Metro East News Briefs
— August 8, 2018Fairmount Park seeks ‘historical betting’ as season ends The Illinois Racing Board, July 26, approved a new form of video gambling at financially-troubled Fairmont Park and two…
Fairmount Park seeks ‘historical betting’ as season ends The Illinois Racing Board, July 26, approved a new form of video gambling at financially-troubled Fairmont Park and two…
AUG. 9 Night Market on Broadway Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Pocket Park on Broadway, Alton Free admission Bring your kids, your dogs, your friends and shop local art vendors, get yourself a…
Dorsey becomes interim SIU president Dr. J. Kevin Dorsey, dean and provost emeritus of the Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine in Springfield, officially became the…
U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) is calling for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to reconsider its decision to locate its planned new Next NGA West (N2W) facility…
JULY 26 Alton Municipal Band Concert Thursday, 8 p.m. Riverview Park Free The concert features Sentimental Journey: An Evening with Erin Bode. For more information, call 618-219-5107….
For the Cahokia, grain terminals along the Mississippi River, it would seem an inauspicious time for a trade war between the between the U.S. and the People’s Republic of China. Just…
AUG. 2 Municipal Band Presents ‘Spark of Imagination’ Thursday, 8 p.m. Riverview Park, Riverview Drive, Alton Free The Alton Municipal Band will play its last outdoor Riverview…
Construction underway on Edwardsville mixed-use development Construction has begun on the new Edwardsville Town Center complex on the former site of the Madison Mutual Insurance Company…