O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Debbie Arell-Martinez holds the Seven Seals Award, presented by the Illinois Committee of Employer Support of The Guard and Reserve. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an office of the U.S. Department of Defense, recently presented the Seven Seals Award to O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce for meritorious leadership…

An interior image of St. John Bosco Children’s Center, where the virtual therapy system will be used. Belleville-based Caritas Family Solutions’ has received a $25,000 grant from the Tracy Family Foundation to purchase and install a virtual reality therapy system at St. John Bosco Children’s Center, a residential treatment facility for children who have experienced…

Wiegmann Associates has completed work on Amazon’s new distribution facility in Missouri. The new, $15 million Amazon Distribution Center is located in the Aviator Business Park in Hazelwood. Wiegmann Associates was the installing mechanical contractor and Kadean Construction was the general contractor. Richard L. Bowen & Associates Inc. was the architect. Wiegmann Associates furnished and installed all…

1st MidAmerica Credit Union will award five $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors in May. Applications are available at any 1st MidAmerica Credit Union branch location, in area high school guidance departments, or online at www.1stMidAmerica.org. Applications are due Wednesday, March 31. At least 57 area youth have benefited from the 1st MidAmerica Credit…

Chief Judge William A. Mudge announced Friday that attorneys Angela P. Donohoo and Ronald S. Motil were elected to fill the associate judge vacancies in the 3rd Judicial Circuit. These associate judge vacancies were created by the election of Associate Judge Stephen A. Stobbs to the Circuit Court and the resignation of Associate Judge John…

McKendree University’s Division of Nursing has pledged its support to accelerate the engagement of nursing schools in efforts to vaccinate the public against the COVID-19 virus. A new national campaign launched by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) elevates academic nursing’s role in administering the COVID-19 vaccine. “Since the earliest days of the…

GODFREY – The Commons at Lewis and Clark Community College on Tuesday was transformed into a multi-station COVID-19 vaccine clinic, serving as many as 120 health-care students and staff. The clinic, managed in partnership with the Madison County Health Department, was staffed by LCCC nursing students. Vaccines were given to health sciences faculty and students, as…