MADISON – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that IL-203 between Ohio Street and I-55/70 in St Clair County will be intermittently restricted to one lane in each direction beginning Monday, May 9, 2022, weather permitting. These restrictions will be between 7 am and 6 pm and flaggers will be utilized to maintain traffic. This work is necessary to complete pavement repairs at the entrance of the World Wide Technology Raceway and is expected to be completed by May 13, 2022. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changed conditions and signs in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits, refrain from using mobile devices and be alert for workers and equipment. The contractor on this project is Kinney Contractors, Inc. Raymond, Illinois. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.
ALTON - Volunteers and members of the American Red Cross of Greater St. Louis, will join with the Alton Fire Department on May 10 and the Ferguson Fire Department on May 12 to install free smoke alarms for local families vulnerable to home fires during a Sound the Alarm event. This effort is part of a national Red Cross Sound the Alarm initiative to install 50,000 free smoke alarms in more than 50 at-risk communities across the country in May. Representatives from the Alton Fire Department will join Red Cross volunteers for the Alton event and will be joined by volunteers from Schnucks, which is sponsoring the event. Sound the Alarm event will kick off with remarks and volunteer training, followed by smoke alarm installations at area homes where volunteer teams will also discuss home fire safety with families. This will take place in area homes in Alton, IL (May 10) and Ferguson, MO (May 12) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. Teams will meet on May 10 at 10 a.m. at the
Hope Springs Eternal This time of year I always get a hankerin’ to plant something. The urge caused me to stop at Bowood Farms Garden Center, when Cyndy and Lucy were in St. Louis recently. Picking plants is far more fun with friends to advise and encourage. And, certainly, far more fun than ordering from...
EDWARDSVILLE – Students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) are celebrating standout showings at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Student Conference in Houston in April. The IEEE is one of the world’s largest professional societies, with Region 5 of the IEEE encompassing most of the central part of the country. The SOE student branch is co-advised by Amardeep Kaur, PhD, and George Engel, PhD, who accompanied the group to Houston. A two-person team comprising SOE seniors Wyatt Marks, of Mount Vernon, and William Gallagher, of Bloomington, participated in the IEEE Region 5 Circuit Design Competition. The team earned first place and was awarded a cash prize of $500. The student team was challenged to solve a technical problem which was provided to the team on the day of the competition. Their design involved the use of an Arduino micro-controller
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It’s been a tough couple of days for U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-Mo.). When news leaked of the Supreme Court’s draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey the Democratic congresswoman says she didn’t believe it at first. “I was broken,” Bush said Wednesday at a news conference with reporters.
Could our volatile Midwest spring be turning into our volatile Midwest summer? In the famous 11 seasons of Midwestern states, St. Louis has been going through the stages as predicted. We have passed winter, fool's spring, second winter, spring of deception, third winter, and seem to be in mud season.
Two years ago the Trump DOJ and FCC rubber stamped the Sprint T-Mobile merger without heeding experts warnings that the reduced competition would likely degrade service, kill jobs, and slowly raise rates. Working closely with T-Mobile and Dish, the FCC and DOJ “antitrust enforcers” unveiled what they claimed was a “fix” for the problematic nature […]
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri senators took another step toward requiring photo identification at the polls as the deadline for lawmakers to pass legislation approaches. Senators compromised on the measure …
It's a busy weekend — celebrations for two holidays take hold in St. Louis. Cinco de Mayo celebrations will hit Cherokee Street, while Mother's Day activities also take up space over the weekend. The Laumeier Art Fair is also returning to an in-person format for its 35th year.
On Wednesday night, a medical marijuana dispensary took another step toward opening in Des Peres after officials ruled in its favor in a dispute over a proposed location.
The Root 66 medical marijuana dispensary, which already has two locations in the city of St. Louis and one in St. Peters, wants to open at 12095 Manchester Road, currently occupied by a Paperdolls Boutique location. Two doors down is the Mathnasium tutoring center, which city officials have said technically isn't a school.
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The newest branch of the U.S. military is a sign of what military leaders consider to be the future of war. Several people are going through training for the Space Force.
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