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SIUE Athletics Internship Program Open for 2024-25 School Year
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE Athletics is excited to announce that the internship program is open for the 2024-2025 sport seasons! An internship in SIUE Cougars Athletics provides a fun and high-energy environment where you will learn and apply what goes on behind the scenes in a NCAA Division I game day.
Renovations for CUSD 10 facilities to take place beginning this summer
COLLINSVILLE — During the regular Board of Education meeting for the Collinsville Community Unit School District 10, Board members approved all items on the agenda including renovations, contract agreements. On July 15, CUSD 10 held their monthly district school board meeting where staff advocated for the approval of several...
FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing soon to be with new ownership
Accel Entertainment, Inc. has announced the purchase of Fairmount Park with future plans of expanding. Fairmount Holdings, Inc., owner of FanDuel Sportsbook and Horse Racing, and Accel agreed to a contract valued at approximately $35 million, according to a spokesperson for Accel. Accel is one of the nation’s leading distributed...
Alton Post 126 teams with tournament action over the weekend
-0- Alton Post 126 won the District 22 Senior Legion tournament title yesterday (SUN). Alton and Highland Post 439 split a pair of games at the legion tourney Sunday and now both teams advance to the 5th Division tournament later this week. Alton (15-17) will be hosting that 5th Division tourney at the Bethalto Sports Complex.
Experience personalized cosmetic care at MidAmerica Plastic Surgery & Medical Spa
SPONSORED – With an eye for aesthetics and a perfectionist at heart, Dr. Ryan Diederich promises personalized plastic surgery and botox options at MidAmerica. Located in southern Illinois and only a 15-minute drive from St. Louis, MidAmerica specializes in a variety of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. 4955 S State...
Nursing home workers rally for better wages, safer working conditions
St. Louis – Workers rallied last week at informational pickets outside three area nursing homes operated by Luxor Healthcare to demand owners bargain in good faith for living wages and safe working conditions. The workers, represented by SEIU Healthcare, rallied July 9 to demand a path to $25 an...
Parkway School District begins final high school security upgrade
The Parkway School District has been working over the past few years to provide more secure entrances at schools. Officials held a groundbreaking at Parkway North High School Monday morning, the last high school in the district to receive the upgrades.
St. Clair County Pursues State, Federal Disaster Declarations
BELLEVILLE — The St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency announced on Sunday, July 21, 2024, that it has received 1,800 damage assessments following the flash flooding that occurred on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. St. Clair County Chairman Mark Kern described the flash flooding incident as “a countywide event.”
Students Dive into Construction Trades with Expert Guidance In Belleville Area
BELLEVILLE — This week, the Southern Illinois Construction Advancement Program and Southern Illinois Builders Association are providing local students with a firsthand look at various construction trades through a series of educational visits in the Belleville area. St. Clair County Chairman Mike Kern announced that the Explorer Post of...
Here's when the sunflower field opens at Eckert's
BELLEVILLE, Ill. — The sunflowers are back at Eckert's Farm in Belleville. Starting Thursday, July 25, guests can visit the 2-acre sunflower field and cut their own flowers to take home, according to a release from Eckert's. The field will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays until Aug. 4.
Nearly 500 kayaks, canoes paddle from Kaw Point to St. Charles for annual MR340 river race
— The 19th annual Missouri American Water MR340 race kicked off from Kaw Point Park Tuesday morning. The race consists of more than 650 paddlers in kayaks, canoes and other nonmotorized boats. Paddlers spend four days on the Missouri River, traveling 340 miles from Kansas City to St. Charles. “The...
St. Louis All Local AM: Judge vacates Christopher Dunn's murder conviction
Christopher Dunn’s 1990 murder conviction vacated but Attorney General wants him in prison, triple shooting in Ferguson, GM Wentzville plant stalled, Bell-Bush-Carnahan weigh in on Kamala Harris, Wash U migraine study, Lake Saint Louis downtown plan
Smoke from western wildfires drifts into the Midwest
ST. LOUIS — Smoke from several wildfires burning in the western United States and Canada is now drifting in across the Midwest. Meteorologist Angela Hutti says that it is very high up in the atmosphere, giving us an almost eerie look to the sky. It is also giving us a vibrant sunrise, with an orange […]
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