WOOD RIVER - Wood River is reporting higher property values and lower property taxes this year, including the largest one-year tax rate decrease since 1970 and the city’s lowest tax rate since 1996. City Manager Steve Palen said Madison County was being “conservative” with last year’s equalized assessment valuation (EAV), and that the new EAV is a nearly $12 million or 8.13% increase over last year, making it the highest EAV in the city’s history. “With the EAV increase, we have an expected tax rate of 1.5509 … versus 1.6674, which was projected,” Palen said. “Therefore, the tax rate decrease from the ‘21 levy is 0.1266 - this is the largest one-year decrease since at least 1970 and the lowest tax rate since 1996. “Since the EAV increased nearly $12 million, the city now has the highest EAV in its history, exceeding last year’s previous high mark of $147 million. The approximate effect on a $100,000 home
A lender to the Grand Center clothing manufacturer Evolution St. Louis claims in a lawsuit filed last month that the business owes it more than $857,000, as it seeks control of Evolution's knitting machines.
A year after PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan called LIV Golf an “irrational threat” to the sport, the PGA Tour and LIV will be merging into a new for-profit entity.
The merger comes after more than a year of tension between the Tour and the upstart backed by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund.
The PGA Tour, based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, will appoint a majority of the board in the combined entity and hold a majority voting interest.
The agreement brings together the commercial…
A year-long NASA contract will result in Boeing producing conceptual designs of a high-speed passenger plane, which would be "non-proprietary" so they could be shared with the Federal Aviation Administration, companies and academic researchers.
ST. LOUIS -- It's another hazy day in St. Louis with temperatures returning to the 80s to near 90 today. Wildfire smoke from eastern Canada is being drawn southwest into our region. Some people have also reported smelling the smoke in the air. There is an orange air quality alert for the St. Louis area. [...]
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 has announced the hiring of Amy Boscolo as Athletics Director beginning with the 2023-24 school year. Ms. Boscolo’s hire was approved on June 5, 2023, by the District #7 Board of Education. Ms. Boscolo comes to District #7 from Highland High School where she has been the Athletics Director/Assistant Principal for the past five years. In 19 years of education, she has also served as a junior high assistant principal, physical education and health teacher, and athletic trainer for various school districts throughout Illinois. “Amy brings a variety of experiences to District #7 and will be able to build on the solid foundation and growth in the athletic program established by Alex Fox,” said Superintendent Dr. Patrick Shelton. “She brings a student-centered approach to Edwardsville and will be able to continue the wonderful support our athletic programs have received within the
In Geezer Butler's upcoming memoir, Into the Void, the Black Sabbath bassist reflects on the metal legends' final reunion in 2011. Rolling Stone has shared an expert from the book, in…
This morning, firefighters in Jefferson County used airbags and other hydraulic tools to rescue a Cedar Hill man whose garage had collapsed on him. According to a Facebook post from the Cedar Hill Fire Protection District, emergency crews got a call around 10 a.m. about a person trapped in a collapsed building in a residential area. Upon arriving at the scene on Ruble Lane, firefighters found that multiple buildings had collapsed and that the man who had called 911 was trapped beneath a detached garage.
Judging by the number of very angry press releases that landed in my inbox this past Friday, you’d think that YouTube had decided to personally burn down democracy. You see, that day the company announced an update to its approach to moderating election misinformation, effectively saying that it would no longer try to police most […]
A collegiate tennis career and the Covid-19 pandemic led Eliot Ekindi to create the Uclip, a device meant to connect different pieces of fitness equipment to increase the functionality of home gyms.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council early Tuesday approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.” The 11-4 vote just after 5 a.m. [...]
Television streaming provider FuboTV Inc. said Tuesday it has inked a marketing deal with the St. Louis Cardinals that includes promoting its inclusion of the team’s broadcaster, Bally Sports Midwest, in its channel lineup.
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