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Casinos in Illinois will be closed starting Monday

— March 14, 2020

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Gaming Board has ordered all 10 casinos in the state to suspend operations for 14 days starting Monday, citing public health concerns over the outbreak…

Metro East news briefs
— February 12, 2020

Illinois boosts funding for opportunity zones The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Jan. 27, announced a new competitive grant program; offering a total…
Metro East news briefs
— January 29, 2020

I-255 reconstruction begins this weekend Reconstruction of a seven-mile stretch of Interstate 255 in Metro East begins Feb. 1 with the full closing of both the north- and southbound…
Bethalto man sentenced for driving into group, killing woman
— January 18, 2020

A Bethalto man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to driving his car into a group of people in 2018, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring another. Caleb…
Metro East news briefs
— November 20, 2019

Cahokia Mounds hosts holiday craft market days The annual Native American Holiday Market to be held at Nov. 29 through Dec. 1 at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site will feature 35 artists,…

Alton woman admits to cashing dead mother’s checks
— February 10, 2020

An Alton woman has pleaded guilty to cashing the Social Security checks of her deceased mother. Mia Lynn Cousett, 33, admitted Friday (Feb. 7) to 12 felony counts of theft of government…
Arkansas man charged after police chase through southwest Illinois
— January 19, 2020

An Arkansas man faces multiple charges, including armed violence, after leading police on a chase through southwest Illinois towns and crashing into two vehicles on Illinois Route 111….
Metro East news briefs
— December 25, 2019

Confluence area habitat preservation effort grows The Mississippi River Palisades north of Alton will be among the areas garnering new attention under expansion of the National Great…