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Ascension selling 9 Illinois hospitals to California-based Prime Healthcare
Ascension is selling nine of its Illinois hospitals — more than half of its hospitals in the state — to a large, California-based health system, it announced Thursday. Ascension plans to sell the hospitals, along with four of its post-acute and senior living facilities, to Prime Healthcare. Neither Prime nor Ascension disclosed the sale price Thursday. The hospitals slated to be sold to Prime ...
Trap Shooter RJ Gropp wins State Title
Moves on to the Champion of Champions championship held in Sparta, Illinois. Berlin trap shooter RJ Gropp wins the Wisconsin Singles Championship for his category (Junior, ages 15-18) hitting 198 of 200 clay targets and will again represent the State of Wisconsin for the fourth time in the last 5 years in the Champion of Champions Event at the World Trapshooting Championships held at The Amateur Trap Shooting Association (ATA) Grand American World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, IL.
Man seriously injured after argument leads to hit-and-run in Fenton
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Charges were issued after a post-argument hit-and-run left a man with serious injuries Wednesday. Jake Robinson, 19 years of age, of the 2400 block of Glen Place in Granite City, Illinois, was charged Thursday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in physical injuries. Robinson is currently held without bond.
Man charged with murder in deadly north St. Louis County gas station shooting
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A Metro East man was charged Thursday with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a north St. Louis County gas station earlier this week. Unice Hobby IV, a 25-year-old Belleville man, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection with the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Dennis Cooperwood on Monday.
When 2 Illinois Men Got Lost in the Woods – Something Found Them
It was supposed to be a date with two girls they had met, but for two Illinois men it became something completely different and terrifying. After they became lost in the woods trying to locate the home of the ladies, something found them, but it wasn't what they were hoping for.
Freedom Alliance leader addresses issues with energy sources
(The Center Square) – Concerns are being raised as solar energy facilities displace Midwestern farmland. The Institute for Energy Research reports that the target for solar operations is increasingly in the Midwest, where government subsidies allow solar companies to pay more to rent land than the farmers feeding the nation. Myke Luebbers of the Illinois Freedom Alliance said there were more green areas in Southern California before solar farms were...
Photos Show a Bear is Now Touring Southern Illinois Golf Courses
If you're planning to golf in Illinois soon especially in the southern part of the state, you might want to know that a predator might be watching. Many photos show there's a bear currently touring southern Illinois golf courses. I saw CBS in Chicago share this interesting story about a...
You’re Being Watched – FBI Warns Missouri About New ATM Attacks
Sometimes it feels like you need eyes in the back of your head to be safe doing anything with money anymore. That's true in regards to a new warning from the FBI to Missouri residents about new attacks at ATM's. Yahoo News shared the word from the FBI about an...
Belleville man arrested in murder case
A Belleville man’s been arrested for a July 8th killing outside a gas station in north Saint Louis County. Police say prosecutors charged 25-year-old Unice Hobby the fourth on Tuesday, without him being in custody. Hobby is now jailed in Illinois, after his arrest Wednesday. Police say Hobby’s accused...
‘She was such a light to us.’ St. Louisans remember media veteran Tammie Holland
Tammie Holland, a proud St. Louis native and beloved media veteran, died July 20, three years after receiving a cancer diagnosis. She was 53 years old. As friends, family and fans reflect on Holland’s impact on the region, the word “light” is written in various posts mourning her death. Holland is remembered for her warm demeanor and ability to make everyone feel seen and welcomed.
Pesticides as big a cancer risk as smoking; study identifies risk in PA counties
(The Hill) – Pesticides may cause cancer on a level equivalent to smoking cigarettes, a new study has found. The widespread use of pesticides may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional cancer cases in major corn-producing states like Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio — even for Americans who don’t work on farms, according to findings published Thursday in […]
Midwest paddling royalty competes in 340-mile race with broken wrist
IRONTON, Mo. — Diane McHenry, an Ironton County woman, is one of the 473 kayakers who set out to complete the 19th Annual Missouri American Water MR340 race on Tuesday. The 68-year-old is competing through another obstacle: her broken wrist. Diane is kayaking from Kansas City to St. Charles....
Starting quarterback up in the air as Southern Illinois prepares for camp
Former Southern Illinois quarterback and assistant coach Nick Hill took over heading coaching duties at his alma mater in 2016. (Photo by SIUSalukis.com) The quarterback position will look quite differently at Southern Illinois this fall. Nic Baker, SIU’s all-time leading passer, saw his career come to an end with an...
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