Metro East Chronicle Archives - Page 30 of 161

Kavanaugh Assault Validates Trump

— October 3, 2018

The attempted political assassination of Brett Kavanaugh is bad for the country, but good for a Trumpian attitude toward American politics. The last-minute ambush validates key assumptions…

The Ballot Ballgame
— October 3, 2018

It happens several times a game: I’ll announce to the world, “The entire season rests on this pitch (shot/play/whatever).” My friends long ago learned simply to ignore…
Metro East Calendar of Events Oct. 3 – Oct. 7
— October 2, 2018

OCT. 4 Belleville Learns about Solar Power Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Belleville City Hall, 101 S. Illinois St. Free Learn about the group-purchasing program offered by Solarize Metro…
Stinky Cheese
— September 26, 2018

The human tragedy and cataclysmic damage of devastating storms like Florence, Harvey and Maria are natural disasters that mercifully divert the news emphasis, just for a while, from…
Metro East Calendar of Events Sept. 26 – Oct. 1
— September 25, 2018

SEPT. 27 Wood River Farmers’ Market Thursday, 4-8 p.m. Parking Lot on Madison Ave. Free Get your locally grown, fresh vegetables and fruits at the market. For more information,…

Metro East Area News Briefs
— October 3, 2018

Restoration of jazz great’s home nears completion The first phase of renovations to the boyhood home of influential jazz trumpeter Miles Davis is nearing completion, according to…
Trump Not Benefiting from Economic Boom
— September 26, 2018

President Donald Trump is showing that it’s possible to preside over a period of peace and prosperity and still be notably unpopular. Over the past several months, Trump has opened…
Metro East Area News Briefs
— September 26, 2018

Volunteer Clean Sweep targets East St. Louis properties Organizers of the first East St. Louis Clean Sweep hope to tear down 13 abandoned structures the city’s Olivette Park area — and…