EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County Coroner Stephen Nonn provided this update on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, about a Highland female who died from injuries suffered in a structure fire in her apartment this past weekend. Nonn said the woman - 68-year-old Virginia G. Barth - died at Saint Joseph’s Hospital Emergency Room, Highland on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. The decedent was found by firefighters of the Highland Fire Department due to a structure fire at her apartment on Saturday, December 23, 2023. Nonn said an autopsy examination has been completed and the preliminary findings are that the decedent suffered from severe heart and lung disease. A final cause of death will be issued upon completion of routine toxicology testing along with carbon monoxide testing. "The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Highland Police Department, Illinois State Fire Marshall Office, Madison County Coroner’s Office, and the Highland Fire Department," Nonn said. "Funeral arrangements
ALTON - David Goins, Mayor of Alton, keynotes this year's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Program on Monday, January 15, 2024, at 10:00 am., at Mt. Joy Missionary Baptist Church, located at 327 Olive Street, Edwardsville, IL. The program is open to the public at no charge. A proud product of the Alton School System and a graduate of the College of the Ozarks, Mr. Goins has dedicated his career to serving the Greater Alton community. His notable contributions include commendable achievements with the Madison County Department of Court and Probation Services, the Alton Police Department, and a past membership on the Alton School Board. Additionally, he also pastored at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church in Alton. The morning hymn will be performed by Myles Lacey, fifth grader at All Saints Academic School in Saint Louis, MO. Among his numerous professional successes, Mr. Goins attained a historic moment in the spring of 2021, being elected as the first African American Mayor of the
Hush-a-Phone, Scissor Phones, One of the First Rotary Dial Phones – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 […]
You'd be forgiven for forgetting it's winter this year. After all, St. Louis saw temperatures in the upper 50s on Christmas, brushing what FOX 2 says is the region's record of 64 degrees. It was definitely not a white Christmas.
Missouri is one of a dozen states where sports wagering remains illegal more than five years after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to adopt it.
EDWARDSVILLE — The Madison County Administration Building got a facelift just in time to start the new year and of installing upgraded ADA doors at all its facilities. Crews finished up Tuesday taking down a wooden structure that was put in place as new ADA doors were installed at the administration building. The county went out for bids a year ago to make upgrades to its facilities as part of its American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Modification Project. Slayden Glass won the bid at $223,241 to install sliding doors at the Administration Building, the Criminal Justice Center (CJC) and the Sheriff’s Office. The courthouse will upgrade its ADA door as well. “The new doors on the Administration Building look fantastic,” Chairman Pro-tem Mick Madison said. “It’s the set of doors the majority of the public will see when they visit the county. It’s a big improvement since the circular doors were unusable.” The administration building had
Following in the footsteps of Soda Fountain at Union Station, LHM doubles down with a fast-casual, less-expensive, “mini-me” version of the full-service flagship.
Nearly a year after the beloved Loop restaurant Three Kings Public House was ravaged by fire, its owners have found a new home, and it's just three doors down from the old one — the sprawling two-story building previously home to Hopcat. "When I went into that space, it's all brick, with amazing wood floors," says Three Kings co-owner Derek Deaver of 6315 Delmar Boulevard, which housed Hopcat from 2018 to 2020. "I said, 'It looks just like a Three Kings!'"
One reason that “right to repair” reform has such broad, bipartisan public support is because there’s really no aspect of your daily life that isn’t touched by it. The effort to monopolize repair isn’t just the territory of Apple or game console makers like Sony and Microsoft. The problem is present in everything from the […]
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