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Edwardsville High School Welcomes Senior Citizens to Connect with Students at Breakfast Event

2 days 2 hours ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Senior citizens connected with students at Edwardsville High School’s inaugural Senior Breakfast. On Friday, April 17, 2026, senior community members were invited to the high school for a free breakfast, where they also heard updates about the district and enjoyed orchestra and choir performances by students. Administrators expressed their gratitude for these community members and were eager to welcome them to the newly renovated high school. “It’s special,”

Ballots become battlegrounds for voting rules, redistricting, election power

2 days 2 hours ago
More than a third of state ballot measures that voters will be asked to consider this year relate to democracy, with questions on voting rights, election processes, redistricting and similar issues. “It’s the redistricting fights that are really getting heated after the Trump administration began pressuring Republican-led states to shore up the GOP majority in […]
Anna Claire Vollers

Pam Hupp murder trial gets postponed, new judge

2 days 3 hours ago
Hupp was going to stand trial in August on charges that she killed Betsy Faria, whose murder sparked local news investigations, podcasts, episodes on “Dateline” and a scripted NBC show.
By Dana Rieck and Ethan Colbert St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Jersey County Board Approves Recycling Partnership At Jerseyville Dump

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JERSEYVILLE – Residents across Jersey County will soon have access to the Jerseyville city dump site with newly added recycling services under a recently approved partnership between the city and county. Jersey County Board members unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the City of Jerseyville regarding recycling at their April 16, 2026 meeting. Vice Chairman Mark Wagner said the county will be responsible for the hauling of recyclables to the dump and associated costs,

Trump says he’s going after Medicaid fraud, but is mostly focusing on blue states

2 days 4 hours ago
The Trump administration is taking aim at what it calls rampant fraud in state Medicaid programs. But by focusing almost exclusively on Democratic-led states, it has handed ammunition to critics who say it mainly wants to embarrass its political enemies, not save taxpayer dollars. In announcing earlier this month that Vice President JD Vance would […]
Shalina Chatlani