EAST ALTON - The East Alton Fire Department issued a salute today for a retired firefighter who died on Friday, Aug. 11, Mike Rhodes. Mike was an East Alton firefighter for 13 years as a member of the department from 1983 to 1996. He also was asked to return as an advisor for a very successful explorer program. The fire department has displayed black bunting at Station 1 in honor of Mike’s loss. Mike was married to Karen, and has one child, Chris Rhodes, who followed in his footsteps as a Bethalto firefighter and is also the operator of the Madison County Scanner page, so his love of scanner activities likely stemmed from his father's influence. Chris said his dad left firefighting in 1996 when Chris was having some health issues and had to go to Children’s Hospital in St. Louis once a week. He told the East Alton fire officials at that time he had to put his family first. Chris was an athlete and said he never remembers his dad missing one of his soccer, basketball,
On Friday, the Internet Archive put up a blog post noting that its digital book lending program was likely to change as it continues to fight the book publishers’ efforts to kill the Internet Archive. As you’ll recall, all the big book publishers teamed up to sue the Internet Archive over its Open Library project, […]
JERSEYVILLE - Two individuals from Jerseyville were arrested on meth possession charges in Jersey County over the past week, according to recent court filings. Geoffrey J. Scott, 42, of Jerseyville, was charged with possession of more than 15 but less than 100 grams of methamphetamine on Aug. 8. Scott was charged with one Class 1 felony and his bail was set at $20,000. David D. Gettings, 60, also of Jerseyville, was charged on Aug. 9 with possession of less than five grams of methamphetamine. Gettings was charged with a Class 3 felony and his bail was set at $10,000. The issuance of charges is based solely upon probable cause and is not an indication of guilt. All subjects charged with criminal offenses are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Maryville University has dropped plans for an esports arena and dormitory that would have been located in an aging shopping center less than 2 miles from the school’s Town and Country campus.
Two people were shot during a large fight in Downtown St. Louis Sunday night. An 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman were both taken to the hospital for treatment.
Three years ago, Brian Haimowitz slept behind buildings and under bridges because he couldn’t afford a place to stay with the money from his job as a cashier at a local Wendy’s. He said he tried to get help through Kansas City’s shelter system, but he was quickly turned off by roadblocks he encountered. One […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Evergy is warning customers about a new scam targeting people trying to pay their bill online. The utility company says scammers are targeting customers who use search engines like Google to find ways to contact Evergy. Everg officials say when customers search terms like “pay Evergy,” “Evergy bill,” “Evergy electric” advertisements for [...]
Alice Cooper has been wearing makeup on stage for years, and now, he's teamed with the vegan and cruelty free cosmetics brand Vampyre Cosmetics for a new makeup line that will be…
TOPEKA, Kansas — The Society of Professional Journalists’ board unanimously offered $20,000 to the family-owned Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement investigating allegations of identity theft and illegal use of a computer. The raid undermining operation of the weekly newspaper alarmed […]
The free press is supposed to be free. That’s what the First Amendment means. Journalists have a long-acknowledged, supported-by-decades-of-precedent right to publish information that may make the government uncomfortable. When cops start raiding press outlets, everyone takes notice. This isn’t how this works — not in the United States with its long list of guaranteed […]
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SWIM YEAR FOR THE FLORISSANT FISH SWIM TEAM The 2023 summer season marked the 21st season for the Florissant Fish Swim Team. Over the duration of the season the team was 6-0 in dual meets and finished 1st at the Conference Championships for the 13th straight season. This year’s team consisted of 164 […]
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