🌱 How CM outhit Triad in Bethalto but still lost again
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In today's newsletter:
- How CM outhit Triad in Bethalto but still lost again
- Which Bethalto-area veterans are headed to D.C. on Honor Flight #77?
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 50 degrees.
- Saturday: Becoming windier and cooler, temps: high: 57, low: 40.
- Sunday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 64 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• WEDNESDAY SOFTBALL: Gillespie, CM extend streaks in opposite directions (thetelegraph.com) — Civic Memorial’s softball team dropped its seventh straight game Wednesday, falling 5–3 to Triad in a Mississippi Valley Conference matchup at Bethalto Sports Complex despite outhitting the Knights 11–3. CM’s Olivia Monroe tossed a three-hitter, but early runs and walks proved costly as several Eagles turned in multi-hit performances in the home loss. 
• Land of Lincoln Honor Flight Mission # 77 Takes Off On May 5, 2026 – The Paper On Line (thepaper1901.com) — Several Bethalto-area veterans are among 95 Illinois heroes heading to Washington, D.C., on May 5 with Land of Lincoln Honor Flight Mission #77. The free, donation-funded trip from Springfield will visit major war memorials and culminate in a big welcome-home celebration that the public is invited to attend.
📸 Around Bethalto
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Upcoming Events in
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Prom in LCCC Commons
Lewis and Clark Community College , 5800 Godfrey Rd , Godfrey
6:00 pm
Saturday April 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Softball: Varsity Game vs Collinsville (Away) (Rescheduled from 0
Collinsville High School
4:30 pm -
JFL Club Football: JH Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Jers
Roxana High School, Charles Raich Field
10:00 am -
2026 Help On The Move Annual Gala
Julia's Banquet Center , 101 Eastgate Plz , East Alton
6:00 pm -
Smokin Aces
Wood River Moose Lodge #1349 , 730 Wesley Dr , Wood River -
Annual Barkade Pawty
Atomic Pinball Arcade , 102 N Whitelaw Ave , Wood River
3:30 pm -
Teen Hangout
Wood River Public Library , 326 E Ferguson Ave , Wood River
3:00 pm -
Tennis: Boys Varsity Match vs Greenville (Home)
Roxana High School, Tennis Courts
4:00 pm -
Baseball: JV Game vs Father McGivney Catholic (Home)
Roxana High School, RHS South Diamond
4:30 pm -
Civic Memorial Girls Varsity Soccer @ Roxana
Roxana High School , 323 Chaffer Ave , Roxana
4:30 pm -
Softball: Varsity Game vs Metro East Lutheran (Home)
Roxana High School, Roxana Park Softball Field
4:30 pm -
Girls Soccer @ Wesclin (V)
Wesclin Senior High School , 699 Wesclin Rd , Trenton
4:30 pm
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Monday April 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Does anyone have an easel that stands around 4ft tall that they possibly would want to get rid of or rent out?
I just need it for one afternoon for a graduation party? Let me know and thanks in advance, need on Sunday May 17th, my sons daughter is graduating… (Nextdoor Bethalto News)
- SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Alton. Apply here.
- TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Merchandise Associate in Edwardsville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethalto here.
🗞 Nearby News
Wood River
- Wood River man faces new child battery charge, protection order case (thetelegraph.com)
- Senate approves Belt measure expanding suicide prevention education and 988 access (riverbender.com)
- Cottage Hills man charged in Alton Steel burglary (thetelegraph.com)
East Alton
- Alton, Illinois, upcoming events for Thursday and Friday (thetelegraph.com)
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