PONTOON BEACH - Two Madison County Trail vandals have been apprehended thanks to a video provided by a Glen Carbon resident. Madison County Transit officials, the Edwardsville Police, and Madison County State's Attorney Thomas Haine saluted a Glen Carbon resident - Loren Strahm - this past week for the efforts to capture two who have been vandalizing the trails. In a brief presentation, Madison County Transit (MCT) Managing Director SJ Morrison presented Strahm with a reward check for $1,000 for providing information that enabled the Edwardsville Police Department to identify the two individuals. Also on hand for the presentation, which took place on the MCT Nickel Plate Trail, were Edwardsville Police Lieutenant Charlie Kohlberg and Madison County State’s Attorney Tom Haine. In recent months, vandalism and graffiti on the MCT Trails have increased significantly. In June, MCT issued a public reminder about its commitment to investigate incidents of vandalism along the trails.
Stephen Thaler is a man on a mission. It’s not a very good mission, but it’s a mission. He created something called DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience) and claims that it’s creating things, for which he has tried to file for patents and copyrights around the globe, with his mission being […]
The late Jack Parker loved antiques — he collected and sold mainly arts-and-craft furniture with a special interest in Navajo rugs, Stickley furniture and work from Missouri painters from the second floor of his restaurant, O’Connell’s Pub (4652 Shaw Avenue, www.oconnells-pub.com). The shop was known as Second Floor Secondhand. Fast forward some 50 years and Jack Parker’s son, John Parker, has taken over both the pub and its second floor, morphing Jack Parker’s antique shop into an art gallery and live-music venue aptly called Jack’s Joint.
Conservatives say Democrats are blatantly using federal law enforcement for partisan political reasons. Could the former president go to prison? Will this galvanize his support and get him re-elected? And why won't Democrats call this a raid?
ALTON - Below is an Illinois American Water update on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, about road closures in Alton because of sanitary sewer line work. Karen Cotton, a spokesperson for Illinois American Water, said as was expected there have been some challenges the contractor has run into once they started excavating on 3rd Street, one of the busiest areas in Alton. Work includes over six miles of sanitary sewer main is being installed in the Turner Tract, Shields Valley, and Piasa Valley areas of Alton. This project includes almost five miles of sanitary sewer main. "There are numerous old, abandoned utility lines, and even an old brick cistern was uncovered last week," Cotton said. "For the safety of our team and residents, we are working very diligently as we encounter these. To support safety, progress has been slowed some, resulting in a bit of a delay in the anticipated month time frame that was expected for the sanitary sewer installation work on 3rd Street and Belle Streets in the
A hydropower proposal at Melvin Price Locks and Dam could destroy the only lake sturgeon spawning habitat in Missouri. It could also produce 438,000 megawatt hours of clean energy.
Benton County Sheriff's Office reported a missing woman who was last seen in Pea Ridge and is believed to be going to northeast Oklahoma. She is a possible danger to herself and has a warrant out, according to police.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) to announce an investment to improve transportation across the state Friday.
Jeff Beck recently lined up six concerts in the southern U.S. that will feature him supporting ZZ Top, and now the British guitar legend has announced a full North American…
Let’s start with the absolute best part of the Muny’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: the set. I know that sounds like a diss (the singing and staging are also excellent), but you have to understand the incredibleness of this set. A combination of efforts from scenic designer Edward E. Haynes Jr, video designer Greg Emetaz, and lighting designer Jason Lyons, the set explodes with color, neon lights, twinkling stars and the rippling dunes of a storybook-style Egypt and Canaan.
In addition to reuniting on the stage, Porno for Pyros looks to be reuniting in the studio. In a Facebook post, guitarist Peter DiStefano reveals that the Perry Farrell-led outfit…
Everything clicked for 18andCounting last summer. The St. Louis trailblazer of experimental hip-hop and art, also known as Stan Chisholm, had made it through a few years of full-time teaching experience and was grooving there. He had finally figured out how to balance his disparate artistic interests, which span many things music to many things visual art, and had gotten comfortable switching gears between all of those things.
CARLINVILLE - Everyone in the community is invited to sign up for the Carlinville Public Library newsletter, which is another way to keep in touch with activities at the library. The monthly newsletter will be distributed by email, and provide a wide variety of information about the library. “It’s a new way for us to keep people connected,” said Director Hannah Miller, the creator of the newsletter. “It will cover anything that’s going on at the library.” All library events, including speakers, demonstrations, and youth programs, will be covered in the newsletter, as well as any new displays and artwork. New books for the month, with highlights on selected titles, will be featured, as well as new apps like the SHARE Mobile Library and the CloudLibrary. Books and programs for children, teenagers, and adults will all be covered in the newsletter. To sign up for the newsletter, use the form at the bottom of the library’s website, or email
This story was originally published by ProPublica. One of the nation’s biggest residential “clean energy” lenders has suspended making loans to homeowners in Missouri, citing economic conditions and a new state law that mandated more consumer protections and oversight. Ygrene Energy Fund, based in California, said it will also stop lending in California, but will […]
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