🌱 What led to battery charges at a popular Bethalto grille?

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• What led to battery charges at a popular Bethalto grille?

Also on today's calendar: Third Tuesday and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Sunshine and not as hot, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 68.
• Sunday: A t-storm around in the a.m., with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Pontoon Beach beating charge filed after an attack inside a tent (thetelegraph.com) — Bethalto readers should know a local man has been charged with aggravated battery after an April incident at Laux Brickhouse Grille on Prairie Street, with the case presented by Bethalto Police. The broader report also details several other recent violent and domestic-related charges involving suspects from nearby Alton, Wood River, Pontoon Beach, and Granite City.
   

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📸 Around Bethalto

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bethalto

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday June 13

• Stream Cleanup at Steve Bryant Park, Bethalto →
  Steve Bryant Community Park, 4300 Culp Ln, Bethalto
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday June 16

• Third Tuesday →
  St. Louis Regional Airport (KALN), 8 Terminal Dr, East Alton
  6:45 pm

Saturday June 27

• Clinton Lumberkings at Alton River Dragons →
  Lloyd Hopkins Field
  6:35 pm

Tuesday June 30

• O'Fallon Hoots at Alton River Dragons →
  Lloyd Hopkins Field
  6:35 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday June 13

• Community Prayer Breakfast →
  Julia's Banquet Center, 101 Eastgate Plz, East Alton
  9:00 am
• Alton High Class of '06 - 20th Reunion →
  Bluff City Grill, 424 E Broadway, Alton
  6:00 pm

Tuesday June 16

• School Board Meeting
  Alton CUSD 11 Alton, IL 62002
  6:00 pm
• City Council →
  City of Edwardsville Council Chamber - 118 Hillsboro Ave Edwardsville IL 62025
  7:00 pm

Thursday June 18

• Woodland Transportation Career Fair
  Woodland Ccsd 50 17383 W Gages Lake Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030, USA
  9:00 am
• Adult Summer Reading →
  Wood River Public Library, 326 E Ferguson Ave, Wood River
  6:00 pm

Friday June 19

• Juneteenth Holiday
  Alton CUSD 11 Alton, IL 62002
• Juneteenth: District Closed
  Woodland Ccsd 50 Wood River, IL 62095

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• West Star Aviation posted a job opening for Citation Quality Control Inspector - 1360 in East Alton. Apply here.
• Golden Corral posted a job opening for Meat Cutter in Alton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethalto here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wood River

• Wood River studios seek to bring Hollywood to the Metro East—and Illinois' generous tax credits (stlmag.com)
• Senator Harriss Announces More Than $323,000 In State Fire Equipment Grants For Local Departments (riverbender.com)
• Former Alton coach Bob Rickman taking over EA-WR girls basketball post (thetelegraph.com)

East Alton

• Two Orcas women take flight in the 49th Annual Air Race Classic - Islands' Sounder (islandssounder.com)
• OSFM Announces Local Fire Departments Grants (stauntonstartimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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