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MADISON COUNTY - Jeff Connor dominated the Madison County Republican Party Sheriff’s Primary race with a 14,619 to 7,243-vote victory over Jeff Larner on Tuesday night. There was not a Democrat on the ballot for sheriff. Connor was interviewed after the ballots were counted at a post-election gathering and said he and his running mate Marcos Pulido as chief deputy sheriff both were “ecstatic” with the win. “The team is so thankful the residents of Madison County had faith in me,” Connor said. “We are ready to move forward and do what we can to make the Sheriff’s Office better than ever before. “I think Madison County residents realize experience does count. Residents and voters recognized that and sent a loud message. I am proud of our experience and will use that experience to make the sheriff’s office the best it can be. "I am so excited for Marcos Pulido (the Alton Police Chief) to also come on board on December 1.”

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Keeping It Simple “Do you know about the Rule of 3?” Robin asked, as we thought about food for the weekend at the farm. “Is that when you have just three seconds to pick up food dropped on the floor before germs can attach?” “No, not that one.” “Then you must mean the writer’s Rule... 

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Health officials are urging people to get tested for syphilis after a spike in cases around St. Louis and Missouri in recent years.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Republican and Democratic party nominations for the Madison County Board were decided on Tuesday in the primary elections as voters from both parties turned out to nominate their candidates who will run in the General Election on Nov. 8. Here are the results for Madison County Board and other county-wide offices, along with three ballot questions involving Venice, Highland, and Fosterburg: COUNTY BOARD REPUBLICAN PARTY DISTRICT 1 Fred N. Michael --- 1,141 (seven of seven precincts reporting) DISTRICT 2 Stacey Pace --- 848 (eight of eight precincts reporting) DISTRICT 3 William S. Meyer --- 1,242 (nine of nine precincts reporting) DISTRICT 4 Bobby Ross --- 1,266 (eight of eight precincts reporting) DISTRICT 5 Mick Madison --- 1,027 (10 of 10 precincts reporting) DISTRICT 6 Valerie Doucleff --- 951 (eight of eight precincts) DISTRICT 7 Michael Turner --- 761 Ray Wesley --- 365 (eight of eight precincts reporting) DISTRICT 8 Michael

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The sale of two blast furnaces would result in an estimated 550 jobs remaining out of 1,500 at Granite City Works, U.S. Steel said.

Republican lawmakers raise concerns about migrants taking jobs, trafficking in drugs.

Wesley G. Smith, an Arnold native and GOP primary challenger to U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, has Facebook raffle that states “an AR a day keeps the tyrants away.”

ALTON - Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Alton is a beautiful reminder of the past and has been in the city since 1855. Now, the church structure is in need of Old Cathedral repairs and renovation and is embarking on a large capital campaign that hopes to raise an estimated $800,000. The capital campaign is set to restore the structure of the church with much-needed repairs in the stonework and tuckpointing and much more. “Preserving the Past for the Future Campaign” will help bring an integral part of Christian Hill to future generations to continue the Catholic tradition. A kickoff of the campaign is planned for Wednesday night at the church. A Mass is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Saints Peter and Paul Church, followed by a picnic at 7 p.m. and Hanlon's film about the campaign will be shown afterward, he said. Ryan Hanlon of Route 3 Films and SSPP Pastor Jeff Holtman are guiding the project. Hanlon has already done considerable video work. Hanlon is well-known

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JERSEYVILLE - The results of the 2022 Jersey County Primary Election have officially been announced. The county will see its first new nominee for County Coroner in nearly 30 years as several new party nominees are set to compete in the Midterm Elections this November. Voters nominated Kevin Ayres for Jersey County Coroner, the first time a new candidate has been nominated for the office since the passing of Jersey County’s longest-serving coroner in history, Larry Joe Alexander, who served as coroner for 29 years from 1992-2021. Ayres won with 50.34% of the vote over Republican challenger Collin Crawford, who won 49.66% of the vote. Katie Steckel-Abbey won the Republican nomination for Jersey County Treasurer with 48.84% of the vote. Steckel-Abbey replaced incumbent Republican Gilbert Ashlock and beat challengers Gregory “Greg” Weiner, who won 28.19% of the vote and Martin "Marty" Ward, who won 24.96% of the vote. County Clerk Pam Warford and Sheriff Mike

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Cheung Investment Group plans a new construction three story mixed-use building at 4210 Manchester and renovation and addition to 4216 Manchester next door in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. The design is by Scott Siekert Design LLC. They were a apart of the Vista Place proposal a few years ago which didn’t come to fruition. […]

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Police say a man was a person of interest in a kidnapping investigation when he threatened self-harm.

GRAFTON - The citizens of Grafton overwhelmingly voted to pass a ½% Non-Home rule sales tax to support their police department and municipal operations in Tuesday’s ballot referendum by a 71 percent vote. “The Police Chief and I are extremely grateful to the citizens of Grafton for voting for this tax increase,” said Mayor Morrow. “This tax increase will generate roughly $68,000 annually and half of this tax increase will immediately allow us to adjust our officers and municipal workers' pay and offer a 3% match to their individual retirement accounts with money left over for needed equipment and training requirements.” Grafton Chief Of Police Eric Spanton said: “I am overwhelmed by the support and outpouring of concern from our citizens for our police officers. “I want to thank the mayor for working non-stop to help our officers and the department, this show of support from the community means a lot to us." The council will vote on

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As we’ve discussed before, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas really does not like the “actual malice” standard required to make a defamation claim against a public figure, as laid out in the extremely important NY Times v. Sullivan case. The actual malice standard confuses many people, because it’s not actually about malice. The standard is […]

The United States Steel Corporation announced a plan Tuesday that would lead to repurposing a steel mill in the Metro East. Union members say the plan could mean nearly 1,000 jobs lost at the Granite City Works plant.