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Jerseyville Approves Agreement For 2026 Farmers & Artisan Market

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JERSEYVILLE – Jerseyville city officials have laid the groundwork for this year’s Farmers & Artisan Market . At their March 3, 2026 meeting, City Council members unanimously approved a rental agreement with the Jersey County Business Association (JCBA) to use City Center Plaza for the 2026 Farmers and Artisan Market. This year’s market will be held every Tuesday from June 2 to Sept. 1, 2026 from 4 to 7 p.m., excluding July 14, 2026 to accommodate the Jersey County Fair Parade.

Missouri Senate axes funds for attorney general’s new St. Louis offices

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The Missouri Senate on Tuesday stripped money for furnishing new space for the attorney general’s office and sending a tourism team to Washington, D.C., from a spending bill funding state agencies through June 30. The changes cut about $1.1 million in general revenue spending from the supplemental appropriation bill that had already been cut by […]
Rudi Keller

Blue morpho butterflies are back at the Butterfly House

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Blue Morpho butterflies return to the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly house to kick off the spring break season. Celebrating the final days of winter, more than 1,500 blue morpho butterflies have been added to the Tropical Conservatory.
Haley Fitzpatrick

McDonald's 'Big Arch Burger' is now available in St. Louis

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In a city that has a strong burger culture and a big arch of its own, McDonald's is offering the Big Arch Burger for a limited time. Starting March 3, the fast-food giant is releasing the burger across the country, including about 100 locations in the St. Louis region.
Alex Barton

Fuck ICE Says West Virginia Court, Threatening Fines And Contempt Charges

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The administration has burnt the “presumption of regularity” to a crispness normally reserved for conquered bridges succumbing to heat death. It is now well known that the Trump administration will do whatever it wants to do, whether or not it’s supported by law. And when the courts push back, the administration responds with implicit “fuck […]
Tim Cushing

Republicans unload on Noem over Minneapolis operation, FEMA delays

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WASHINGTON — Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee mounted unusually blunt criticisms of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a tense five-hour hearing Tuesday, with North Carolina’s Thom Tillis threatening to obstruct the chamber’s business if Noem did not answer questions from his office about immigration enforcement.  Tillis even revisited a book written by […]
Ariana Figueroa

Key Provisions of Illinois Energy Act Explained by Expert

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ALTON - The Sierra Club will host a speakers series event on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at Old Bakery Beer Co. in Alton focused on how Illinois’ Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act could affect utility bills. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Old Bakery Beer Co., 400 Landmarks Blvd., Alton. The theme for the event is “Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA) Impact on Utility Bills.” The announcement said Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Clean and Reliable

PERSPECTIVE: Top-25 in Population, 58th in Housing Permits; A Warning for St. Louis.

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by Ness Sandoval The U.S. Census Bureau has released the December 2025 housing permit data along with its preliminary annual totals for 2025. The Bureau uses housing permit activity as a forward-looking proxy for population growth or stagnation. Quite simply, regions that build tend to grow; regions that do not build struggle to attract and […]

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Tom Finan

Alton High School Journalism and Yearbook Students Take Home Major Prizes

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ALTON - Alton High School student journalists and artists have a lot to be proud of. On Feb. 25, 2026, the staff of “The Tatler” and “Redbird Word,” the school’s yearbook and newspaper, were recognized by the Southern Illinois Scholastic Press Association. Students mailed in copies of their work and competed in on-site journalism competitions, and several students took home impressive prizes for their work. “We were so excited,” said “Tatler”