ALTON - Illinois American Water’s work to separate the Alton combined sewer system and install new sanitary sewers continues. Below is information about road closures from November 17, 2022, through the end of year. Piasa Valley Area: 9th Street is still closed from Alton Street east to George Street. This stretch of roadway will continue to be closed until the completion of the water main replacement and pavement restoration. Construction is anticipated to start in the next week or two. Belle Street sewer work has moved north of the intersection of 7th Street. 7th Street east of Belle Street is partially restored, with a little restoration work to continue in the coming weeks. Some business parking is still relocated across Piasa Street. Please use caution with increased pedestrian traffic in this area. The area between 8th Street and 9th Street on Belle Street has a large amount of work in this block. This area will continue to be closed to all traffic for at least
No action was taken on Alderman Sharon Tyus’ proposal to take away the aldermanic president’s unilateral authority to decide who serves on what committees and where bills are sent.
At this moment, the LA Times, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Guardian are all giving front-page play to the fact that Elon Musk has decided to reinstate Donald Trump's Twitter account. Why? Have we learned nothing in the past few years about the difference between news and ...continue reading "Elon Musk has— oh forget it"
It's been quite a while since we looked in on Sweden's COVID performance to see how they did compared to other countries. Here are the numbers: Sweden is a little better than average, though still behind the other Nordic countries. In any case, this doesn't demonstrate that Sweden's loose approach to countermeasures was ideal, but ...continue reading "Sweden continues to look pretty good on COVID-19"
Remember to wear your helmets, kids! A team of over 160 volunteers with Variety The Children’s Charity of St. Louis spent the morning providing nearly 240 bikes to children with special needs all throughout the St. Louis area. Would you like to receive a bike for your child at next year’s Bike for Kids? Or [...]
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