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Century 21 has opened a new office at 8 Eagle Center in O’Fallon. “Century 21 Bailey & Co. is excited to extend its presence to the O’Fallon area,” said broker/owner Tina Besserman. “This expansion will enable us to introduce area consumers to its array of real estate services including specialty-market programs such as the Century…

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, Hank Rohwedder, Hank’s Excavation & Landscaping Inc., Belleville, is the new president of the Southern Illinois Builders Association. Other officers for 2020 are:  First Vice President – Jeff Limbaugh, Limbaugh Construction Co., Inc., Granite City, Illinois; Second Vice President – Scott Plocher, Plocher Construction Co. Inc., Highland, Illinois; and Secretary/Treasurer –…

Phillip Kambic, president and CEO, Riverside Healthcare, leads 2020 board The Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) is pleased to announce its newly elected 2020 Board of Trustees. Board officers serve a one-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2020. Chair: Phillip Kambic, president and CEO, Riverside Healthcare Chair-Elect: Karen Teitelbaum, president and CEO, Sinai Health System Past Chair: Mary…

HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland continues to expand its Medical Staff and advanced practice providers to meet the health-care needs of area residents, both now and in the future. St. Joseph’s Hospital has seen growth in the patients served in the emergency department and Prime Care clinic, thus the increase in emergency medicine providers to…

Paul E.H. Rademacher has joined the law firm of Hassakis & Hassakis P.C. in Mount Vernon. His practice concentrates in representing injured plaintiffs/petitioners in the areas of personal injury, medical negligence, and worker’s compensation. He practices before Illinois and Missouri in state and federal courts and before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. Rademacher graduated from…

The Southern Illinois Builders Association has awarded 18 scholarships. Awardees are: Richard Boyer, III, Swansea; Blake Branz, O’Fallon, Ill.; Andrew Dant, Highland; Noah Feldott, Belleville; Victoria Gravot, Smithton, Dylan Hites, O’Fallon; Josie Hogue, Maryville; Arianna Kampwerth, Highland; Evan Wade Kieffer, Mount Carmel; Jason Koerkenmeier, St. Rose; Caden Lansford, Farmington, Ill.; Jackson Moore, Centralia; Damian Pohlman,…

The O’Fallon-Shiloh Chamber of Commerce joined chamber member Family Eye Care of O’Fallon as it celebrated the opening of a new location at 735 Insight Ave. in O’Fallon. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Dec. 3. Family Eye Care has provided eye health and vision care to O’Fallon and the surrounding communities for more than…

­­GODFREY – Students in the Lewis and Clark Community College Automotive Technology program have been given another resource to advance their education with the donation of a 2015 Ford Focus. In cooperation with Roberts Motors of Alton, Marcus Hicks, a regional technical talent placement specialist with the Ford Motor Company, worked to secure the car donation…

At the Agency for Community Transit Board of Directors meeting Tuesday morning, longtime Executive Director Jerry Kane, the founder and architect of the MCT Trails, announced that he is stepping down from this role as well as his position as Managing Director of Madison County Transit effective Dec. 31, 2019, and transitioning to a part-time…

Scott Credit Union is finalizing plans to open a branch in Lebanon in the spring of 2020. The credit union, with headquarters in Edwardsville, will open a full-service location at 101 E. Schuetz St. (Illinois Route 4). The newest SCU location, which was a former bank building, is 3,840 square feet and features a traditional…