She works every day to make sure her students are okay and goes above and beyond to check in with each of them and show them that she cares. “My big thing of becoming a teacher was these kids might not have somebody at home,” Lupercio said. “They might not have someone to go home to and talk to or just somebody that even cares. Maybe they have somebody at home but they don’t care. I’m not saying that’s the case, but I’m just saying I want to be that person for every kid that walks in my

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With 27 designated shelter buildings at capacity and more migrants arriving every day, numbers have overflowed to warming buses in a parking lot.

It's still quite windy out there and temperatures and wind chills are frigid this morning. The cold is only going to get worse as we continue into the weekend.

The 90-minute "State of Education" discussion included topics like state regulations, social-emotional learning, student absenteeism and workforce development.

On Jan. 13, 1967, a plan to rejuvenate Gaslight Square in St. Louis failed to materialize when waitresses failed to show up at the Dixie Belle nightclub.