CHICAGO – Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs marked National Dog Day on Wednesday by returning $28,000 in unclaimed property to PAWS Chicago. “PAWS Chicago does such a great job finding so many dogs and cats their forever homes, and it’s our job to reunite people with money that belongs to them through the I-CASH program,” Treasurer Frerichs said. “We are proud to team up with PAWS Chicago to put the money to good use helping connect people with pets.” “We
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 25 states, today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging its new rule that purports to authorize the USPS to regulate mail voting in elections. Raoul and the coalition argue the Postal Service’s rule risks disenfranchising voters and will prevent states from effectively administering their mail voting programs, putting voters at risk of being disenfranchised. “The right to vote
ALTON - State Senator Erica Harriss (56th-Glen Carbon) has secured $95,000 in state funding for the City of Alton to support road improvements and new equipment for the Alton Police Department. “Roads and public safety are basic services our communities depend on every day,” said Senator Harriss. “I am proud to bring these dollars back to Alton and help the city move forward with these projects.” Of the funding, $75,000 will support two road improvement projects in Alton
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday ordered Justin Baldoni and the studio behind It Ends With Us to pay Blake Lively nearly $400,000 in attorneys' fees.The decision comes…
EDWARDSVILLE- Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7’s Preschool for All program has earned the Gold Circle of Quality, the highest rating awarded through ExceleRate Illinois, the state’s quality recognition and improvement system for early learning programs. The Gold Circle of Quality recognizes early learning programs that meet or exceed high standards across multiple areas, including learning environments, instructional quality, staff qualifications, professional development
EDWARDSVILLE – Edwardsville High School is ranked No. 115 among 984 Illinois high schools in the 2026-27 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings. The school also ranks No. 25 among high schools in the St. Louis metropolitan area, making Edwardsville High School the highest-ranked school on the Illinois side of the metro area. Nationally, Edwardsville High School is ranked No. 2,817. U.S. News & World Report rankings are based on factors including student performance on state-require
A new federal report shows the electric grid across much of the country is strained, requiring thousands of miles of new power lines and billions of dollars in investments. The National Transmission Needs Study shows that approximately 4,000 miles of powerlines will need to be replaced each year for the next few decades. The federal […]
Actress Busy Philipps says she's "grateful to be alive" after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor.In an exclusive interview with People, the Freaks and Geeks actress shared how the…
This Day in Music History: Aug. 27 On Aug. 27, 1965, the two biggest forces in popular music met privately at Elvis Presley’s Bel Air home: Elvis and the Beatles. The gathering was not a concert, a recording session or a publicity event. It was a guarded meeting between the performer who helped make rock ’n’ roll a mass phenomenon in the 1950s and the Liverpool group that had become its global standard-bearer a decade later. Its importance lies in that handoff of eras. The
On August 27, one of the most consequential events in world history took place in 1928, when the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris. The agreement brought together many of the world’s major powers in a formal promise to renounce war as a tool of national policy. At the time, it reflected the deep desire for peace after the destruction of World War I. Although it did not prevent future conflicts, it still mattered in a lasting way: it helped shape the idea that aggressive war should
On Thursday, the park announced in a social media post its official rebrand. It shared a video of a sign with the new name being installed at the park’s entrance.
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