Hickory Grove restaurant makes a return
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com
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Arrow Signs and Outdoor Advertising workers lower the translucent panels from the sign of the former Franks Restaurant in Alton last month. Monday morning. Andy Alimi is preparing to open the Hickory Grove Restaurant in the building at 201 E. Center Drive in Alton. Show MoreShow Less
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ALTON A once-beloved restaurant from Jerseyville is now making a new home in Alton.
Andy Alimi, owner of the Hickory Grove Restaurant, plans to make 201 E. Center Drive in Alton his new home. The building was previously the home of Frank’s Restaurant.
15 Mar 2021
One of Britain’s leading right-leaning newspapers has published a bizarre, glamour-style photo shoot of Shamima Begum, an Islamic State defector accused of sewing terrorists into bomb vests, in an article and on social media.
The Telegraph, once one of Britain’s most staunchly conservative broadsheets, but increasingly prone to pushing left-progressive content, such as a recurring article encouraging husbands to let their wives cheat on them for Christmas, struck the tone of a tabloid or a celebrity gossip magazine in a four-part picture thread on Twitter. Gushing that “Today Shamima Begum looks more suited to a shopping trip on Oxford Street than life in a camp for hardened jihadists”, the paper riffed off her new look, complete with uncovered hair and Western clothes.
County now 10% fully vaccinated
Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com
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WOOD RIVER Nearly 10% of Madison County residents are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
On Thursday the Illinois Department of Health reported a total of 78,069 vaccinations had been administered in the county. The IDPH reported 52,074 first vaccine doses or 21.1% of the population had been given and 25,995 residents, or 9.83% of the population, were fully vaccinated.
The Madison County Health Department has said the actual numbers for both vaccination categories is higher than the IDPH figures.
The IDPH on Thursday also reported that 16.93% of Jersey County was fully vaccinated. Other fully vaccinated rates were 11.91% of Macoupin County, 15.83% of Calhoun County and 16.93% of Greene County.
Child-killer Sims could get parole
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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Paula Sims holds the hand of her father, Orville Blew, as they leave the Jersey County Courthouse after posting bond in May of 1989 on four felony charges related to the death of her first daughter, Loralei Marie Sims, who died in 1986. Show MoreShow Less
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Paula Sims is escorted from the Cottage Hills home of her parents, Orville and Nylene Blew, after she was indicted by a Madison County grand jury. Show MoreShow Less
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Local, regional and national media surround then Chief of Detectives Alton Sgt. Rick McCain who was leading the investigation in the Sims murder case. Show MoreShow Less