🌱 Basketball: Boys 8th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Lewis and Clark (Home) and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Basketball: Boys 8th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Lewis and Clark (Home) at Roxana Junior High School
• Basketball: Girls JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home) at Roxana High School
• Girls Basketball at Roxana (JV & V) at Roxana High School

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Periods of sun, with a high of 49 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: Rain, then a shower, temps: high: 53, low: 20.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and colder, with a high of 34 and low of 31 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Alton

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Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Boys 8th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Lewis and Clark (Home)
  Roxana Junior High School , JH Gymnasium
  4:30 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  6:00 pm
• Girls Basketball at Roxana (JV & V)
  Roxana High School , 323 Chaffer Ave , Roxana
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls Varsity Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Wrestling: Varsity Invitational vs Mascoutah (Away)
  Mascoutah High School
  4:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Freshman Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  5:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Boys Varsity Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  7:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Wrestling: Varsity JV Match vs Multiple Schools vs. Triad (Away)
  Triad High School
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Basketball: Boys 8th Game vs Roxana Junior High School vs. Lewis and Clark (Home)
  Roxana Junior High School , JH Gymnasium
  4:30 pm
• Girls Basketball at Roxana (JV & V)
  Roxana High School , 323 Chaffer Ave , Roxana
  6:00 pm
• Basketball: Girls JV Game vs East Alton-Wood River (Home)
  Roxana High School , Larry Milazzo Gymnasium
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Bell American Group, LLC posted a job opening for Team Member in East Alton. Apply here.
• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Cart Attendant in Wood River. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near East Alton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Wood River

• Two O'Fallon Veterans Gifted 'Unsung Warrior Quilts' (riverbender.com)
• Home Repair, Wire Fraud Among Madison County Theft Cases (riverbender.com)
• Phillips 66 Budgets $2.4B for 2026 (rigzone.com)

Alton

• Alton Builds Early Lead and Maintains Control Throughout Game (riverbender.com)
• These Are the Weirdest Museums in Illinois You Have to See (khmoradio.com)
• Shurtleff College performs Handel's 'Messiah' in Alton, Dec. 1941 (thetelegraph.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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