ALTON - Marquette Catholic’s Paige Rister has been a consistent force for Marquette’s girls' cross country and track and field programs for several years. Paige was Marquette Catholic’s top finisher in the Granite City Invitational with a time of 22:25.1. In both cross country and track and field, she is always consistent in her finishes. Paige is one of the Tucker’s Automotive Repair and Tire Female Athletes of the Month for the Explorers. “I felt amazing to finish first for Marquette in the Granite City Meet,” she said. “The rain and mud were very challenging. Having positive support from my parents, teammates, and coaches is the key to my ability to succeed. “I have always loved running since I was in grade school, and when I got the chance to run my freshman year for cross country, I was very excited. My future plans this year are to get better to continue to take off more time off the clock, and to maintain my grades.” Paig
Record Store Day has announced the list of exclusive vinyl releases that will be available during the 2022 edition of its annual Black Friday event, taking place at independent record…
Fans purchasing tickets with hopes to see Albert Pujols become the fourth member of Major League Baseball's 700 home run club can expect to pay more to get inside Busch Stadium. Ticket prices on the secondary market have climbed in recent days.
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County State’s Attorney Thomas A. Haine on Wednesday said the implementation of a new state law known as the SAFE-T Act will result in the “greatest jailbreak” in county history. Haine issued a full statement (below) in response to concern from the public about the law, which on Jan. 1 will result in the elimination of Illinois’ longstanding system of requiring certain defendants to post cash bail in order to be released from jail while awaiting trial. “The greatest jailbreak in Madison County history will occur on Jan. 1, 2023,” Haine said. “On that date, approximately half of our present jail population must be released under the terms of the new SAFE-T Act, and cash bail will be eliminated throughout Illinois.” Haine said defendants charged under entire categories of serious crimes – such as second-degree murder, robbery, burglary, arson, and aggravated battery -- will be “non-detainable”
ST. LOUIS - A nearly 4,000 square foot penthouse in Clayton is on the market for $2.5 million. Unit 15A located at 8025 Maryland Avenue has two bedrooms and three bathrooms, a wet bar, and a west-facing terrace. Christner Architects and the Higginbotham Brothers worked in tandem creating the stunning property. The ceilings alone make [...]
In the months of September, October, and November we offer a two-hour walking tour of the cemetery and arboretum as the foliage transitions through the
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A pedestrian died after being struck by two vehicles Tuesday night in Breckenridge Hills. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 33-year-old Bryan Maide-Shead of St. Ann was attempting to cross Missouri 180, just east of Dehart Place, at about 9:04 p.m. when he was hit by a 2015 Ford F350. [...]
ALTON - At the 16th annual Mississippi Earthtones Festival on Saturday, September 17, Sierra Club Illinois’ Three Rivers Project and Alton Main Street will award three local activists with the 2022 Confluence Conservation Leadership Award. Since 2007, the festival organizers recognize community members who have made significant contributions to environmental conservation in the Riverbend region. This year’s Confluence Conservation Leadership awardees include: Dr. Connie Frey Spurlock, Rachel Lappin, and Emily Ehley. Dr. Connie Frey Spurlock is a sociologist committed to dismantling hierarchies of oppression and building flourishing relationships in their place. She does this work by centering community-identified goals with meaningful learning experiences for area students. Frey Spurlock is founding director of the SIUE Successful Communities Collaborative (SSCC), a cross-disciplinary program based on the EPIC-N model—an award-winning university-community partnership
A national magazine has named a St. Louis haunted house one of the 13 scariest in the country. The Darkness, located in Soulard, earned fourth place in “America's Scariest Haunted Houses of 2022,” according to the publication, Hauntworld Magazine. The magazine lauded The Darkness for its variety of ways to spook customers.
The Amazon fulfillment center that dominates an industrial park off I-70 in St. Peters covers nearly 900,000 square feet — the equivalent of 16 football fields. Known within the Amazon empire as STL8, the cavernous facility employs 3,000 workers, and every day, 24/7, they are monitored, scanned, tracked, sensored, surveilled and beeped at within an inch of their lives. No offense is too small to escape detection and a write-up.
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