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Mac's Downtown Sidewalk Café Plans Get Alton City Council Approval

4 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON – A new sidewalk café is set to open in downtown Alton. City Council members approved a lease agreement between the city and Mac’s Downtown on May 27, 2026. The agreement’s approval is subject to Mac’s complying with certain requirements to open a sidewalk café just outside their 114 W. 3rd Street location. At the preceding Committee of the Whole meeting on May 26, City Council Coordinator Beth Bear said city regulations on sidewalk cafés

Free Alton Event to Answer Tax Strategy Questions for Retirees

4 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON - Community members can learn more about tax strategies for retirees and aspiring retirees at an upcoming free lunch-and-learn. At 12 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026, at The Wedge Innovation Center in Alton, Curtis Stephens with Stephens Planning and Daniel Smith with Tomerlin Bookkeeping will answer questions about taxes and retirement planning. Both men expressed their excitement to help people get the answers they need. “This is for you if you’re tired of leaving money

Administration ‘Aliens’ Website Proudly Announces ICE Has Arrested Over 700 US Citizens

4 months 3 weeks ago
This is hardly the worst thing about the administration’s aliens.gov website but it’s still worth noting. Let’s get to the worst stuff first. The site URL is aliens.gov, which would lead most normal people to believe it has something to do with the ongoing declassification of UFO-related files. That’s something Trump actually made happen, which […]
Tim Cushing

Granite City Police Department Welcomes Officer Aaron Matyas

4 months 3 weeks ago
GRANITE CITY — The Granite City Police Department has welcomed Aaron Matyas to its ranks, the department announced. Matyas joins the department with four years of police experience and will enter the field training officer, or FTO, program immediately, according to the police department. “Please welcome Aaron Matyas to the Granite City Police Department family,” the department said. The announcement did not provide additional details about Matyas’ previous

Local Teacher Selected for We The Teachers National Fellowship at William & Mary 

4 months 3 weeks ago
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 is pleased to announce that Rachel Harris, an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Liberty Middle School has been selected as a delegate to the We the Teachers: Preparing the Next Generation Through History and Civics national fellowship program at William & Mary. Led by W&M’s Strategic Cultural Partnerships division and undertaken in partnership with the National Council for History Education (NCHE), the program

Police: Person of Interest Held in Fatal Alton Shooting

4 months 3 weeks ago
ALTON — A person of interest is in custody following a fatal shooting investigation in the 3400 block of Milton Drive, where Alton police said an adult woman was killed and an adult man was critically injured early Monday morning, June 1, 2026. The Alton Police Department said on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, that the case is expected to be presented to the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office for formal charges on Wednesday, June 3, 2026. “Regarding the shooting incident

Missouri librarians brace for possible Trump administration budget cuts

4 months 3 weeks ago
Robin Westphal knows this isn’t the first time the future of federal funding for her library has been uncertain. As the executive director of Daniel Boone Regional Library and president-elect of the Missouri Library Association, she’s familiar with the Trump administration’s past efforts to cut funds to public libraries. “This feels a little different this […]
Ivy Reed

Autism Driver Proposal Could Change Illinois Traffic Stops

4 months 3 weeks ago
SPRINGFIELD, IL. - Illinois lawmakers have sent two measures to Gov. JB Pritzker that would create a voluntary “Blue Envelope Program” for drivers with autism and update emergency medical services licensing and disciplinary standards, with one bill already awaiting action from the governor and a 60-day constitutional window for a decision. The Blue Envelope measure, House Bill 4472, would establish the program statewide in Illinois. Under the proposal, individuals with autism