MidAmerica St. Louis Airport saw the smallest decline in summer passengers of any airport in the country.  From June 1 to Aug. 31, the Transportation Security Administration screened 40,590 departing passengers.  Passengers were down just 31 percent from the same period in 2019.  It was the smallest drop of any of the 389 airports in…

Construction is underway on a new mixed-use development in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood, just north of Forest Park in St. Louis, Mo., bringing residential living and new retail to the area. An official groundbreaking ceremony was held for Expo at Forest Park on Oct. 27 to kick off the $90 million project. “Expo at Forest Park…

The city of Edwardsville, home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, is ranked among the nation’s top 15 safest college towns by Safewise in its fifth annual 2020 Safest College Towns list. Ranked 13th nationally, Edwardsville was No. 3 in Illinois and ranked ahead of all Missouri college towns. Lisle, home to Benedictine University, was tops…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor Randy Pembrook presented his annual State of the University Address via Zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Acknowledging 2020’s unpredictability, Pembrook updated the campus community on numerous successes and praised faculty, staff and students’ resiliency amid the two difficult ongoing issues of the coronavirus pandemic and systemic racism. “Thank you to…

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday joined the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Illinois Community College Board  and industry leaders in announcing a first-of-its-kind program to expand manufacturing training opportunities for Illinois residents. Through a $15 million Notice of Funding Opportunity released today, Illinois will establish two new innovative Manufacturing Trainings Academies that…

U.S News and World Report has announced Memorial Care Center is again named as High Performing for Short-Term Rehabilitation. This is the 11th consecutive year that MCC has received a top ranking from U.S. News and World Report. MCC was ranked among more than 15,000 facilities in the country and only 21 percent of U.S.…

Busey Bank associates recently built and installed 15 Little Free Libraries across communities the bank serves—including at Busey’s Downtown Edwardsville branch at 330 Vandalia St. and in Granite City at 3502 Maryville Road. Built to promote connection and literacy, the Little Free Libraries are available to community members interested in increasing access to books for…