Charge your device or illuminate your desk with this innovative 6-in-1 Wireless Charger. It’s easy to use with its touch buttons and Qi wireless charging for Qi-enabled devices. Beautifully made with a modern look, it can quickly charge your device and is touch-sensitive allowing you to show the digital clock. For your convenience, this charger […]
From The Telegraph: Work at the new Alton solar farm on part of the property of the old Alton City Landfill at Alby and Industrial Drive is drawing closer to seeing the installation of the solar panels. Work is underway this week, installing a chain link fence with barbed wire around the site to secure […]
From The Family Handyman: It’s well-known there aren’t enough young people entering the skilled trades. With society pushing them toward college versus trade school and careers in technology over the past few decades, most grow up expecting to land an office job. Skilled trades have been viewed as less enticing, with fewer people pursuing careers […]
From Building Design + Construction: Magnet schools emerged on the K-12 scene as early as the 1960s to establish a public education option that met multiple goals: Attracting a diverse student body from across a school district, supporting students with specific interests, and offering equitable opportunities resulting in high levels of academic success. Today, over […]
The new trailer for Inside Out 2 is going off the rails with some help from Ozzy Osbourne. The sequel to the 2015 animated Disney/Pixar film reintroduces us to the…
The upcoming auction of memorabilia, instruments, wardrobe and other items owned by the late ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill just got bigger. A series of new, iconic items have been…
From Reuters: The Biden administration on Monday said it will invest $2 billion in 150 federal building projects across 39 states that use materials that minimize carbon emissions, its latest effort to tackle climate change through government purchasing power. The General Services Administration will prioritize the purchase of asphalt, concrete, glass and steel produced and […]
About 100 pro-Palestinian supporters gathered outside the federal courthouse downtown Thursday morning as part of a wider "day of action" in the region before marching west on Clark Street.
PERRY COUNTY, Mo. -- There are over 700 caves in Perry County, Missouri. This makes it a great spot for the endangered grotto sculpin to live. The unique fish is found only in one place in the world. The subterranean streams of Perry County. Conservation agents recently went to check on the county's grotto sculpin [...]
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased has been identified in a fatal crash at Lucas and Hunt Road and Kinamore Drive in St. Louis County. Sandra Ware, 68 years of age, of the 8400 block of Lucas and Hunt Road in St. Louis, Missouri 63136. St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating a pedestrian struck at Lucas and Hunt Road and Kinamore Drive that resulted in the death of an adult female. At 5:21 PM, St. Louis County police officers from the City of Jennings Precinct responded to a call for service for a motor vehicle crash with a person struck at Lucas and Hunt Road and Kinamore Drive. Arriving officers observed an adult female had been struck by a motor vehicle. The female suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries. Preliminary investigation revealed that an adult female was crossing the intersection of Lucas and Hunt Road and Kinamore Drive when she was struck by a vehicle
BELVIDERE, Ill. - Today, President Joe Biden will join Governor JB Pritzker at the reopening of a previously shuttered Stellantis assembly plant in Belvidere. Democratic Party of Illinois Chair Lisa Hernandez released the following statement celebrating the win for Illinois’ workers: “I want to extend my gratitude to President Biden for the role he played in reopening Belvidere’s Stellantis plant, restoring thousands of good-paying, union jobs in Boone County. This reopening would not have been possible without the advocacy of the President, Governor JB Pritzker, Congressman Bill Foster, and all of the local officials who fought hard to keep these jobs in Illinois. This comes on the heels of a historic win for workers’ rights, as United Auto Workers secured a historic deal with Stellantis for better pay, working conditions, and investment in local production. All of our Democratic leaders, from the White House to the Statehouse, will always fight to make sur
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ongoing effort to authorize subpoenas for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo relating to the Committee’s Supreme Court ethics investigation: “Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats remain united in our effort to implement an enforceable code of conduct for Supreme Court justices. To inform this effort, we will continue to pursue subpoena authorization for Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo—two individuals who have refused to comply with this Committee’s oversight requests for months. “Due to scheduling issues, we were unable to complete the markup today. We will continue our efforts to authorize subpoenas in the near future. The highest court in the land cannot have the lowest ethical standards.” Last week, Durbin and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair of the
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