ALTON - Centerstone is excited to offer the Holiday Giving Initiative once again. Centerstone’s Holiday Giving Initiative will extend through December 12, 2025 to provide holiday gifts for Centerstone patients who might otherwise not receive them. The initiative also connects and unifies enterprise holiday giving programs under one umbrella so that we can increase the number of patients who can receive holiday assistance from Centerstone. This year, we anticipate more than 250 Illinois families
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators began debating how to reduce health care costs for Americans during a hearing Wednesday, where experts’ varied recommendations and comments from lawmakers previewed the rocky and potentially long path ahead. Republicans on the Finance Committee argued the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, has led to a spike in health insurance costs […]
An 81-year-old man pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault after prosecutors say he nearly ran over a parish maintenance worker in a long-running dispute over illegal trash dumping.
Two of R.E.M.’s early releases are getting a sound upgrade.The band’s debut EP, Chronic Town, and their debut album, Murmur, are being reissued as part of Interscope-Capitol Records’ Definitive Sound Series.The albums will…
A Jackson County judge overturned a Missouri law that made it a crime for school employees to provide “sexually explicit material” to students, ruling the 2022 statute was overly broad and unclear.
At 19, Sam Carson left home for war. He returned years later with a story few could match: he once drove around some of the most powerful men on earth. We revisited this remarkable story by taking a dive into our archives into a FOX 2 report from May of 1989.
St. Louis took center stage Tuesday as Carolina Herrera Creative Director Wes Gordon spent the day mentoring emerging designers and celebrating the work of the St. Louis Fashion Fund, a cornerstone organization shaping the region into a hub for fashion talent and business development.
GODFREY – In a rare move on Tuesday night, Godfrey trustees agreed to reverse one of their earlier decisions to vacate a section of Vollmer Lane after several property owners spoke against the action. Members of the Godfrey Finance Committee voted on Oct. 7, 2025, to vacate a portion of Vollmer Lane spanning the approximate blocks of 6100 to 8600. If the road were vacated, the village would no longer be responsible for maintaining it. In a memo to Mayor Mike McCormick and Finance
ALTON - Community leaders and entrepreneurs had the opportunity to share more about their businesses in downtown Alton. On Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, Alton Main Street hosted their quarterly “What’s Up Downtown” information exchange at The Wedge Innovation Center in Alton. Executive Director Sara McGibany thanked the community for coming out and encouraged them to visit the official Alton Main Street website for more updates about upcoming events, including Small Business
ALTON — Internet and telephone services were disrupted Wednesday morning, Nov. 19, 2025, for many residents and public service entities in Alton, Illinois, including Riverbender.com offices, following what Spectrum described as a “criminal attack” on its communications infrastructure. The outage affected all Alton city facilities except the police department, causing interruptions to telephone and internet connectivity. Spectrum also reported that some residential customers
The Missouri Supreme Court must decide if voters need government-issued ID cards and whether people trying to register new voters can be paid. The judges on Wednesday heard a pair of cases arising from a 2022 law that also established two weeks of early voting before each election. If the high court throws out the […]
O’FALLON, IL. — Grant Litteken, M.P.A., ICMA-CM, has been confirmed as the new City Administrator of O’Fallon, IL., following a unanimous vote by the O’Fallon City Council on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Mayor Eric Van Hook appointed Litteken, who brings more than 14 years of experience in city leadership, including roles as Assistant City Administrator and Acting City Administrator. Litteken will assume his new role immediately, overseeing daily operations across all municipal
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, he said it was because of something he saw on television. He said the city was being destroyed by paid agitators. “What they’ve done to that […]
Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, best known his work with Deep Purple and Rainbow, has postponed the rest of his tour with his medieval folk-rock band Blackmore’s Night."All Blackmore's Night shows postponed at this point…
JERSEY — Erica Heitzig, a teacher at Jersey Community High School, has been honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award for her dedication to students and commitment to the Jersey community. Heitzig, who works within Jersey Community Unit School District No. 100, manages multiple roles, including Family and Consumer Sciences, Design, Workforce Development, and College and Career Readiness. Her efforts in these areas were cited as key factors in her selection for the award. The
GODFREY - A 100-year-old Godfrey barn is undergoing a major restoration, and a few local families are pleased to see it fixed. PJ Jun, of JUN Construction, bought the barn off Airport Road in 2000. Twenty-five years later, he decided to repair the barn, but not before connecting with the niece of the barn’s original owner and the neighbor whose father helped build the structure over a century ago. “With my building background, if you see a building that needs help, you want
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