Area News
Troy Fire Chief Replies To Concerns Over Ambulances
By Charlie Feldman [email protected] A post on a Troy Facebook group on Saturday raised concerns about recent actions by the Troy Fire Protection District and its board members. The post said that they cut staffing down to one ambulance and a chase vehicle and voted themselves 152 percent raises. Some time ago the district went…
Read MoreFebruary 4 Filing Deadline As Write-In Candidate For April 6 Elections
Individuals who wish to run for office on the April 6 ballot and did not file before December 21 have the opportunity to file as a write-in candidate . Individuals file by printing out the Declaration of Intent To Be A Write-In Candidate form available on the Madison County website, having it notarized and turning…
Read MoreTroy Member Of The Gangster Disciples Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges
The United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Steven D. Weinhoeft, announced today that seven alleged members of the violent Gangster Disciples gang, including top national and state leaders, have been charged in a federal indictment accusing them of a years-long interstate RICO conspiracy involving multiple murders,…
Read MoreMeier Calls on Governor to Abandon Tax Hike on Small Businesses
State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) joined his House Republican colleagues in opposition to Governor Pritzker’s proposal to impose higher taxes onto Illinois businesses struggling to remain open during the pandemic. “The executive orders and restrictions imposed during the pandemic have been detrimental to our small businesses,” said Rep. Meier. “Now the governor wants to tax them more? It…
Read MoreHighland Woman Sentenced For Faking Diseases
Sarah A. Delashmit, 36, of Highland, Illinois, was sentenced this week to 18 months in federal prison and 3 years of court supervision after her release. Last October, Delashmit pleaded guilty to multiple fraud charges after spending years defrauding nonprofit organizations by falsely posing as person with muscular dystrophy and a breast cancer survivor to…
Read MoreRegion 4 Moves To Tier 2 Effective January 22
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced Region 4 (Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington) is moving to Tier 2 effective today. All 11 regions have now moved out of Tier 3 mitigations. If metrics continue to improve or are stable, regions 10 and 11 are on track to advance to Tier 1 on Saturday, January 23,…
Read MoreVillage Postpones Vote On Senior Housing
By Charlie Feldman [email protected] The Glen Carbon village board took action on several construction-related items but postponed action on the largest during its Tuesday, January 12 meeting. It met on Zoom due to concerns related to COVID-19. A vote on the Plan Development Procedure for the proposed senior community housing unit, Keystone Place at Magnolia…
Read MoreSt. Jacob Mayoral Candidates Answer Questions From Small Business Owners
By Stephanie Malench [email protected] On January 14, The St. Jacob Small Business Council invited the current mayor Richard Schiefer and his opponent Raymond Muñiz to be interviewed by a handful of members at the Lucky Rooster in St. Jacob. Schiefer is running for his third consecutive term for mayor and had previously been mayor from…
Read MoreStudents Remain The Focus At Highland Middle School
By Mark Jurgena When veteran Highland Middle School teacher Chris Hartlieb began teaching 30 years ago, he never thought he would be a first-year teacher, twice. “It’s the closest thing to being a first-year teacher I can imagine, except double that,” Hartlieb began. “Because you’re not only trying to figure out how to do the…
Read MoreMCT Donates Police Patrol Bicycles To Troy And South Roxana Police Departments
In an effort to facilitate the development of police bicycle patrol programs in Madison County municipalities, MCT is donating iForce police bicycles to the Troy and South Roxana Police Departments. The program will allow officers to patrol both the streets and neighborhoods of Troy and South Roxana as well as the MCT Trails. Since police…
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