🌱 Battery charge follows alleged attack at Bethalto’s Central Park
Bethalto, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Bethalto! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Battery charge follows alleged attack at Bethalto’s Central Park
- Remembering Thomas Tendick, longtime Cottage Hills resident and union steward
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 69 and low of 43 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny; breezy, cooler, temps: high: 53, low: 31.
- Friday: Chilly with clouds and sun, with a high of 45 and low of 25 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• St. Louis man charged with strangling pregnant South Roxana woman (thetelegraph.com) — A Wood River man faces an aggravated battery charge after allegedly striking a woman at Bethalto’s Central Park on Nov. 5. Prosecutors also filed petitions to revoke his pretrial release in two other felony cases involving violence, according to the police blotter. 
• Thomas Tendick (–2026) of Cottage Hills, IL (riverbender.com) — Thomas “Tom” James Tendick, a longtime Cottage Hills resident, died at home Nov. 4 at 79. He shared 59 years of marriage with his wife, Betty, and worked more than 38 years at the company that became Henkel. His obituary listed a Nov. 10 graveside service in Bethalto.
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The Outsider
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Wednesday November 11
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Friday November 13
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- STS Technical Services posted a job opening for Aircraft Upholstery Technician in East Alton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Wood River
- Wood River firefighters retirees paid $1.1 million into their pension fund and have collected an estimated $6.1 million (metroeastsun.com)
- For sale: 722 9th Street, Wood River, IL 62095 (riverbender.com)
- Shane Cole (1973–2026) of Edwardsville, IL (riverbender.com)
East Alton
- East Alton Veteran William Roe Recalls Four Years In Navy (riverbender.com)
- Highway Patrol Arrests November 7-9 (blogspot.com)
- Enhancing Customer Experience in a Data-Driven World (ainonline.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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