With Thanksgiving just days away, grocery stores are bracing for one of the busiest shopping weeks of the year. And with SNAP benefits still uncertain for many families, Schnucks says its mission is to keep holiday meals affordable.
COLLINSVILLE - The Collinsville High School Student Advisory/Rotary Interact Club recently completed its mission to provide a headstone for late Collinsville educator Everett Singleton, who died in 1970. Singleton, who was inducted into the Kahok Hall of Fame in 2024, was a well-known Collinsville educator whose story spans the period of segregation and desegregation in the community. When CHS students in the Student Advisory/Rotary Interact Club learned that Singleton’s grave in St. John
On Wednesday, The Illinois Commerce Commission slashed Ameren Illinois’ natural gas rate request by nearly half, cutting $55.8 million from the proposed $128.8 million increase.
Commissioners said the decision was made to help balance utility needs with affordability for customers.
In 1976, Jerry C. Elliott-High Eagle, a Cherokee/Osage physicist, NASA employee, and Medal of Freedom recipient, drafted legislation creating National Native American Awareness Week, the first federally recognized observance of Indigenous cultural heritage. This was followed in 1990 by President George H. W. Bush’s declaration of November as National Native American Heritage Month. For 35 …
ALTON – An Alton man accused of fleeing from police over the Clark Bridge and a St. Louis man who evaded pursuit face felony charges in separate Madison County cases. Michael D. Bass, 39, of Alton, was charged on Nov. 13, 2025, with one count each of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer and driving while license is revoked, both Class 4 felonies. Bass allegedly drove a Honda CR-V upon the Clark Bridge in Alton while his license had been revoked on Sept. 24, 2025.
ST. LOUIS – Today, the City of St. Louis’ Recovery Office and the Department of Public Safety Building Division announced that structural inspections have begun for property owners requesting assistance with repair, demolition and debris-removal services following the May 16 tornado. This is a critical step in helping residents and communities recover and rebuild. Since the program opened a month ago, the City’s Recovery Office has received more than 700 applications for Private
Missouri's attorney general has asked the State Department to notify China that the state is attempting to seize Chinese-owned properties to collect on a nearly $25 billion court judgment. The move comes after a federal judge ruled earlier this year that China hoarded personal protective equipment during the pandemic, harming Missouri. China called the lawsuit "very absurd" and did not participate in the trial. Some legal experts doubt Missouri can collect the judgment. But Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said Wednesday that she is prepared for a long process.
ALTON - On Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, Alton Main Street will host an event that’s sure to get you into the holiday spirit. The 32nd annual Community Tree Lighting at Lincoln-Douglas Square will begin with the arrival of Santa Claus on the trolley at 6 p.m. The free festivities, including caroling, cookies, and hot cocoa, will continue until 6:45 p.m. when Alton Mayor David Goins flips the lights on the beautiful tree, which is provided by the Alton-Godfrey Rotary Club. Families are encouraged
ZZ Top is headed overseas in 2026. The Texas rockers have announced dates for The Big One! tour, their first European trek in two years.The 23-show tour will have them hitting 13…
EDWARDSVILLE — Renovation work on the Madison County Board Room starts Thursday as part of a more than $320,000 project to modernize the space and improve accessibility. The County Board approved the renovation contract in July, and reconstruction is expected to continue through January. During the overhaul, all committee meetings will be held in Conference Room 309, located inside the county board room, and full county board meetings will take place in the Atrium on the first floor of
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Robert Brown of St. Louis. The victim’s family has been notified. Just before 5 a.m. on November 15, 2025, St. Louis 911 was notified of an assault when the 911 evaluator heard shots being fired. District 4 officers responded to the area of North 10th Street and […]
Missouri will try to seize assets owned by China to collect a $24 billion default judgment in its case accusing the Asian nation of lying to the world about the COVID-19 pandemic that began in Wuhan, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said. U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh entered the verdict in March after China did not […]
ALTON - The Enhanced Wellness Care program at Associated Physicians Group in Alton guarantees personalized, comprehensive care. Dr. Christopher Green, an internal medicine physician at Associated Physicians Group, explained that the office’s Enhanced Wellness Care program invites patients to pay an annual membership fee and receive longer appointments, after-hours access to Green via his personal cell phone, and same-day or next-day appointments. Green believes the program is a grea