ALTON - Take in the breathtaking views from 150-feet high at the Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower, 435 Confluence Tower Dr., Hartford, which re-opens for the season Thursday, May 19. The Tower will be open to the public Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours are available every 30 minutes from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Tower will be open from May 19 through Oct. 30. It will reopen again for Eagle Season 2023 in January and February. The Confluence Tower is operating under a partnership between the Village of Hartford and the Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau. “The Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower is a popular attraction for the Village of Hartford and it really welcomes people to the first part of the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway. We look forward to welcoming visitors back to Hartford and the Tower,” Hartford Mayor Bill Robertson said. The Confluence Tower was built to commemorate the bicentennial celebration of the historic
SPRINGFIELD – The State of Illinois is taking a series of important steps to help families get the safe formula they need in response to the current, nationwide infant formula shortage. In coordination with the USDA Food & Nutrition Service, Illinois retailers are being encouraged to set aside formula for low-income families enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) has also trained caseworkers to assist families with formula questions IDHS Help Line at 1-800-843-6154. The Help Line is designed for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and WIC customers primarily but is open to all residents of Illinois. “The ongoing formula shortage has brought undue stress into the lives of new parents, and my administration will do everything in our power to help families maintain access to formula,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “We’ve partnered
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is following Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron in denouncing Rolling Stone's recent article about Taylor Hawkins. The piece, which was published Monday evening, features interviews…
Leaders celebrated the start of the $210 million project despite setbacks including a soaring cost for the project’s first phase and lack of bidders for the second.
The Bridgeton native was once seen as a pragmatic conservative, but now, with his eye on a U.S. Senate seat, he has adopted a partisan warrior’s posture—and, in some cases, strongarm tactics.
WASHINGTON — Democratic appropriators in the U.S. House have offered a $28 million emergency spending bill intended to address a nationwide infant formula shortage that has left parents and caregivers …
If they approve the agreement, Schnucks workers would see changes in working conditions as well as improvements to their health care plans at no extra cost to them.
ST. LOUIS — It sounds like something out of a horror movie, and it will probably give some gardeners nightmares, but an invasive species of ravenous jumping worms is slithering their way across Illinois and Missouri. The worms which are native to East Asia, are a glossy gray or brown with a white band, and [...]
For several years now there’s been an endless amount of clamor in DC about how we “need to regulate big tech.” Unfortunately, many of the solutions on this front have ranged from incoherent to performative, failing utterly to actually shore up genuine problems in the sector (catch and kill tactics, mindless consolidation, vast privacy and […]
Richard Mark, chairman and president of Ameren Corp.'s Ameren Illinois subsidiary, plans to retire effective Aug. 1, the company said Tuesday.
Ameren said it will announce his successor as soon as a final decision is reached. Mark has agreed to work with the company to facilitate an orderly transition for his successor, including extending his retirement date if needed, according to a Monday regulatory filing.
Mark, 66 as of the company's annual report filed in February, has had a 20-year career…
It’s time to reinvent your office for the future of work. As companies embrace hybrid as the permanent way of working, leaders have a rare opportunity to maximize the potential of existing office space to better support their teams.
According to new research from Condeco, hybrid workers overwhelmingly want to continue flexible work in the long-term, and that desire has major impacts on everything from daily productivity to company loyalty to how the office is configured. Whilst giving workers…
Officials first reached a deal on $210 million in upgrades in 2019. But the pandemic prompted city officials to delay the approval of their share of the bonds needed to fund the expansion.
BETHALTO - A new Scooter’s Coffee location is coming to Bethalto. Peter Gariepy, who co-owns the Bethalto location with his wife Karishma, said he hopes for construction to be complete in mid-July. The Bethalto Scooter’s location will be built on the former site of the Amoco gas station - its address will be 102 W Bethalto Drive once construction is completed later this summer. “This location was actually identified Scooter’s Corporate as a high-growth and very promising location. My wife and I, we live across the river … we had been working with Scooter’s and absolutely loved the concept and we wanted to work with them in the St. Louis area,” Gariepy said. “Scooter’s said, ‘Hey, there’s this location in Bethalto that we think will be absolutely perfect. It’s at a high-traffic intersection … and we think that you should check it out.’” At only 630 square feet, Gariepy said customers
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