EDWARDSVILLE - Glen-Ed Pantry has officially begun site preparation for the construction of its new permanent home, marking a significant milestone in the organization’s capital campaign and its long-term commitment to serving individuals and families facing food insecurity throughout the Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7. Following the successful completion of early fundraising goals, the organization has finalized site preparation and infrastructure work, allowing construction
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that James Scherer, a 32-year-old Fairview Heights man, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of dissemination of child sexual abuse material, part of Raoul’s ongoing work with federal and local law enforcement to apprehend offenders who download and trade such material online. Scherer was sentenced by St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Jeffery Watson. The two convictions are
The Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville celebrated 39 graduates of its program Friday, March 6 as a part of the CLI Graduation celebration. Developed by the SIUE Schools of Business and Engineering, the CLI provides the knowledge, skills and strategies that individuals and companies need in today’s challenging construction industry. Program […]
From St. Louis Public Radio: As East-West Gateway Council of Governments Executive Director Jim Wild remembers it, members of the organization’s board agreed at a meeting last June that the region needed to align its efforts across almost every sector. The bi-state forum’s board consists of regional leaders like St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer and […]
Editor’s Note: The following article from Baker Tilly, a national advisory, tax and accounting firm, is written by Neal Richardson, former president and executive director of the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) and a former member of the Construction Forum Board of Directors. Richardson now serves as a director in Baker Tilly’s Development and Community […]
We have met the enemy and he is us. When a teenage boy in Orlando started texting Character.AI’s chatbot, it started as an innocent use of a new tool. Sewell Setzer III customized the chatbot to have the Game of Thrones-inspired persona of Daenerys Targaryen, the series’ prominent dragon-riding queen. In the months that followed, […]
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A man was charged with first-degree property damage, second-degree burglary and stealing after breaking into a car dealership in St. Louis County and attempting to steal key fobs and other items.
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A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the Missouri House Tuesday. The bill needs another vote in the House before it heads to the Senate. If it wins approval there, it would go […]
A Wentzville man has been charged in connection to the burglary of a smoke shop in Troy last week, in which more than $6,000 worth of products were taken.
Boston founder Tom Scholz has paid tribute to the band’s late singer Tommy DeCarlo, who passed away Monday at age 60 after being diagnosed with brain cancer last September.“Everyone who…
Thousands of low-income people living with HIV could be losing drug coverage as states impose limitations on HIV assistance programs amid constrained budgets — raising alarms over consistent access to lifesaving medications. Many factors are putting budget constraints on state programs, including federal funding — which has remained flat for years and hasn’t been adjusted […]
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans during a Tuesday hearing laid the groundwork for legislation that would prevent state and local governments from making decisions on whether to limit cooperation with the federal government on immigration enforcement. Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham of South Carolina argued that sanctuary cities — a term used by critics — […]
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