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McCarthy Announces New Training Campus Near Phoenix Airport

17 hours 27 minutes ago

McCarthy Building Companies, a national construction firm headquartered in St. Louis, has completed the purchase of a 12-acre property in Tempe, Arizona, near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, with plans to convert the site into a dedicated training and development campus. The site — previously a Doubletree by Hilton hotel and convention property — will […]

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Tom Finan

St. Anthony's New Rapid Diagnosis Clinic Speeds Up Cancer Test Results

17 hours 28 minutes ago
ALTON - Patients facing a cancer diagnosis no longer have to wait weeks or months to get results. OSF St. Anthony’s Health Center has launched its new Rapid Diagnosis Clinic through the Moeller Cancer Center. Two healthcare workers explained how the clinic works, when patients should utilize it, and the ways in which early detection can spare lives — and a lot of anxiety. “A rapid diagnosis clinic is exactly what the name is, trying to get you a diagnosis as rapidly

Belleville School District 201 Calls Off Concerns Over ICE Attendance at Event

17 hours 37 minutes ago
BELLEVILLE — Belleville Township High School District 201 officials addressed concerns Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, about reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence at district schools this week, following social media posts linked to a naturalization ceremony scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, at Belleville West High School. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2026, the Belleville School District 201 administration clarified that an earlier email sent

Belleville Sergeant Earns Award for Saving Child's Life

17 hours 46 minutes ago
BELLEVILLE — Sgt. Jacquelyn Laminack of the Belleville Police Department received the Life Saving Award at the 33rd Annual SILEC/SIPCA Awards Banquet last week for her prompt response to a medical emergency in July 2025. Sgt. Laminack was dispatched to assist a 10-year-old juvenile who was unresponsive and not breathing. The Belleville Police said Laminack was in the immediate area, and she arrived within 60 seconds of the 911 call. "Upon arrival, Sgt. Laminack retrieved

Helmkamp and Graycor Celebrate Topping Out Milestone at Wieland’s East Alton Expansion

17 hours 46 minutes ago

Helmkamp Construction Co., working with EPCM partner Graycor Construction Company, has completed a topping-out milestone at Wieland’s East Alton expansion, marking the placement of the final structural beam on a new manufacturing building along the Route 3 corridor. The topped-out structure is a 387,000-square-foot building that is part of Wieland’s multi-phase modernization and expansion program […]

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Tom Finan

Speak Its Name: Yes, This Is Naziism

17 hours 48 minutes ago
History never repeats exactly the same, which is how it can be hard to recognize when it is indeed repeating—too many little things may be different the second time around for subsequent events to be a perfect twin of the previous. But it’s the big things that often reappear in similar ways that are meaningful. […]
Cathy Gellis

Forest Park Forever Plans $3.2M Project to Spruce Up NW Entrance

17 hours 53 minutes ago

From St. Louis Public Radio: Many future visitors to Forest Park will enter through a revamped northwest entrance after Forest Park Forever completes $3.2 million in updates to the St. Louis landmark. The entrance at Skinker Boulevard and Lagoon Drive will feature a wider pedestrian walkway and a grand arch made of stone and steel. […]

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Dede Hance

Sister M. Mikela Meidl Named New OSF HealthCare President

17 hours 55 minutes ago
Sister M. Mikela Meidl, F.S.G.M., has been appointed president of OSF HealthCare. This transition will occur over several months as current president, Michelle Conger, prepares to become CEO upon Bob Sehring’s retirement in April. This will allow for a smooth and thoughtful shift in responsibilities, operational processes and governance structures. Sister M. Mikela brings nearly four decades of deep Mission commitment and broad leadership experience to her new role. She entered the Sisters

Study Reveals Persistent Rise in Heavy Drinking Post Pandemic

17 hours 59 minutes ago
While Dry January is coming to a close, the topic of drinking alcohol is still making headlines. Heavy drinking habits among adults that started during the COVID-19 pandemic haven’t slowed down, according to a study. The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine , found that alcohol use among adults ages 18 and older increased by 4% from 2018 to 2020, with heavy alcohol use increasing by a whopping 20%. Researchers say the increase continued in 2022. The pandemic caused plenty

Duckworth Votes Against Department of Homeland Security Funding Bill

18 hours 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As our nation continues to see Trump’s lawless federal agents repeatedly use excessive force and kill American citizens, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today voted against the government funding package that included the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill: “Alex Pretti was publicly executed while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted—just two weeks after Trump’s agents had already gunned down another citizen in Minneapolis.

US Senate poised to send House spending deal in race to avert partial shutdown

18 hours 14 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night to approve a government funding package after Democrats brokered a deal with the White House to strip out the full-year spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security.  That bill will be replaced by a two-week stopgap for programs run out of DHS, […]
Jennifer Shutt, Ariana Figueroa

Attorney General Raoul Condemns DOJ Threats Against Minnesota

18 hours 22 minutes ago
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today denounced the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest attempt to coerce the state of Minnesota. Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 other attorneys general, submitted a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, condemning the Trump administration’s effort to use the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Minnesota