ST. LOUIS (AP) — Masyn Winn homered, drove in four runs and scored twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-7 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, their seventh win their last eight games. Cardinals starter Michael McGreevy allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, striking out one [...]
There’s an old joke that dog and cat owners may be familiar with that goes something like this. What is the difference between dogs and cats? With a dog, you give it a comfortable place to live, give it lots of love and attention, feed it food and water, and it therefore assumes you must […]
JERSEYVILLE – The City of Jerseyville is exploring its options for residential trash and recycling services. City Council members on Tuesday voted unanimously to solicit companies for bid proposals to contract with the city to provide exclusive residential waste, garbage, trash, yard waste collection, disposal, and recycling services for the city. Mayor Kevin Stork said residents have long requested recycling services, adding that previous efforts between the city and Jersey County to bring recycling to Jerseyville didn’t pan out as planned. He sees a new exclusive contract as a possible way to add those services while saving residents money. “When talking to residents, I’ve found that there may be different pricing depending on where you live in town, based on their routes and pickup,” Stork said. “As a city, I think we need to explore the options to get recycling see if we can save a little money for our residents by doing an exclusive contract.”
Isaiah Dumas is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, robbery and armed criminal action. Another man was already charged in the shooting death.
“We think we’re going to give the middle name Lucky because he’s a very lucky boy,” Antonovich said. “His future with us is going to be so full of love.”
The People’s Response Hub has delivered supplies to 7,000 homes, but rising temperatures are driving daily requests to 850, and volunteers can only reach a fraction.