O'FALLON, IL. - The O’Fallon Police Department recently held its 2025 awards banquet to recognize the dedication, service, and professionalism of its team, honoring employees for career milestones and presenting commendations for work ranging from DUI enforcement to investigations. At the banquet, the department recognized retirement and service milestones, issued letters of appreciation, and presented major awards, including Officer of the Year and Civilians of the Year. Major
ALTON - Local entrepreneurs and project leaders had the chance to share more about their work in downtown Alton. On Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, community members gathered at The Wedge Innovation Center for Alton Main Street’s quarterly “What’s Up Downtown” meeting. Business owners and stakeholders shared information about their organizations and projects. Scot Heathman, CEO of The Wedge , shared information about Entrepreneurship Week, planned for Feb. 17–20,
A bill focused on making child care more affordable through tax credits was debated Tuesday by the Missouri House Committee of Economic Development. Introduced by state Rep. Brenda Shields, a Republican from St. Joseph, the bill seeks to make child care more accessible for employees in Missouri, thereby creating a reliable workforce for businesses as […]
The millions of immigrants who have crossed the border with Mexico since 2020 could change the balance of political power in Congress — but in a way likely to boost Republican states that emphasize border security, at the expense of more welcoming Democratic states. That’s because many of the new immigrants joined state-to-state movers gravitating […]
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is marking the one-year anniversary of his podcast, The Magnificent Others.Among the guests Corgan has interviewed since the series premiered in February 2025 are Gene Simmons and…
On display at the ever-popular orchid show, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s vast orchid collection includes more than 6,000 individual plants representing almost 700 unique species, and approximately one in 10 […]
Billy Joel seems to have taken a break from trying to sell his Long Island estate.The New York Post reports that the “Piano Man” has pulled his compound in Oyster Bay,…
A kiss at an airport isn’t just a private moment that happened to be public—it’s a message. Even if no one says a word, the couple is quietly telling the world, “This person matters to me.” Public affection can look small: holding hands in a grocery store aisle, a quick hug outside a school, a partner brushing lint off someone’s jacket. Yet people do it across ages, cultures, and settings. The reasons are not only romantic. Public affection helps humans signal
On February 11, 1979, crowds in Tehran celebrated the collapse of Iran’s monarchy and the victory of a revolution that quickly reshaped the country’s government, laws, and foreign relationships. The Iranian Revolution mattered immediately because it ended a centuries-old royal system and replaced it with a new political order led by religious authorities, changing how power was organized inside Iran. It also mattered beyond Iran’s borders, because it altered the balance of influence
St. Louis City SC has unveiled a new secondary kit in collaboration with Adidas, honoring music legend Tina Turner, with a portion of proceeds from kit sales going to a Turner-focused music program for local youth.
We told you this was coming months ago. The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) says it has initiated a broad investigation of Netflix’s business practices and it’s planned $82.7 billion merger with Warner Brothers. The Trump DOJ’s pretense is that they’re just suddenly really concerned about media consolidation and monopoly power (you’re to ignore the […]
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