ALTON - Karen Wilson with Pride, Inc. made a public comment at last night’s Alton City Council meeting raising concerns about the increasing traffic accidents and diminishing condition of the historic State House Square landmark in Alton, which is technically a circle currently functioning as a roundabout. “It’s a very historic place - and as you all know, it’s a source of pride for the city,” Wilson said. “It’s a focal point. It’s an entryway to our city for visitors to the hospital or those entering the city from Martin Luther King Boulevard. We give directions based on it … most importantly, it’s a very important historical location.” Wilson also expressed a need for enhanced traffic safety measures around the square, citing an “ever-increasing number” of accidents in the area. “That circle has seen an ever-increasing number of traffic incidents that have caused damage to the circle,”
A new Where We Stand Update reports, the St. Louis region stands about in the middle among the peer regions on roadway congestion. This is different than what has been seen in the recent past, when the region has consistently been one of the least congested large metropolitan regions. It is too soon to tell if these […]
A former labor union president from Alton, Illinois, appeared in federal court Tuesday and admitted embezzling more than $200,000 from the organization.
The Supreme Court is currently deliberating whether or not algorithms deserve protections under Section 230. And I hear from lots of people that maybe Section 230 wasn’t meant to cover algorithmic policing and recommendations of content. But that’s utter nonsense. The whole area of content moderation first came about as a response to the earliest […]
When the shooting started at the Ely Walker Lofts in the Washington Avenue Loft District on the morning of March 25, Lindsay Braswell was alarmed but not shocked. It was the second shooting the building had seen that month. The first was on March 10, in an apartment with frequent domestic disputes.
Mission Taco Joint is on a tear. The 10-year-old restaurant chain has just announced another new opening. In addition to a Busch Stadium spot that started serving on Cardinals Opening Day, the West Coast-style taco spot announced this week that it would open a location in the Clayton Village Shopping Center (1000 Woods Mill Plaza, Town and Country).
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he will direct his administration to allow undocumented people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in Medicaid or private insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will issue a proposed rule on the policy by […]
More than 50,000 pages of newly released documents detail how the security firm targeted pipeline opponents and tried to profit off its surveillance tactics.
n July 2021, Bob Dylan streamed a special black-and-white concert film, and now music from that experience is finally set for release. Shadow Kingdom, featuring the 13 tracks performed during the concert,…
These factors help explain a decline in Silicon Valley Bank's deposits and its resultant failure. And a St. Louis professor offers measures to avoid the next bank collapse.
PIASA - After an exciting, back-and-forth game against the Marquette Explorers Wednesday afternoon, the Piasa Birds came out with an 11-8 win. Lots of good things happened offensively for the team, but it was sophomore pitcher Ian Brantley who left with the game ball. Brantley made his first career start on the mound and threw the first four frames. While he wasn't awarded the win, that would go to Quinten Strohbeck who came in to relieve him, Brantley still had an impressive outing against a "very good hitting" Marquette team according to Southwestern head coach Brian Hanslow. For the achievement, Ian Brantley is an Altonized Federal Credit Union Athlete of the Month for Piasa Southwestern. Brantley wouldn't have typically made the start, but because of a busy schedule this week, six games in six days, he got the nod. “We got six games this week, so we started a sophomore, his first varsity start in his career, and he pitched pretty well,” coach Hanslow said abou
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