JERSEYVILLE - Nashville recording artist and Jerseyville native Mattie Schell will bring some fun...
GLEN CARBON – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois proudly recognizes Elisabeth Preston from Edwardsville,...
WOOD RIVER/EAST ALTON/ROXANA - The Riverbend East Rotary Club has selected Helmkamp Construction Company...
NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The following students have been named to the Saint Mary's College Dean's List...
For several months now, I’ve been weighing the pros and cons of adopting a dog. I moved t...
“Endless summer” sounds carefree, but it is really a powerful idea about holding on t...
A song can feel louder, warmer, and more memorable when it is heard under an open sky. The strange...
On June 29, 1613, London’s Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare’s...
Mrs. Daisy Creswick Rice, inspector of hygiene for the Alton schools, published her 1925/1926 schoo...
On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo set...
SPRINGFIELD – Staff from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) are monitoring...
WEST ALTON – The US Army Corps of Engineers, Rivers Project Office, will temporarily close...
ST. LOUIS, GLEN CARBON/MARYVILLE, IL. - The National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued an Extrem...
ST. LOUIS — A 7-month-old baby died after being shot Friday afternoon, June 26, 2026, inside...
On June 27, 1954, the world’s first nuclear power plant to supply electricity to a public gri...
AMES, Iowa – More than 11,200 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding...
GRANITE CITY – A local man remains in custody on charges of criminal sexual abuse, grooming,...
ALTON - James “Jimmy” Griggs Sr. and Frank “Thurman” Anderson Sr.,...
EDWARDSVILLE - The City of Edwardsville has a full calendar of events to mark America’s 250th...
EDWARDSVILLE — Senator Erica Harriss is inviting friends and supporters from across the Metro...
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