The U.S. Department of Labor s Wage and Hour Division found LJ2 Investments LLC, operator of Jasso Express food trucks in Pharr, failed to pay overtime to 46 catering service workers.
Gas prices have escalated around the region as AAA reports crude oil prices are on the rise and there have also been OPEC and Saudi Arabia extended production
Wood River budget hearing set March 15
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WOOD RIVER City council members will hold a public hearing via teleconference at 7 p.m. March 15 on the city’s proposed budget before the regularly scheduled council meeting.
At Monday’s meeting Mayor Cheryl Maguire, on behalf of the council and Wood River citizens in general, thanked firefighter Kris Ayres for his service following his return from overseas deployment. She also thanked StorCo Storage Solutions Wood River for lending their business facility and workers to help coordinate a local food drive in which 1,000 boxes of fresh food was distributed.
The council also approved:
Ministries group wins half-million dollar grant
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This mock-up illustrates the planned RFM Community Center from the perspective of the existing RFM brick-and-mortar building located across the street on East Ferguson Avenue in Wood River. Show MoreShow Less
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WOOD RIVER A state grant for nearly half a million dollars will be used by Riverbend Family Ministries (RFM) to more than triple its size.
State officials on Thursday announced RFM will receive a Rebuild Illinois grant of $493,892 to help it move across the street from the current 7,000-square-foot building at 133 E. Ferguson Ave. in Wood River to a 24,000-square-foot building at 144 E. Ferguson Ave. formerly occupied by TR’s Café.
Cash forfeiture sought in 3 drug-related cases
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE The Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office is seeking the forfeiture of almost $7,000 in three separate drug-related cases.
Three “Request for Preliminary Review to Determine Probably Cause for Forfeiture” were filed Thursday, Feb. 11. Two of the cases involved have resulted in felony charges being filed; charges are pending in the third.
The forfeitures stem from police investigations in the Troy and Granite City areas.
The largest amount sought is $4,775 stemming from a search warrant served by the Metropolitan Enforcement Group of Southwestern Illinois in the 500 block of Mockingbird Street, Troy, on Feb. 1.