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Mehlville Panthers football aims to break old habits in new season
This season will be about breaking habits for the Mehlville Panthers football squad. Kurt Heinemann’s squad finished 0-10 in 2023 and will be looking to right the ship and prevent a repeat this fall. “We have to be cognizant of sliding back into old habits,” Heinemann said. “The kids...
STL area high school football kicks off with referee shortage
The excitement of Friday night lights returned to the St. Louis area this weekend as high school football teams kicked off their season. Some organizations providing referees to area games wish they had more officials.
IHSA Girls flag football season begins
BELLEVILLE, IL – One of Illinois’s fastest growing sports is beginning it’s inaugural season as an Illinois High School Association (IHSA) recognized sport. As the season kicks off, IHSA reports 170 teams have joined in. The teams do have a two-week drop window if they weren’t able to garner enough players but IHSA doesn’t anticipate that with the growth they’ve seen.
Scrimmage against Triad breaks tradition
The EHS tradition of a football orange and black scrimmage has been swapped out this year for a scrimmage against Triad, leaving some players and students with mixed feelings. The excitement from the EHS student section can be electric, especially when they are playing another team. “I feel that the...
Belleville special needs teacher awarded $500 for dedication
Aaron McCoy, a special needs teacher at Menta Academy in Belleville, was awarded $500 from Weber Chevrolet for his patience and caring treatment of his students, as well as his dedication to his own son who was born with a syndrome requiring hands-on attention.
NAACP St. Louis adds Special School District to literacy crisis complaint
The St. Louis NAACP has amended a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, adding the Special School District of St. Louis County to a list of local districts they identify as experiencing a literacy crisis among African-American children.
CHS Senior Brion Brown is District's 24-25 Student School Board Member
At their August regular monthly meeting, the Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 Board of Education approved and welcomed Collinsville High School senior Brion Brown as the district's student school board member for the 2024-25 school year. The CUSD 10 student school board member is a non-voting, student voice on...
Housing makes changes to dorm move-in this semester to help ease lines, congestion around elevators
Columbia’s Housing and Residential Experience office changed the way students moved into the dorms this semester in an effort to reduce congestion around the doors and elevators. The office spread out the time slots for assigned move-ins to reduce the number of students and families trying to move in...
From Virtual Graduation to Lasting Legacy: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of Pharmacy (SOP) Class of 2020's Enduring Gift
EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS (August 29, 2024) — When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted their long-awaited graduation plans, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy (SOP) Class of 2020 did not just adapt — they innovated. Forced to move their commencement to a virtual platform, these resilient graduates turned their disappointment into an enduring legacy by creating the School of Pharmacy Scholarship.
Columbia kicks off school year with annual Convocation for new students
Student turnout for the New Student Convocation exceeded staff expectations on Friday, Aug. 30. A half hour into the annual event, security ran out of entry wristbands and had to hand out wristbands from Manifest as a replacement. Students stood in long lines for lunch and to get into the...
Recipients of 2024 Dave Rieger Golf Scholarship Announced
EDWARDSVILLE — The Edwardsville Community Foundation recently announced that Paige Stoelzle of Father McGivney Catholic High School and Kolton Wright of Edwardsville High School are the 2024 recipients of the Dave Rieger Golf Scholarship. Stoelzle and Wright will each receive a $2,500 scholarship. The Dave Rieger Golf Scholarship was...
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