CARLINVILLE – The legacy of a late Carlinville man is now felt all the way to eastern Africa. The Jacob Library in Katovu, Uganda honors the memory of Jacob Glenn, a Carlinville resident who died at age 22 in October 2013. Construction of the library was spearheaded by Jacob’s mother, Becky Miller Root. Root provided a program at the Jacob Library at the Carlinville Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 8. The free, half-hour program was open to the public and featured a brief slide/Power Point presentation on both the Jacob Library and the culture of Uganda. Root’s visit to the site in October was emphasized. Cultural items and refreshments were featured during the program. The idea for the Jacob Library originated during the 2012-13 school year, when Root served in Uganda as an English Language Teaching Fellow, coordinated by the U.S. State Department’s exchange program. She saw that the area needed a library, and provided the seed money for the building in
This is a very cool development in the world of government transparency. It’s not often a government entity forces another entity to expose information it would desperately like to keep secret. But it happened in Switzerland, following an open records court battle by Tagblatt, which sought information on export licenses granted to local surveillance tech […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Food Network star Alton Brown visited Springfield as a part of his Alton Brown: LIVE! BEYOND THE EATS tour. Brown has been on the road with his new culinary variety show filled with cooking, comedy, music, and fun science. On Wednesday, December 7, the Good Eats star came to Juanita K Hammons [...]
A few Bitcoin fans have dredged up a post I wrote four years ago today that celebrated its plummet over the preceding year. Sure enough, it turned out to be at its lowest point in a while and promptly took an upward turn. Notch a victory for the crypto groupies. Since then I've written multiple ...continue reading "Bitcoin goes up. Bitcoin goes down. Right now it’s down."
The December 15 event is part of the Thursday Nights at the Museum Series and will include a retrospective on the city's iconic storefront holiday displays.
AC/DC will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2023, and in honor of the occasion, an officially licensed book on the band is on its way. AC/DC: 50 Years Of High…
As construction continues on the $130 million project to convert the historic Butler Brothers building into more than 300 apartments, the massive project in Downtown West has a name and a target opening date.
One day after Missouri's attorney general asked for a sanction against Kim Gardner, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney reacted by calling his efforts "outlandish" and "politically motivated."
WOOD RIVER - The Wood River Walmart Supercenter Store at 610 Wesley Drive in Wood River celebrated its 35th anniversary in style this year with a process to remodel the store. On Friday morning, the City of Wood River and Walmart celebrated their grand reopening. On Friday, Walmart also donated several thousand dollars to a local charity, Wood River Mayor Tom Stalcup said. Store Manager Glenn Masterson and Mayor Stalcup delivered remarks during the event. Masterson spoke of a meeting with Walmart founder Sam Walton and how Walton inspired him to want to be a manager for the company. Apparently, Sam Walton picked Masterson up one time for about an hour’s long airport ride and he said after he left the car with the Walmart legend, he was sold on a future with the company. Masterson has been the general manager of the Wood River Walmart Super-Center for 25 years. Mayor Stalcup said Walmart has been their largest retail partner for 35 years and thanked them for their contributions
Updated with information from Friday's hearing.
St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason will not sanction St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Office for failing to disclose evidence in the Lamar Johnson case to the Missouri attorney general.
But that evidence can be allowed into a hearing to decide whether to overturn Johnson’s murder conviction as long as the attorney general lays a solid enough foundation to do so.
Mason issued the order Friday after a flurry of court filings landed on…
CEO Sharon Price John says 40% of the company's revenue now comes from adults and teens, a statistic that drew the attention of Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night.
CHICAGO – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced an Edwardsville woman - 47-year-old Silk Lumpins - prosecuted by his office was sentenced to three years in prison after violating her probation by committing forgery. Lumpkins pleaded guilty in July to Class 3 felony state benefits fraud for allegedly omitting income and asset information on her application for the Chicago Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher program. Attorney General Raoul alleges that Lumpkins, formerly of Chicago, fraudulently obtained more than $100,000 in benefits from the CHA. She was placed on probation and ordered to pay $105,762 in restitution to the CHA, with $20,000 of that due the day she entered her plea. Raoul said in Cook County Circuit Court this week, Lumpkins admitted to violating her probation by forging the cashier’s check she used to pay the $20,000 in restitution. “The Housing Choice Voucher Program provides important housing benefits to residents in need,
Zillow, the Seattle-based real estate website, has released its list of the top U.S. metros for first-time homebuyers in 2023. See where St. Louis lands.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - FIFA World Cup soccer can be seen on FOX 2 Saturday starting at 8 a.m. with Morocco vs Portugal. Then at 1 p.m. FIFA World Cup Soccer continues with England vs. France. See our full program schedule here.
This is Charlie hiding behind the drapes in my study. He doesn't do this a lot anymore, but that's mainly because I don't close the drapes very much this time of year. As always, Charlie has to adapt to the weird habits of his humans.
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