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Schnucks customers, company give $112,000 to support the Urban League
Funds were raised through a “Round Up at the Register” in February Schnuck Markets Inc. and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (ULSTL) today announced that Schnucks customers and the company donated a total of $112,000 to support the Urban League through the fifth annual “Round Up at the Register” campaign in February. Customers donated…
Read MorePritzker wants Illinois to be latest state to ban cellphones in classroom
Limits already are in place in some Illinois school districts By BEN SZALINSKI [email protected] Capitol News Illinois Are cellphones a useful tool or a distraction in the classroom? According to Gov. JB Pritzker, they’re a distraction, and he has proposed banning them during classroom instruction. Pritzker proposed legislation during his State of the State speech…
Read MoreCurrent flag wins state flag redesign vote
Senator behind flag contest has no ‘preconceived notions’ about next Illinois flag By BRIDGETTE FOX Capitol News Illinois [email protected] The Illinois state flag may be around a lot longer, it turns out. About 43% of the 385,000 votes in an advisory state flag revision contest decided they’d prefer to resist change and keep the current…
Read MoreHoffman, Belt highlight state funds release for MetroLink extension to MidAmerica Airport
State Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea) and state Sen. Christopher Belt (D-Swansea) are highlighting the recent release of $31 million in state support toward the construction of the MetroLink light rail extension to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport. “This is needed investment that is supporting local jobs, strengthening our transit network and better positioning our region to…
Read MoreBudzinski leads 159 Congressional members on letter to President on USPS privatization
On March 10, 2025, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) led 159 members of Congress in a letter to President Trump expressing concern over his proposal to fire the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) Board of Governors and merge the Postal Service into the Department of Commerce. The members wrote: “Any attempts to privatize the Postal Service would…
Read MoreFormer office manager sentenced to 4+ years in prison for embezzlement, identity theft
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A district judge sentenced a Collinsville woman to 51 months’ imprisonment after she embezzled more than $158,000 and stole the identity of a coworker while employed by AMK Heating and Cooling in Edwardsville. Angela L. Cooper, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud,…
Read MoreO’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce to host National Civics Bee® local contest
The O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce, working with local educators, will host the local competition of the 2025 National Civics Bee®, an event designed to inspire middle school students to engage in civics and become informed community members. The competition will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 13 at The Hett at McKendree University…
Read MoreDurbin hosts call with rural Illinois hospitals on harms from proposed Medicaid cuts
Republicans have called for $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care for 3.4 million Illinoisans, including 1.5 million children On March 5, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) convened a call with the leadership of nine rural hospitals based in central and southern Illinois to discuss the impact of the potential $880…
Read MoreSpencer Homes announces Meridian Grove residential development in Glen Carbon
Spencer Homes LLC, a division of Spencer Building Companies, introduces Meridian Grove, its newest maintenance-free residential community in Madison County. Strategically located at Meridian and Auerbach Place roads—adjacent to Timberwolfe and Ginger Creek neighborhoods—Meridian Grove will be part of the recently unveiled Meridian Plaza in Glen Carbon. Infrastructure work will begin soon, with new…
Read MoreHSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Radiation Oncology Center offering free, at-home colon cancer tests March 15
Test anxiety is real – at school, work and especially at a clinic or hospital. During Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital wants to put community members at ease by giving away at-home screening tests while highlighting that colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the…
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