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ALTON - The Hayner Public Library District has several historic programs planned in the next few weeks to share more about the Underground Railroad. On display in Alton City Hall through the end of the year, a special exhibit titled “Journey to Freedom: Illinois’ Underground Railroad” will share information about local ties to the Underground Railroad. This exhibit is available for viewing anytime that City Hall is open. There are several special programs hosted by the

JERSEYVILLE — The Jersey Community Alternative Program will purchase self-paced reading materials with a $4,000 grant recently awarded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support youth literacy. The grant is part of more than $4.1 million the foundation recently awarded to nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools in Dollar General’s hometown communities nationwide to support students in kindergarten through 12th grade. “The JCAP staff is excited to receive fundin

Halloween at Circus Harmony in City Museum Circus Harmony, the sensational circus school located at City Museum is dedicated to family friendly, exciting, entertainment. This Halloween season, you can find their unicycling skeletons, wire-walking Move to Trash witches, juggling jesters, and more doing shows in their home ring at City Museum but you can also […]

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SPRINGFIELD – Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Illinois, and the Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) is encouraging residents to take simple, proactive steps to strengthen their online safety and protect personal information. “Keeping Illinoisans safe online depends not just on having strong guardrails in place but also identifying and preventing cyber-attacks before they occur,” said Governor JB Pritzker

A court battle that began when conservative-led states sued to block protections for transgender people has ended in a rollback of protections for people with disabilities — a result disability advocates have feared for months. At the end of August, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services joined the handful of conservative-led states suing […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Mary Miller (IL-15) introduced the Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act to protect parents from being punished by state child-welfare systems for affirming their child’s biological sex or shielding them from irreversible medical procedures. “Raising your son as a boy or your daughter as a girl is fundamental to parenthood, not child abuse,” said Congresswoman Mary Miller. “The Yaeli Martinez Child Protection Act defends

Angelynn Mock, 48, was sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder.

ALTON - Six Redbirds seniors marked Senior Night with straight-set victories at home this past week, earning collective recognition as The Eardley Agency LLC Female Athletes of the Month for Alton High. The team marked Senior Night on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, at home against Granite City and celebrated with a 9-0 triumph over the Warriors. Seniors Lydia Schrumpf, McKenna Dondanville, Laila Kiger, Maddy Henkhaus, Vail Schwaab, Caroline Cannon and Sadie Perkins celebrated a conference victory

Before jack-o’-lanterns were carved from pumpkins, people made them from turnips—and the faces could be genuinely unsettling. Small, pale, and deeply hollowed, these lanterns looked more like skulls than cheerful decorations. They belonged to a world of stories about wandering souls, dangerous spirits, and tricks played on the devil. That world has not disappeared. It survives in the costumes, doorstep rituals, and glowing faces that make Halloween familiar. Halloween did not grow

HAZELWOOD, Mo. - Nature's Bakery has moved up the layoff date for 215 employees as the company prepares to close its Hazelwood manufacturing plant. Nature’s Bakery is a snack-making company known for its plant-based, dairy-free and nut-free snack bars sold nationwide, specifically fig bars. Nature’s Bakery announced plans in July to permanently close its Hazelwood [...]

Finally. Now, it doesn’t matter what Trump wants his DOJ minions to do. If he’s going to try to pin a botched repair job on people who just happened to stick a hand into his algae-infested, liner chunk-filled Reflecting Pool/metaphor for his entire presidency, he’s going to have to stick it to someone other than […]

JERSEYVILLE – Development of a data center south of Jerseyville is not yet moving forward at this time. MJM Electric Cooperative owns 15 acres of land between U.S. Highway 67 and Van Horne Lane south of Jerseyville and are currently in the process of selling seven acres to the Chicago-based company Something New LLC. The company applied for a commercial building permit from the county’s Code Administration office to build a small-scale Bitcoin data center at 28860 Van Horne Lane. Coun

Why Humans Enjoy Spooky Stories Why would anyone choose a story that makes an empty hallway feel dangerous? We usually try to avoid fear, yet we seek it out in ghost stories, horror films, and unsettling podcasts. The appeal is not simply that we like being scared. Spooky stories let us approach danger while keeping a way out — and that changes how fear feels. A strange noise in your home may demand action. The same noise in a film can become entertainment. Understanding that difference