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ALTON - A 45-year-old man - Thomas J. Hughes - tragically died from injuries suffered in a crash reported at 1:53 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Hughes is an Alton resident. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Alton Police Officers and the Alton Fire Department responded to the area of Illinois Route 140 at the entrance to Gordon Moore Park, in reference to a traffic crash with injuries. Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said preliminary investigation revealed that a black 2006 Ford pick-up truck was traveling westbound on Illinois Route 140, approaching the entrance to Gordon Moore Park. For an unknown reason, the truck left the north side of the roadway (right side), and the front end of the truck collided with a traffic light fixture. Chief Pulido said the Alton Fire Department had to extricate the driver and sole occupant from this vehicle. The driver was transported to an Alton area hospital where life-saving measures were attempted, but the driver died. This traffic

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The New York giant said it is “working with local partners to dispose of all of its investment positions” in Russia.

The University of Missouri (Mizzou) is hosting its Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) competition tomorrow (UPDATED: here’s the list of winners). The program provides students with tools and resources to launch their business and contribute to economic prosperity in our community. Much like on the television series Shark Tank, 10 student teams will have up to seven […]

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public's help identifying suspects in an assault and robbery.

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Ronald L. Holland was shot to death by Danyel Johnson, someone he reportedly knew for many years, police said.

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CARLINVILLE - The Great Horned owls of Forest Park in St. Louis will be the topic of a free program hosted by the Carlinville Public Library at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7. “Forest Park Owls: Hiding in Plain Sight” will be presented by Mark H.X. Glenshaw, an award-winning naturalist and expert from St. Louis who delivers programs to enthusiastic audiences around the region. Glenshaw has documented the life of Charles, a male Great Horned Owl from Forest Park, as well as his five mates and various offspring, for over sixteen years. “My official start date was Dec. 29, 2005. I call it my ‘owl-i-versary’,” laughed Glenshaw, a manager of university services at Fontbonne University. “Since then, I’ve spent countless hours following Charles and the owls around him.” Glenshaw and his fascinating owl studies have been covered by many media outlets in the area. He delivers around fifty programs a year, mostly in Illinois and Missouri.

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Over the last few years we’ve seen this ongoing bizarre infatuation with “cancel culture” despite little evidence to suggest that it’s a serious issue. As we wrote nearly two years ago, in response to Harper’s trying to sound some sort of vague alarm about cancel culture, so much of the debate conflates a variety of […]

The Godfather of Funk is not quite ready for retirement! George Clinton is hitting the road with Parliament Funkadelic this summer for the One Nation Under a Groove tour. The…

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The initial dates and lineups have been announced for the 2022 edition of Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Tour, which will feature ZZ Top at select events. The trek is…

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Red Hot Chili Peppers hail from Los Angeles and now they will be honored in their home city with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony…

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News from Ukraine: NEW: Russia has launched more than 300 sorties into Ukraine the last 24 hours: senior U.S. defense official. 🇷🇺 sorties are not "venturing very far and very long" into 🇺🇦 airspace, the official said. Russia still has more than 60 percent of fixed wing and rotary wing capability. — Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) ...continue reading "Russia has a little more than half its air force left"

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dismissed most of the more than 40 lawsuits he filed against Missouri school districts over mask mandates during the coronavirus pandemic. …

Beginning this year, the Elevate/Elevar accelerator plans to operate two cohorts annually, up from one each in its first two years of operations. With the expansion, the number of companies that Elevate/Elevar works with through the program will double to 20 a year.

The woman told police one of the teens complimented her expensive shoes and said she must have some money. Then, they grabbed her keys, phone and wallet.