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Animals Aglow

1 hour 45 minutes ago

Walk around the Saint Louis Zoo at twilight amidst the luminous glow of all new towering lanterns depicting animals, plants and traditional Chinese elements. You’re sure to enjoy this celebration […]

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Myranda Levins

$10,000 Grant Supports LC's Growing Avionics Program

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GODFREY – The Avionics program at Lewis and Clark Community College has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. Tom Steinmann, Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math at LC, said this funding will help provide new resources for students enrolled in the program. “This money has already been used to purchase additional hands-on flight instrument equipment for students, such as altimeters, vertical speed indicators and magnetometers,”

Next eCycling Event at LC Set for May 1-2, 2026

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GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College and CJD E-Cycling will host a community e-Waste event from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2, 2026, in the Tolle Lane parking lot across from the college’s Godfrey Campus. Most items will be accepted for free, providing community members with a secure, Earth-friendly option for discarding used electronics. The following is a sampling of the items that will be accepted: Servers Switches, PC towers Printers Landline

Governor JB Pritzker's Clean and Equitable Jobs Act Lowers Energy Bills for Illinoisans

2 hours 5 minutes ago
CHICAGO – Illinois families are seeing relief from sky-high energy costs, thanks to Governor JB Pritzker’s landmark Clean and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) . Capitol News Illinois reported that CEJA has put $1.8B back into the pockets of ComEd customers across the state. And in the coming months, additional relief will chop off an average of $19 from Illinoisans’ monthly energy bills. In 2021, Gov. Pritzker’s CEJA legislation was aimed at creating jobs, sustaining Illinois’

Republicans Block Duckworth & Senate Democrats' War Powers Resolution, Once Again Voting to Continue Trump's Unjustified, Unpopular and Costly Iran Wa

2 hours 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the seventh week of Donald Trump’s unjustified and illegal Iran war, U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Andy Kim (D-NJ) forced a vote on Senator Duckworth’s War Powers Resolution that would have immediately withdrawn American forces fro

IDPH Issues Updated Sport Fish Consumption Advisories

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued its annual update of advisories related to the consumption of sport fish caught in Illinois waterways. Fish are tested statewide by the Illinois Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and methylmercury. Results are used to issue advisories which detail how frequently fish from various waterways can be eaten without posing a health risk.

Attorney General Raoul Announces $773 Million Agreement-in-Principle With Albertsons For Its Role In Opioid Epidemic

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced a national settlement in principle with Albertsons that, once final, would require the grocery chain to pay more than $773 million to address its role in the opioid crisis. In addition to the financial terms, a final settlement remains contingent on agreement on critical business practice changes. To date, national investigations and litigation against the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis have led to more than $5

War As A Pretext: Gulf States Are Tightening The Screws On Speech—Again

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War does not only reshape borders. It also reshapes what can be seen, said, and remembered.  When governments invoke “misinformation” during wartime, they often mean something simpler: speech they do not control. Since the escalation of conflict between the United States, Israel, Iran, and related spillover attacks in the Gulf, several governments have intensified efforts to silence […]
Jillian York

Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athlete Of Month: Freshman Sydney Timpe Has Fabulous Game Against Explorers

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PIASA — Southwestern freshman pitcher Sydney Timpe delivered a dominant complete-game performance Saturday, April 11, 2026, striking out 14 batters and allowing three hits as Southwestern beat Marquette Catholic 16-2 at Gordon Moore Park. Timpe, an Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athlete of the Month for Southwestern, was credited with the win after going the distance in the circle. Timpe’s head coach, Amanda Edwards, said the freshman has made an immediate impact