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HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital will expand its open days and hours for 3D mammography and X-ray procedures at the downtown Belleville imaging center beginning Feb. 3. The HSHS Imaging Center-Belleville is at 180 S. Third St., Suite 101, and the new hours will be Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Walk-in X-ray services…

Emerges over Lightford after hours of closed-door talks By JERRY NOWICKI AND PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Senator Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, was elected as the 39th president of the Illinois Senate on Sunday after hours of behind-the-scenes negotiations. The race had been weeks in the making, and by the time…

The RiverBend Growth Association’s Young Adults Committee is planning a gift card raffle in which participants will have chances to win thousands of dollars in gift cards in a program that will support both area youth and non-profit organizations in the Riverbend area. The committee consists of three representatives from the RiverBend Growth Association’s member…

The city of Belleville’s General and Community Assistance Office will host its second Suds of Love event, Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Best Wash Laundromat, 6323 W. Main St. The event is free to individuals or families who need assistance accessing laundry services. Participants are eligible to use up to two…

The community is invited to taste local restaurant fare and explore local businesses during “A Taste of 62040 Plus More,” an offering of the Granite City CEO program. The event will be Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Granite City High School. CEO stands for Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities, a…

SPRINGFIELD – A measure co-sponsored by state Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, that speeds access to a property tax break for seniors was signed into law Tuesday. House Bill 961 will allow seniors to benefit earlier than originally scheduled from a new law removing the need for Cook County residents aged 65 or older to reapply…

The Artstream Studio, a creative, convenient, one-of-a-kind, mobile art studio and event venue, recently opened in November to provide unique art enrichment programs, after school activities, birthday parties and art parties to the St. Louis Metro area. Owner Jennifer Beech has worked with the Illinois Small Business Development Center for the Metro East at Southern…

Says state government was in worse shape than he thought coming in By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – One year ago, on Jan. 14, 2019, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker was sworn into office. A billionaire businessman from Chicago with no prior experience as an elected official, he took the reins of a…

A cross-section of secret-recipe fried chicken, mouth wateringly tender pepperloin steaks, whiskey steak burgers and more are in the offing with Alton Restaurant Week, which kicks off today, Friday, for 10 days of dining through Jan. 26. Some 25 locally owned and operated restaurants are participating in Alton, East Alton, Bethalto, Godfrey and Grafton. Diners…

Seven miles closing completely this year to make repairs quicker, safer, cheaper COLLINSVILLE – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that the first phase of repairs to a crumbling section of Interstate 255, one of the initial projects under Gov. JB Pritzker’s bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital plan, will begin Feb. 1, resulting in a full…