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Red Cross Blood Drive May 26 at Alton Memorial

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ALTON – The next American Red Cross blood drive at Alton Memorial Hospital will be from 11:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in the AMH café meeting rooms. To register, go to http://www.redcrossblood.org and then type AltonMemorial at the top right under “Find a Blood Drive,” or contact Dave Whaley in AMH Public Relations at 618-433-7947 or david.whaley@bjc.org . Donors who come to give blood to the Red Cross from May 20-31 will receive a 20-ounce Red Cross aluminum water bottle and sticker set, while supplies last. The Red Cross is going through a blood shortage not seen in at least 10 years, so please consider giving.

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Researchers Again Show How Major VPNs Quietly Undermine User Security

2 years 11 months ago
Given the seemingly endless privacy scandals that now engulf the tech, telecom, and adtech sectors on a near-daily basis, many consumers have flocked to virtual private networks (VPN) to protect and encrypt their data. One study found that VPN use quadrupled between 2016 and 2018 as consumers rushed to try and protect themselves in the wake of […]
Karl Bode

Bicyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in Granite City

2 years 11 months ago
GRANITE CITY, Ill. - A cyclist was struck at East Chain of Rocks Road at Transit Lane in Granite City, Illinois Thursday morning. The incident happened at approximately 4:52 a.m. When Illinois State Police troopers arrived at the scene, they found a man in the roadway with serious, life-threatening injuries. No vehicle was in the [...]
Chris Regnier

Democrat censured by Missouri House after ethics investigation threatens lawsuit

2 years 11 months ago

Democratic state Rep. Wiley Price is threatening to sue the Missouri House over a $22,000 penalty incurred as part of his censure last year for allegedly lying about a sexual encounter with an intern and retaliating against the House employee who reported it.ย  In a Feb. 15 letter to the House clerk โ€” obtained by […]

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Jason Hancock

Review: Saucy Porka Is a Delightful Fusion of Asian and Latin American Cuisine

2 years 11 months ago
Amy Le's most foundational memories revolve around restaurants, a fact that should be no surprise considering her actual formative years revolved around restaurants. The daughter of a restaurant owner, Le found herself in the same situation as other kids with hospitality-centered lives: She and her older brother, Phil, would go to school, head straight to their mom's Chinese restaurant after dismissal, park themselves in a booth to do homework, have a snack and take a brief nap, then finish their night answering phones, packing to-go orders, doing dishes and helping out with any tasks their mother needed to keep the family business going.
Cheryl Baehr