ALTON - Two cars collided on Sixth and Piasa in Alton around 10 a.m. Thursday and a nearby power pole and lines were damaged. Alton Fire Department Battalion Chief Tom House said there were no injuries in this accident and that no one was taken to the hospital from the scene. Ameren Illinois was called to the scene broke off at ground one pushed into the pole and confirmed the pole was broken off. Thankfully, there was no power loss in that area. Ameren will likely be working on the pole and wires repair throughout Thursday afternoon and motorists are recommended to avoid the area.
A grand jury indicted a 36-year-old St. Peters woman this week for committing six-figure fraud involving the federal government's pandemic loan program.
ST. LOUIS, MO. - Holland Construction Services recently broke ground on a $6 million expansion and renovation project at Dorris Intermediate School in Collinsville, Illinois. Construction work on the existing school, which was built in 1962 and has a current enrollment of roughly 1,000 students, is set to begin the first week of September and has a completion date in the fall of 2023. “This expansion will give our students the additional space they need to learn and grow in the classroom along with additional space for some of our students with higher needs,” said Collinsville Community Unit School District 10 Superintendent Dr. Brad Skertich. “The district felt Holland would be the best fit for this project because of their previous work and reputation. We have been incredibly impressed with their open communication, keeping us aware of every step in the process and we’re very excited to get started.” The 14,000 square foot expansion consists of a two-story
Yesterday, a St. Peters woman was indicted in federal court on charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $200,000 in COVID-19 relief funds. Trashunda M. Harrison, 36, is facing two counts of bank fraud and seven counts of wire fraud. According to an indictment, from June 2020 to April 2021, Harrison submitted multiple Paycheck Protection Program loan applications for three businesses: The Quiet Space LLC, StrutN 80s LLC and Blow LLC.
The arts have a real, though often unquantifiable, impact on the lives of those in the greater St. Louis region. A new study, however, seeks to quantify the economic impact of the arts industry. This week, the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis announced that it was partnering with national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts on the Arts and Economic Prosperity Study 6, also known as AEP6.
ALTON - Karen Baker-Brncic, Fran Purdy, and their crew of Parrot Pointe Marine Inc., were celebrated Saturday night for their work at Alton Marina at the annual anniversary party. They were surrounded by the love of family, friends, and residents. She will remain in the GM spot until April 2023. This was Karen's last official Alton Marina party to host. Baker-Brncic loves throwing parties and she is hoping the final Alton Marina Anniversary Party is one people won’t forget. She said probably 1,500 people attended the event. Almost everyone who had ever been in her life was at the party. “Every year, we have this as our anniversary party and I decided to make it a big last event,” Baker-Brncic said. "The No. 1 thing I have heard over the past 48 hours was how people kept seeing old friends they hadn’t seen in a long time. "I saw one girl I hadn’t seen in 40 years - Dorita Tuetken. Some of my flight attendant roommates were there and a great crowd from
Labor Day unofficially marks the end of the summer, but new research finds that people will continue to travel through the fall months after the holiday.
Missouri S&T began classes on Monday, Aug. 22, with the highest percentage of women students in history. The percentage of female students on the first day of classes is 24.2%, which surpasses the previous record percentage of 23.9%, set in 2016 and 2021. Enrollment on the first day of classes at Missouri S&T is 6,971. […]
The moral high ground is almost impossible to hold. The United States has portrayed itself as the world ideal for personal freedom and government accountability, despite those holding power working tirelessly to undermine both of those ideals. It’s not that other world governments aren’t as bad or worse. It’s that “whataboutism” isn’t an excuse for […]
One of the fair’s purposes is to celebrate the common heritage of Hispanic nations and the rise of the Hispanic population in the greater St. Louis area.
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After spending nearly 30 years in prison for the 1994 murder of Marcus Boyd, Lamar Johnson has a shot at release. On Wednesday, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion to vacate or set aside Johnson’s judgment.
Do you need a good job but don't have any skills? Move to California! We just passed a bill that sets up a Fast Food Council, and among other things it's tasked with setting a new minimum wage for the industry. The legislation caps the minimum wage at $22 per hour in 2023, which presumably ...continue reading "$22 an hour to flip burgers in California? Maybe!"
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