Area News
Louer Facility Planning awarded Madison County bid
By RANDY PIERCE Louer Facility Planning, located at 1604 Eastport Plaza in Collinsville, has been awarded a bid for providing workstations to the Madison County State’s Attorney’s office at a total cost of $34,621.93. A resolution approved unanimously regarding this transaction at the Madison County Board meeting held on Sept. 17 indicates there were four…
Read MoreJust before Alton’s Halloween Parade: Mooneyham Art presents ‘surrealism meets supernatural’
This Halloween, Mooneyham Art invites you to step out of the ordinary and slip into The Zone, a free art exhibition unfolding at 305 State Street in haunted downtown Alton on Oct. 31, 2025. The Zone will coincide with the city’s historic Halloween Parade. This immersive experience offers a surreal escape from the cold, complete with live…
Read MoreLymphedema education meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2
Monthly education meetings take place on the first Thursday OSF HealthCare Rehabilitation Services in Alton will be holding its monthly lymphedema education meeting on Thursday, Oct. 2, with the discussion topic: Breast cancer and lymphedema. Riverbend region residents are invited to join the OSF Lymphedema Therapy Team for this free educational session about lymphedema and…
Read MoreNew lawsuits against Trump’s immigration actions continue to take shape
Illinois AG Raoul says he’s ready to file a challenge if federal troops arrive in Chicago By JERRY NOWICKI and HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois Article Summary If the federal government sends troops to Chicago, the Trump administration “should expect a legal challenge here,” according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul. A federal judge in…
Read MorePritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. ‘What I have been warning of is now being realized’
‘You cannot call this anything except an attack on the Constitution of the United States,’ governor says By BEN SZALINSKI and JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois Article Summary The Trump administration is planning to send 100 military troops to the Chicago area, according to Gov. JB Pritzker’s characterization of a memo received by the Illinois…
Read MoreNew I-270/Illinois 111 interchange opens today in Madison County
Diverging diamond design is seventh to open in Illinois, first in the Metro East The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that the newly reconstructed interchange at Interstate 270 and Illinois 111 will open to traffic this afternoon, Sept. 30, weather permitting. The $25.1 million project was completed 20 days ahead of schedule, marking…
Read MoreBudzinski, Johnson introduce Bipartisan BASE Act
The legislation would provide a long overdue base acre update Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) and Congressman Dusty Johnson (SD-AL) recently introduced the Balanced Agricultural Support and Efficiency (BASE) Act to require the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update base acres for all farms as soon as is practicable. The last mandatory update was…
Read MoreLambert T1 Departing Flights Drive bridge repair now impacts T1 Arriving Flights Drive
The construction work will continue through Oct. 8 Construction work on the bridge repairs for the Terminal 1 (T1) Departing Flights Drive ramp at St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) that began on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 continues through Oct. 8, 2025. The work now impacts T1’s Arriving Flights Drive and this construction will take…
Read MoreNoticeable development in Hartford on track toward ‘economic renewal’
By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE Managing Editor, Illinois Business Journal [email protected] There’s been a noticeable amount of activity taking place over the past few months at New Poag Road and Illinois Route 3 in Hartford, Ill., in the area regionally identified as part of the former Chemetco footprint. Some have even dubbed the activity and the…
Read MoreInaugural GalaxyCon blasts off in St. Louis region Oct. 10-12
Massive celebration of pop culture makes its highly anticipated debut at America’s Center GalaxyCon is set to make its highly anticipated debut in St. Louis, Oct. 10-12, 2025, at America’s Center. This is the first event in the area for GalaxyCon, whose events brought in over $42 million to local economies in 2024, a number…
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