WOOD RIVER - Wood River City Council members are proceeding with caution to potentially pursue membership in the Illinois Main Street organization. After lots of questioning and discussion at Monday’s meeting, city officials’ hesitancy seemingly centers around an obligation to provide financial support to the organization for at least three years if they were to join. The agenda item in question concerns “a Letter of Intent with Wood River Business Alliance to pursue Main Street Affiliation and provide partnership and financial support for a minimum of three years.” The city’s financial obligation to the organization upon officially joining would amount to $25,000 per year for three years. The Wood River Business Alliance, formerly known as Wood River Economic Development, is an organization promoting new and existing small businesses in Wood River. Illinois Main Street is part of a larger national organization, Main Street America. According to
On Saturday, December 16, a submerged car was retrieved from a pond on private property in the southern part of Camden County. The vehicle has been linked to a missing person, Donnie Erwin.
Are you looking for gifts that are sure to arrive in time for Christmas? If so, you may want to consider giving subscription gifts to those left on your Christmas shopping list.
This is a.......yellow flower of some kind. It seems like it should be easy to identify, but I tried a couple of flower ID sites and they didn't help. Any ideas? I took the picture in southern Colorado.
The proposal, which suggests a collection of buildings along the St. Louis riverfront downtown represents remnants of St. Louis' manufacturing prowess at the turn of the 20th century, would open the redevelopment project to millions in historic tax credits.
Memories Are Made of These When browsing the Internet recently, I came upon some tea sandwiches, that were unbelievably easy to make. They brought back memories of being in London and having tea at Harrods and at the historic Brown Hotel. Building a Tea Sandwich As it turned out, I had all the items on...
JERSEYVILLE - The Jersey County Sheriff’s Department recently announced they have new winter gear to keep warm this winter, thanks to a donation from Mustache March 4PD. The department shared more about the donation on their Facebook page and through their Jersey County Sheriff's Office app. “Thank You to MM4PD,” they wrote. “Yesterday morning it was 18 degrees! Luckily for us, the amazing folks at Mustache March 4PD provided our Sheriff's Office with the generous funds for new winter gear this year. We cannot thank them enough.” Mustache March 4PD is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization of volunteers who continuously raise funds for local police departments. They recently surprised a few lucky customers at Hit N Run in Alton with over $2,500 worth of free gas , with members of the Alton Police Department pumping the gas and chatting with the community. In addition to raising funds, the organization also aims to "increase the amount of assistance
One of the big, usually misleading, complaints about content moderation is that it’s done out of personal animus or whims, rather than a focus on actually making it so people stop being jackasses on platforms. Indeed over and over again you hear stories about some content moderation decision that people assert way too much thought […]
Blur’s Damon Albarn recently blasted The Rolling Stones and their album Hackney Diamonds, specifically calling out the video for the first single, "Angry,” because he felt it “objectified” actress Sydney Sweeney. Well, Sweeney doesn’t see it…
For the record, I'm not keen on the Colorado Supreme Court's decision that the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment bars Donald Trump from office. My reason is simpler than most: unless you were an officer of the Confederacy, I think the 14th Amendment should apply only if you've been convicted of some insurrection-like act. ...continue reading "Convict Trump first, then bar him from office"
Midtown’s new Hidden Gem (3118 Locust Street; instagram.com/hiddengemstl) is the perfect dive bar to live out your pink, disco fantasies. Lucky for you, it opens to the public at 6 p.m. today.
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department tells FOX 2 that bodycam video is under review of an encounter that followed a police car crash early Monday morning into Bar:PM.
Books that contain "explicit photographs of sexual intercourse or sexual acts" will be removed from libraries in St. Charles County beginning Wednesday morning.
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