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On this day in 1917
One of the worst racial massacres in U.S. history ended after three days in East St. Louis, Illinois. After Black workers were given jobs in a factory that received government contracts, White workers began stabbing, beating and killing them. As many as a 100 or more were killed, hundreds more were injured, and 6,000 were driven from their homes.
SIUE School Of Business Names New Dean; Mario Hayek, PhD, To Lead Business School’s Continued Global Impact
EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville welcomes incoming Dean of the School of Business, Mario Hayek, PhD. Hayek, an entrepreneur, accomplished professor, and administrator, assumed his responsibilities on July 1, 2024. “I am deeply honored to join Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as the Dean of the School of Business," said...
GCSD9 Launches New Mobile App
GRANITE CITY - Granite City Community Unit School District #9 is excited to announced the launch of a new mobile app, designed by current website provider Finalsite. Sign in to hide this notification. Get The Latest News!. Don't miss our top stories and need-to-know news everyday in your inbox. The...
Woody settles in to new job
Earlier this year long-time Wood River Park and Rec Director Jason Woody announced he was leaving for another job in the next town over. A little more than four months into his new role as City Administrator for the Village of Roxana, he says things are progressing nicely. Woody tells...
The World’s Largest Catsup Bottle to welcome the Giant Idaho potato
The World's Largest Catsup Bottle in Collinsville, Illinois is hosting the Giant Idaho Potato on July 6, as part of the Famous Idaho Potato Tour, which also includes stops at Schnucks and the America's Birthday Parade in Downtown St. Louis.
St. Louis area residents could face water and electricity rate hikes
Water and electricity rates for St. Louis -area residents could simultaneously increase, resulting in higher customer bills, after the area’s biggest water and power monopolies filed for nine-figure revenue increases in recent days. The back-to-back moves from. Missouri American Water. and. Ameren. come after each utility had rate increases...
As the push for reparations grows, a national group works for redress on local levels
St. Louis is one of many cities across the country with task forces studying and developing reparations plans for Black Americans. These appointed commissions are helping people better understand how systemic and institutional structures that historians and scholars say caused Black communities to decline and played a pivotal role in destroying the generational wealth of African Americans.
'You know what, it's just time to go,' Longtime Fox 2 News Anchor Elliott Davis discusses retirement after more than 45 years
Longtime Fox 2 News Anchor Elliott Davis is retiring in August. He joined KMOX’s Total Information A.M. to discuss his retirement and looks back some notable ‘You Paid For It’ stories.
Former St. Louis Fed Pres. Bullard: Fed can worry 'mostly about inflation' not job market
Jim Bullard, former St. Louis Fed president and dean of Purdue University business school, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss his takeaways from Tuesday's ECB forum on Central Banking and more.
John Deere Continues with Layoffs Across Midwest in Illinois & Iowa
So far this year over 1,000 workers in Iowa have lost their jobs at John Deere; that includes the recent announcement of layoffs coming to Davenport on August 30th of 211 workers and the 99 being released from the Dubuque plant on the same date. John Deere, a leading manufacturer...
Indiana and Illinois Arby’s Locations Affected by Franchisee Bankruptcy
After filing for bankruptcy, a small Arby's franchisee is selling some locations and closing others. Miracle Restaurant Group LLC, a company based out of Louisiana has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Miracle owns 25 Arby's locations in Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. This isn't Miracle Restaurant Group's first Chapter 11 filing according to Nation's Restaurant News,
Flood Warning issued July 2 at 10:28AM CDT until July 10 at 6:00AM CDT by NWS St Louis MO
…The National Weather Service in St Louis MO has issued a Flood. Missouri River near Chamois. Missouri River at Hermann. Cuivre River at Old Monroe. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast. precipitation for the next 24 hours. * WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE…Missouri River at...
State officials, Army Corps of Engineers agree on $1.15B project to block invasive carp in the Great Lakes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan and Illinois along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have reached an agreement on dealing with Asian carp. The plan will open funding for the Brandon Road Lock and Dam project near Joliet, Illinois to complete the first phase of the work to keep the invasive fish from Lake Michigan.
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