🌱 How today’s Godfrey Road motorcycle crash is impacting local traffic
Godfrey, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Godfrey! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How today’s Godfrey Road motorcycle crash is impacting local traffic
- See how much new state funding Godfrey’s fire district just secured
Also on today's calendar: Summer Threshold Forest Bathing + Nature Therapy at The Nature Institute and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and not as hot, with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
- Saturday: Humid with periods of sun, temps: high: 82, low: 67.
- Sunday: A stray morning thunderstorm, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Motorcyclist Critically Injured in Crash (riverbender.com) — A serious motorcycle crash on Godfrey Road near Crestwood Drive Thursday afternoon left the rider with life-threatening injuries and shut down the area to traffic. Deputies, crash investigators, and an air medical helicopter responded, flying the victim to a St. Louis hospital. Drivers in Godfrey are urged to avoid the scene and use alternate routes until the roadway reopens. 
• Senator Harriss Announces More Than $323,000 In State Fire Equipment Grants For Local Departments (riverbender.com) — Godfrey’s Fire Protection District is set to receive $20,260 in state grant funding to buy needed small equipment for firefighters and first responders. The award is part of more than $323,000 coming to departments in Senator Erica Harriss’s district, aimed at improving emergency response and safety across communities like Godfrey, Alton, Wood River, and others.
📸 Around Godfrey
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Baby Birds Yoga →
The Nature Institute, 2213 S Levis Ln, Godfrey
9:00 am
Saturday June 13
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Other local events
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Summer Threshold Forest Bathing + Nature Therapy at The Nature Institute →
The Nature Institute, 2213 S Levis Ln, Godfrey
10:00 am -
Borderline (St. Louis) →
Bakers & Hale, 7120 Montclair Ave, Godfrey
7:00 pm -
Telescope Night →
The Nature Institute, 2213 S Levis Ln, Godfrey
9:30 pm -
Restoration Workday: Invasive Species Removal →
The Nature Institute, 2213 S Levis Ln, Godfrey
9:00 am -
BIG IN JAPAN →
Mooneyham Art LLC, 305 State St, Alton
5:00 pm -
Movie Under the Stars at The Nature Institute →
The Nature Institute, 2213 S Levis Ln, Godfrey
9:00 pm -
Illinois Department of Human Services Information... →
JCPenney, 150 Homer M Adams Pkwy, Alton
2:00 pm
Saturday June 13
Monday June 15
Thursday June 18
Saturday June 20
Tuesday June 23
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Community Prayer Breakfast →
Julia's Banquet Center, 101 Eastgate Plz, East Alton
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Stream Cleanup at Steve Bryant Park, Bethalto →
Steve Bryant Community Park, 4300 Culp Ln, Bethalto
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Pride Market →
The Old Bakery Beer Company, 400 Landmarks Blvd, Alton
11:30 am -
Alton High Class of '06 - 20th Reunion →
Bluff City Grill, 424 E Broadway, Alton
6:00 pm
Saturday June 13
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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- Golden Corral posted a job opening for Meat Cutter in Alton. Apply here.
- Aramark Corporation posted a job opening for Housekeeper - La Bella of Alton-SNF - EVS in Alton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Godfrey here.
🗞 Nearby News
Alton
- Alton Steel suing former customer months after sudden closure (labortribune.com)
- Alton Approves Grant Program For City-Wide Festivals, Events (riverbender.com)
- Free Alton Lunch-and-Learn Tackles Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning (riverbender.com)
East Alton
- Two Orcas women take flight in the 49th Annual Air Race Classic - Islands' Sounder (islandssounder.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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