GODFREY – Local college instructor and Lewis and Clark historian Brad Winn is the top adjunct faculty member in the state for 2022. Winn attended the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) conference this summer as Lewis and Clark Community College’s nominee for the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member Award – and won. While the college typically nominates an Outstanding Faculty Member each year, Winn, who has taught classes at Lewis and Clark for 20 years, was its first nominee for the adjunct award. “I am truly honored to be selected as this year’s ICCTA Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member for 2022,” said Winn, who also works as the superintendent of the Lewis and Clark State Historical Site in Hartford. “It has been my sincere pleasure to be a part of the Lewis and Clark family now for over 20 years and my privilege to spend those years helping educate students in our community. I am proud to represent the college this
ALTON/GODFREY - For most drivers, cheaper gas is a good thing - so it makes sense to seek the gas station with the lowest prices. But in a market where big, corporate-backed chain gas stations can buy in bulk and undercut the local competition, saving a few cents at the pump could cost drivers their beloved independently-owned gas stations, like Hit-N-Run in Alton. Hit-N-Run owner Dwight Fowler said there’s no way local, independently-owned gas stations can compete in this gas market. “We’re actually having issues with certain stations in this area that are undercutting everybody just to steal the business - like Walmart and Sam’s, those guys are the big ones that do it,” Fowler said. “In this area up there on Godfrey Road, the Walmart is literally almost selling under cost just to pull the people in and it’s killing all the other independents. We can’t compete.” As of this writing, the Walmart on Godfrey Road is selling gas
The parent company of the iconic St. Louis-based pizza business said a new leader is at the helm. He has experience in brand development, food manufacturing, supply-chain organization and retail-products marketing.
EDWARDSVILLE - The Edwardsville Police on Tuesday announced that it has been made aware of unknown persons calling residents with a proposal to "reimburse" them for utility services. The Edwardsville Police stressed to residents that this is a scam. "These callers are also using fake caller IDs that represent local government offices," the police cautioned. "Please use caution when taking unsolicited calls; never provide a credit card or bank information over the phone to an unknown person. "If you are concerned about your utility services, contact your provider via a number on your bill." Contact the Edwardsville Police Department if you have any information about this ongoing scam at (618) 656-2131.
Philandias Calvin accepted a plea deal with federal prosecutors in which he admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He still faces an assault charge.
Brentwood aldermen are planning a special meeting on Wednesday to consider adding upgrades to a playground in the Brentwood Bound project floodplain. The project has a base cost of $4.7 million, not including already purchased equipment, and $1.6 million in possible upgrades, the Post-Dispatch reported. St. Louis Post-Dispatch — Brentwood leaders want a destination playground. […]
Chattanooga, Tennessee is one of a growing number of U.S. cities to build its own broadband network. The ISP, tacked on to the city’s existing EPB electricity utility, has routinely delivered speeds faster and more affordable than the services provided by regional utilities like Comcast. While community-run broadband is portrayed as boondoggle socialism by telecom […]
St. Louis’ unkillable Loop Trolley just got another round of life support. The East-West Gateway Council of Governments voted on Wednesday to give the deeply unpopular yet surprisingly resilient transportation boondoggle an additional $1.2 million in federal grant monies after the Bi-State Development Agency requested additional funds to keep it going for the next two years. The trolley has already cost taxpayers $51 million in federal and state dollars, but local officials feared it’d all be for nothing if they failed to revive it after a three-year hiatus.
Mykel McIntosh was not planning on opening a wine bar. Though she's been honing her beverage knowledge in the industry for several years and has an infectious passion for wine, she was planning to use her gifts to support her friends, Ceaira Jackson and Misha Sampson, in their forthcoming venture, Nexus Cultural Cuisine and Craft Cocktails. Jackson and Sampson had other ideas.
A California mother and former dean of a Missouri boarding school for troubled youth were indicted last week for a scheme to take the woman's teenage son against his will and bring him to the Show Me State.
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