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Just before the start of the new year, the Supreme Court of Illinois halted the implementation of a law that would eliminate the practice of cash bail statewide — hours before the bill was set to take effect. Sarah Staudt of the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and Alexa Van Brunt of the MacArthur Justice Center discuss the future of the law and how the justice-impacted and their families will be affected in the meantime.

On November 20, just a little over two months after announcing the loss of his eldest brother, Don, 94, Rod Stewart shared that his other brother, Bob, 87, had died. On…

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JERSEYVILLE - A new Jersey County Board member and owner of a prominent heating and cooling company died this week. Alan Womack, 56, of Jerseyville, died on Jan. 3, 2023. Alan is survived by his wife, Dawn of Jerseyville, and two daughters Samantha (Robert) Merkle and Abigail Womack of Jerseyville, and granddaughters, Isabella and Everleigh Merkle, and siblings, Edward and Nancy. Alan's visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, at Alexander Funeral Home and the funeral will be from 1-2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, at the funeral home. Alan was recently elected to the county board. Gary Krueger, a fellow county board member, said he was looking forward to having Alan on the board and he and other board members were shocked at his sudden passing. "It was very unexpected," Krueger said. "Alan was appointed as chairman of the building and grounds committee because of his knowledge of heating and cooling. He was my personal heating and cooling person. I was looking

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A man killed his estranged wife before taking his own life Friday in southern Illinois.

For those who want some basic data for the national debate that's likely to unfold once we finally have a Speaker of the House, here is federal spending over the past few years, both before and after the pandemic. As usual, the trendline is for spending prior to the pandemic, extended to the current day ...continue reading "Raw data: Federal spending"

James Taylor is dipping into his archives to share a very special performance with fans. The singer just shared what he says is a “rarely seen” performance of his classic “You’ve…

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The chief of staff job was eliminated due to "organizational restructuring" and that the agency has no plan at this time to find a replacement.

The restaurant, located at 2204 Michigan Ave., opens on Jan. 9.

Joseph Baylark III was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Rudy Boykins, 50.

Inspiration Recently I lunched at a new restaurant that did so many things wrong, it eventually became laughable. I’ll not say which restaurant it was, because my mother always told me “If you can’t say something good about a person, don’t say anything.” Same for restaurants. But I’m willing to cut them some slack. Maybe... 

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Hawley campaign spokesman: “We welcome this desperate woke activist to yet another political race.”

For years, I’ve been highlighting the overwhelming evidence that non-compete agreements are horrible for innovation. There are multiple studies on this, which show how much of Silicon Valley’s success can be attributed to an almost accidental interpretation of the California business code that outlawed non-compete agreements, while other studies have strongly suggested that a big […]

ALTON - A man has been charged after an investigation into the shooting that occurred at 5:06 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022, in the 1600 block of Washington Avenue in Alton. Alton Police and Fire responded to the scene and discovered one person had been struck by gunfire. Immediately, detectives from the Alton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) were at the scene to investigate this incident, and Chief Jarrett Ford said they have done so "exhaustively throughout the week." As a result of their efforts, the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office today charged Nekemar K. Pearson with the following offenses in relation to this incident: Count I: Aggravated Battery with a Firearm Count II: Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm Count III: Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm Count IV: Unlawful Possession of Weapons by a Felon Count V: Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons Chief Ford said the victim was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, and ultimately

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“There’s no date set yet to issue his ruling, but he is planning to set a hearing to provide and summarize his decision,” said Joel Currier, chief communications officer for the 22nd Circuit Court.

Things are getting a little more concrete. I'm scheduled for my leukopheresis, where they extract T cells from my blood, on February 15th. It takes about a month for the lab to perform its magic, which means the actual CAR-T procedure will likely take place on March 15. Then I have four to six months ...continue reading "Health Update"

Jeez, I take a nap and we're up to 13 votes. And Kevin McCarthy has convinced most of his skeptics to switch sides and support him. He's up to 214 votes now. Only four more to go! asdf

Looks like music fans are getting yet another chance to see Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks in concert together. The two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers have just added another date on their co-headlining tour, which is billed as…

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The developer of the project, which was previously rejected by another Metro East community, said it's "going to change what it means to rent a home."