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During a concert in December, Billy Joel teased, "We’ve got a little something we’ve been working on you might hear sometime.” Now, we know what that something is. Billy will be releasing…

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MARYVILLE - Anderson Hospital announces its first New Year’s baby today and the name is Knox Thebeau. “Knox had a rough start and we needed some intensive care for the baby from our amazing partners at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital," Anderson Hospital Public Relations Director Natalie Head said. Knox was born at 8:47 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2024. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. Anderson Hospital held off on announcing the first baby until the child returned home. Knox’s parents are Lauren and Tanner Thebeau of Marine.

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ALTON - A woman from Alton has been charged with aggravated and domestic battery after allegedly stabbing someone on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, according to recently filed Madison County court documents. Sandra A. Kenshalo, 58, of Alton, was charged with one count each of aggravated battery and domestic battery. According to court documents, Kenshalo “used a deadly weapon, a kitchen knife, and stabbed in the arm causing injury.” According to a petition to deny Kenshalo’s pretrial release, the victim in this case advised officers that they had been in a verbal argument with Kenshalo before she entered the victim’s bedroom and stabbed them in the arm, causing them to flee from the residence. Officers reportedly located the knife suspected of being used in the attack. Kenshalo was charged with a Class 3 felony for aggravated battery and a Class A misdemeanor for domestic battery. Court documents indicate she was ordered remanded to jail until her initial

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Cherokee Street’s Love Bank Park Committee is seeking a design for two exterior faces of the Love Bank Park storage building.  The Parameters: Parking Seating & Striping Colors: Cherokee Street Signage Color Palette: Love Bank Park Principles:  How to Submit Your Design:

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It’s kind of pathetic how desperate Elon Musk is to convince people that ExTwitter is a good platform for posting their video content. I assume it’s a perfectly okay place to post videos, but it’s hardly where most people go to watch videos, and Elon may discover sooner or later just how difficult it is […]

Fresh off the news of their new album, Happiness Bastards, The Black Crowes have revealed they’ll hit the road in support of the record. The rockers announced dates for the Happiness Bastards Tour, hitting 35…

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Supporters believe they have momentum, though GOP infighting in the Senate could doom their chances.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dozens of Missouri Department of Corrections staff members are urging Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency to a man scheduled to die in April for killing his cousin and her husband, with a former warden calling him a “model inmate.” Sixty corrections officers and other staff members signed onto a [...]

Nationally recognized designer and author Robert Mark Morgan started with the windows in his dining room.

EAST ALTON - Local pickleball players gathered on Jan. 13–14, 2024, for a “Picklin’ for the Cure” pickleball tournament that raised over $4,000 for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life initiative. Competitors played a round-robin tournament over two days at Keasler Recreation Complex in East Alton. Ruby Berghoff, tournament director and a U.S.A. Pickleball ambassador said “a perfect marriage” of organizations came together to make the tournament successful. “Pickleball people are just good people. It really worked out well,” Berghoff said. “It was an emotional day in a way because we have several survivors within our organization, within the group that were playing there that day.” Players and spectators enjoyed a raffle, silent auction and 50/50 drawing throughout the weekend. There were 48 teams and they played in different divisions depending on skill level. Loretta Gratta and Jane Short won in the women’s

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“If you get there at 10:05, unfortunately you will not be able to (participate) because caucus will have begun,” said Miles Ross, executive director of the Missouri GOP.

A beloved and quirky music venue here has run into problems with the city and has to close its doors, at least for the next month.

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The U.S. Federal Highway Administration is about to put the kybosh on those humorous messages that sometimes appear on electronic signs over Illinois highways. The Illinois Department of Transportation will no longer be able to put up messages such as "Cousin Eddie says Twitter's full, put the phone away," (inspired by [...]

Spending on administrative expenses at U.S. public universities has outpaced spending on academic roles in recent years, leading some students and alumni to question how wisely schools are allocating student tuition money and scarce state dollars. A conservative-leaning group that tracks higher education dollars found that administrative spending — which it defines as including such things […]

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St. Louis Lambert International Airport reopened three runways through the course of the day Monday, after having earlier completely shut down due to freezing rain that moved in overnight.

After reuniting in 2021 for their 50th anniversary tour, The Doobie Brothers are ready to hit the road together again. The band, made up of Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and John McFee, just announced dates…

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MADISON COUNTY - The Madison and Bond Counties have been required to keep the Offices of the Courts and Circuit Clerk closed on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. However, matters noticed for remote proceedings will proceed as planned. The Office Of the Circuit Court is required to notify all parties by posting on its website, notifying attorneys and by other appropriate means. Court activities will resume as planned on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

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