COLLINSVILLE - Senior forward Tyrius Jones had one of his best games of the season on Dec. 28 in the Redbirds' opener of the 38th Prairie Farms Collinsville Holiday Classic basketball tournament, scoring 19 points in Alton's 67-41 loss to Quincy at Vergil Fletcher Gym in the final game of the tournament's opening day. Jones is one of the team's most dependable players, is very versatile and can play anywhere on the court. He also provides senior leadership to the team, rallying his teammates when needed and also provides a spark to the Redbirds, doing whatever he can to help the team. For all of his efforts both on and off the court, Jones has been selected as an Auto Butler Male Athlete of the Month at Alton High. Jones, who plays for head coach Dylan Dudley, helped spark a comeback in the second half after the Blue Devils took a big lead at halftime and the Redbirds kept battling throughout the entire game, never giving up. But it was the first half where Quincy took control of th
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This month's meeting included elections for the 2023 Board and presented project materials for a proposed development at 4534-4556 Manchester. FPSE Neighborhood Business Treasurer’s Report (Cammie Lewis Holiday) Thank you again to WUMCRC for their $1,400 donation supporting our NNO Membership is pay-what-you-can, anyone interested can donate at https://cash.app/$FPSENA Neighborhood [...]
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This month's meeting included a guest speaker from WEPOWER talk about community benefit agreements, called for 2023 Board nominations, and heard updates about the Ward and from the Infrastructure and Development Committees. Guest Speakers Ward Updates (Alderwoman Pihl) Alderwoman Pihl shared that the search for a new police chief will [...]
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