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Rediscover Alton: National Great Rivers Museum is hands-on experience Dominic Genetti, dominic.genetti@hearst.com FacebookTwitterEmail Do you know how the Chain of Rocks got its name? A trip to the National Great Rivers Museum and the Melvin Price Lock and Dam teach you these and much more in a single visit. Allison Rhanor is the new director of the museum, and she’s quick to point out there’s more to a river than its flowing streams, riverboats and barges.  “What we try to do here is showcase the nation’s great rivers in a multifaceted, wholistic way,” she said. “So whether you...

Madison County leaders remove trash along highway The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail Madison County Building and Zoning Director Chris Doucleff and two county employees pick up trash May 12. They went to two problem areas, Illinois 43, just east of the Illinois 255 overpass, and the intersection of Interstate 270 and Illinois 3. Madison County launched its Clean Communities program in March and within its first two months, more than 1,500 resource tool kits distributed to individuals and groups. The kits include trash bags, reflective vests, gloves and litter grabbers. EDWARDSVILLE — There ...

ST. LOUIS — An emphasis on repurposing “legacy” heavy industrial areas and a...

FreightWeekSTL tour touts river infrastructure Tour touts waterway infrastructure FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Participants of a riverboat cruise on the Tom Sawyer talk with the Eads Bridge in the background. The tour was one of the few live events of FreightWeekSTL2021, an annual industry conference sponsored in part by St. Louis Regional Freightway, an arm of Bi-State Development. The tour gave people a chance to see the industrial operations on the river as well as infrastructure improvement. Show MoreShow Less 2of8 Kathy and Mike Wever from the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois look ...

EAST ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis man is heading to prison after arranging to purchase a...