ALTON — The Korte Company early next year will begin building a two-story, 42,166-square-foot addition to the Medical Office Building ‘B’ on the Alton Memorial Hospital campus. The construction will take place on an existing parking lot and is expected to be completed within the year. The Korte Company, founded in 1958, is headquartered in…

  FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — Construction-management firm IMPACT Strategies recently completed two major building construction projects for Ameren Illinois. The firm built a regional operations center located at 1505 East University Drive in Macomb. The 40,000-square-foot pre-engineered metal building was built to accommodate local Ameren Illinois gas and electric crews. In Decatur, the company built a…

  EDWARDSVILLE — Midwest litigation firm HeplerBroom LLC has been ranked nationally as a 2017 Tier 1 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers. Firms included in the list are recognized for professional excellence, with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. The firm is also included in the Tier…

  BELLEVILLE — Some 260 people gathered at the Regency Conference Center in O’Fallon this month to celebrate the annual Elizabethan Gala Fundraiser, which brought in more than $160,000 to benefit HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The traditional fall event featured an evening of fellowship and fundraising accompanied by dinner and music. The highlight of the…

  A 1967 photograph features the Plumb-Bob, a sculpture that became an iconic piece of SIUE history.   For almost half a century, it has been suspended in the atrium of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Morris University Center’s Goshen Lounge, subtly moving with the flow of air and watching over gathering students, events and celebrations.…

  EDWARDSVILLE — The Friends of the Wildey Theatre will present the annual “White Christmas” Sing-Along at the historic theater in downtown Edwardsville on Saturday, Dec. 17. The Friends of the Wildey will host two showings of this 1954 classic film (2 p.m. and 7 p.m.) on Dec. 17. Guests will have the opportunity to…

  CHICAGO – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $4 million to the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center to help develop and grow regional partnerships between workforce agencies, education and training providers and employers in manufacturing. The funding is provided through DOL’s H-1B America’s Promise Grants, which are funded…

  EAST ALTON — United Way’s 27th annual Community Christmas donation drive is underway with dozens of participating businesses, churches, schools and organizations participating throughout the RiverBend area. The program, presented by United Way and The Telegraph, is collecting items through Dec. 14 for local people in need this holiday season. To locate a donation…

  The CBAI Foundation for Community Banking announces its 2017 Annual Scholarship Program, which enables Illinois high-school seniors to enter a statewide essay-writing contest. The goal of the program, sponsored by CBAI member banks and thrifts, is to increase public awareness of community banks and their contributions. This year, the 31st year of the program,…

  As the St. Louis Green Business Challenge winds down for 2016, several area municipalities are celebrating their successes as participants in the GBC’s Green Cities Challenge, with the hopes that other municipalities will follow their examples. Having kicked off last spring following a 2015 pilot program, the Green Cities Challenge gave St. Louis area…