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IDOT Announces Intermittent Lane Closures On Homer Adams Parkway Beginning Oct. 25

3 years 2 months ago
ALTON - The Illinois Department of Transportation announces intermittent lane closures of the westbound lanes of IL 3 (Homer Adams Parkway) between Alton Square Mall Drive and Alby St. beginning on October 25, 2022, weather permitting. This work is needed to perform pavement repairs and is expected to be done by the end of October. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert for changing conditions, obey all construction signage, and refrain from using mobile devices while approaching and traveling through the work zone. The contractor on this project is the C. E. Mahoney Co. of Swansea, Illinois. For IDOT District 8 updates, follow us on Twitter at @IDOTDistrict8 or view area construction details on IDOT’s traveler information map on GettingAroundIllinois.com.

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First Student Launching Bus Tracking App

3 years 2 months ago
GRANITE CITY - In continued partnership with our transportation provider, First Student, Granite City Community Unit School District #9 is launching FirstView, a bus tracking and parent communications app for your smartphone or desktop. For instructions to install the FirstView App, please click HERE . The FirstView app allows parents to stay up-to-the-minute with the following: Live Tracking The FirstView map screen shows you the location and direction of your student’s bus, for both morning and afternoon trips. FirstView also provides caregivers with confirmation when the trip is complete. Customizable Bus Proximity Notifications With FirstView, you set up a geofence around your location and are alerted when the bus enters the geofence. The geofence size and alert times are customizable, so parents are in control of their notifications. Students should still be at their assigned bus stop 10 minutes prior to the scheduled arrival time. Custom Alerts and Messages

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Bagatelle

3 years 2 months ago

Before the ring of pinball machines echoed through arcades, Bagatelle was filling parlors and pockets across the world. Drawing from the private collection of Mr.

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Coloring STL

3 years 2 months ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact

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Illinois State Police Trooper Struck And Two Fatalities In Two Separate Scott's Law Related Crashes Less Than An Hour Apart

3 years 2 months ago
SPRINGFIELD - On October 18, 2022, Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated two separate Scott’s Law Violations that occurred less than an hour apart involving injury to a trooper and two deaths. The first violation involved a traffic crash in District 12 - Effingham where an ISP Trooper received minor injuries. The second violation involved two construction workers who were fatally injured while setting out construction barrels in District 14 – near Burlington, IA. On October 18, 2022, at approximately 7:25 a.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic crash involving an ISP District 12 Trooper, on the ramp from U.S. Route 45 to Interstate 57 southbound in Effingham. The Trooper was on the right shoulder with emergency lights activated, parked behind a truck-tractor semi-trailer (TTST), while investigating a traffic crash. The Trooper was gathering information from the driver of the TTST involved in an earlier

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