AJR’s latest album, OK Orchestra, was released in March, and now, at the tail end of the summer, the Met brothers are finally able to go back to touring after nearly two years off the stage. I got a chance to go to one of the first live performances of the OK Orchestra Tour in…
LORDE released “a surprise EP” called “Te Ao Mārama”. It features five songs from “Solar Power” all sung in the native language of New Zealand, Māori. All proceeds will be donated to New-Zealand based charities. Lorde Surprise Releases New EP Te Ao Mārama: Stream
Glass Animals released a new song on 9/10/21 at midnight called “I Don’t Wanna Talk” and it’s super catchy. What do you think?
WOOD RIVER, Ill. (AP) – Authorities said police officers in the Metro East area of Illinois fatally shot a man who pulled a gun on them. KMOV-TV reported that the shooting happed at about 2 a.m. on Tuesday in the Madison County community of Wood River. Police said a gas station employee reported seeing an armed man…
CHICAGO (AP) – The white Chicago police officer convicted in the 2014 shooting death of Black teenager Laquan McDonald is days away from walking out of prison after just over three years behind bars. An Illinois Prisoner Review Board official said Jason Van Dyke will be released on Feb. 3. Van Dyke was convicted of…
BENTON – A Belle Rive woman was sentenced in federal court in Benton Tuesday afternoon to two years’ probation and was ordered to pay restitution to her victims for stealing from greeting cards while working for the U.S. Postal Service. According to court records, 31-year-old Casey L. Neal pled guilty in October of last year to theft of…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – It’s expected a measure giving school staff administrative time off for COVID-19 related absences will be vetoed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. House Bill 2778 was sent to the governor Nov. 30. Pritzker has until Jan. 29 to act. He could do nothing or sign the bill and it becomes law. But, it’s…
AT&T and Verizon said they will delay some new 5G wireless service after the airline industry raised alarms about potential interference with important systems on planes. The airlines had warned of massive flight cancellations and disruptions. The Biden administration was then involved to settle the showdown between the telecom companies and airlines over AT&T and…
MT. VERNON – New efforts are underway to identify 1993 murder victim whose decapitated head was found in Jefferson County. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, on January 27, 1993, in the decapitated head of a presumed white woman was discovered on the side of a wooded roadway within Wayne Fitzgerrell State Park. The victim,…
BENTON – The Illinois Sheriffs Association announced that it will award over $58,000 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois to students pursuing higher education during the 2022-2023 academic year. According to a press release, the scholarships are to be applied to tuition, books and fees only. The student must be enrolled full time…
Pictured: Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin (via City of Aurora) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin has joined the race for Illinois governor. He announced his campaign on Monday as a Republican challenger to incumbent Democrat J.B. Pritzker. Irvin was elected the first Black mayor of Illinois’ second-largest city in 2017. He is the fifth candidate…
