ALTON - Alton's annual Fireworks on the Mississippi event went off without a hitch on Monday night, July 3, at the Alton Amphitheater. The festivities began at 5 p.m. and were filled with live music, food and celebration before the display happened at 9:30 p.m. Alton Mayor David Goins commended the Amphitheater Commission for again doing “a wonderful job” putting the event together with music, food and culminating with the fireworks display at 9:30 p.m. J&M Display launched the fireworks for the 25th time on Monday night and once again there were many crowd favorites. Local food trucks Kona Ice, Pig on a Wing, Quite Bite and Frozen Treats and Ray’s Touching Tacos were among the vendors on hand and were well-received by the crowd. Robert “Chick” Fritz Inc. had beer and other drinks for those in attendance. The 399th Army Band once again performed and pushed the patriotic theme of the event. The band performs all across Illinois, Missouri and Indiana
A study from the University of Washington released Monday shows maternal mortality rates more than doubled in some states between 1999 and 2019, with sharp increases for some racial and ethnic groups. Researchers touted it as the first study to provide such maternal mortality calculations for every state. Previous reports have not included rates for states with […]
Winnie-the-Pooh, R2-D2, Baseball and Kermit the Frog – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 building, the
The work of world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly is coming to the Missouri Botanical Garden in a stunning exhibition uniting art and nature. With thousands of pieces of blown glass forms
One of the benefits of the shift to streaming music and video was supposed to be (and often is), convenience. As in, you’d have access to any show you’d like, at any time, without having to go hunting and pecking through old VHS archives. And while streaming delivered on many of its original promises, as […]
WOOD RIVER - Several Wood River residents made public comments at Monday night’s City Council meeting, and the majority of them called for the resignation of councilmen Bill Dettmers, Dr. David Ayres, and Jeremy Plank. Amy Davis criticized Dettmers for his lawsuit against the city funding the construction of its new recreation center using dollars from a 1% sales tax increase, which was dismissed by a circuit judge who ruled the city was within their rights to fund the project that way. “Mr. Dettmers, your behavior and lawsuits against the city are an embarrassment,” Davis said. “How is it fiscally responsible for a council member to cost the city money by defending itself against your lawsuits? You talk about conflicts of interest with volunteerism - that is a way bigger conflict of interest than any volunteer would ever bring to this community.” Davis added that she believes a law should be put in place that forbids sitting city officials from
Congress expanded work requirements for food assistance during the debt ceiling negotiations, a move that would normally happen in the Farm Bill. Shortly before that, the state of Kansas made similar changes.
Andrew Bailey laid out the proposal in 2021 before he was attorney general. His office won’t clarify whether he still believes the changes should become law
The Independence Day holiday ends with gun violence in St. Louis City. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police are investigating around a half-dozen shootings Wednesday morning.
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