ALTON - Alton High and Marquette Catholic High School recognized their senior varsity girls tennis players Tuesday evening during Senior Night at the Andy Simpson Tennis Center and Lewis and Clark Community College. The Redbirds honored seniors Hannah Macias, Cali Giertz, Mackenzie Giertz, Molly...
ALTON - Alton High School's girls tennis team beat Marquette 11-0 at Lewis and Clark Community College on Senior Night for both squads. Alton's Hannah Macias, Maddie Saenz, Cali Giertz, Mackenzie Giertz, Val Walters and Ainsley Fortschneider were double winners for the Redbirds. Molly Gross,...
GODFREY - The Godfrey Haunted Maze at Glazebrook Park is open today from noon to 6 p.m. Starting Oct. 5, the additional haunted maze opened for visitors and runs until Oct. 27. Haunting hours are from dark around 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Regular fees apply. The Godfrey Park an...
O'FALLON - The Alton Redbirds secured another victory Friday night at O'Fallon against the Panthers, 49-17. "We came out and played well tonight," Redbirds coach Eric Dickerson said. "I don't think we really could have started the game off better than we did with a pick six there. We just built...
WOOD RIVER - Multiple fire departments, including Roxana, East Alton and Edwardsville, responded to a structure fire at approximately 1 a.m. in the 1400 block of Ladd Avenue in Wood River. Chief Brendan McKee with the Wood River Fire Department said there were no injuries as the home appeared...
TRIAD - Edwardsville’s boy and girls cross country team once again dominated the Madison County Meet on Tuesday at Triad High School in Troy. The Tigers’ Roland Prenzler and Abby Korak claimed individual championships in the meet. Prenzler won the three-mile race in a time of...
TRIAD - Edwardsville’s Abby Korac and Elsie Krone ran neck and neck in the large school Madison County race on Tuesday, finishing one-two with times of 20:02.45 and 20:16.75. Hannah Stuart was third in 20:21.60 and Emiley England in sixth (20:45.0). Riley Vickrey of Marquette Catholic...
EDWARDSVILLE - A resolution authorizing authoring the Mayor of Edwardsville to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwest Illinois (MEGSI) regarding federal asset forfeiture equitable sharing was approved during Tuesday’s City Council meeting....
EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville City Council approved a liquor license and tobacco license application for Schnuck Markets Inc. during Tuesday evening’s council meeting for their location at 2122 Troy Road, the former Shop-N-Save. Schnuck Markets made an announcement a couple weeks ago that they...
GODFREY - The Illinois Department of Transportation held a public information meeting Wednesday evening at Lewis and Clark Community College to discuss the proposed construction a roundabout along Route 3 at Delmar Avenue and Pierce Lane. With input the Community Advisory Group the Department...
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