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How to Support Community Hope Center This Holiday Season

2 weeks 3 days ago
ALTON/COTTAGE HILLS - Community Hope Center has started a campaign to raise money for a major building project while finalizing their food and toy drives ahead of the holiday season. Christy, the executive director of Community Hope Center, said the center has just 44 days left to raise the $8,000 they need to reach their $100,000 goal. This money will go toward building repairs, including a new HVAC system, a new roof, and more. “It’s kind of one of those big projects that

Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete Of Month: Warriors' Harris Secures Top Spot In Many Area Cross Country Meets

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GRANITE CITY - Junior Landon Harris qualified for the IHSA Class 3A Cross Country Sectional after finishing 10th at the Belleville West Regional on Oct. 15, 2025, with a time of 15:17.60. The event took place in Belleville. Harris is a Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of the Month for the Warriors. Harris’s cross country season concluded at the Normal Community Sectional, where he finished 64th with a time of 16:07.0. Earlier in the season, Harris secured a victory at the Triad Cross

Missouri still among worst states for infant, maternal health as new Medicaid cuts loom

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Missouri babies and mothers continue to die at higher rates than the national average, a new March of Dimes report found.  Now, despite some statewide efforts to improve health outcomes, the threat of federal health care funding cuts could worsen the problem, health care professionals say. The annual Missouri “report card” published Monday by the […]
Anna Spoerre

Pete Hegseth Has Turned State Violence Into TikTok Content

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You know this is a spectacle, right? A show. That’s what it is. A performance for social media. With blood. Pete Hegseth just ordered the twenty-first strike on a suspected drug boat. Three more bodies. Another video posted to X showing a vessel bursting into flames. “Three male narco-terrorists” dead, the military announces. No trial. No evidence […]
Mike Brock

JZ Vacation Rentals in Maplewood to move to new location, and lease part of it

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JZ Vacation Rentals is moving from their current Maplewood location at 7185 Manchester Road to 7195 Manchester Road — the corner of Manchester and Bellevue. The new construction will be four new offices available to lease, and the rest of the building on the same level will also be available office space. JZ Vacation Rentals […]
Doug Miner

Midwest Members Credit Union Female Athletes Of Month: Coach Rob Milazzo Praises Roxana Golfers' Dedication and Perseverance

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ROXANA - Will Stevens of Roxana had several strong accomplishments for the boys' golf team in the 2025 season. He won the Cahokia Conference Tournament after a four-hole playoff at Governor’s Run in Carlyle, firing a one-over 73. The tournament concluded with Stevens securing the individual title. Myles Bertoletti also earned all-conference honors, carding a career-best 77 to finish seventh. Stevens and Bertoletti are Midwest Members Credit Union Male Athletes of the Month. Stevens,

Wood River, Maryville Police Charge Two With Driving Under Influence

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WOOD RIVER – Local authorities have charged two area residents with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs in separate felony cases. Steven Kelley, 51, of East Alton, was charged with a Class 4 felony count of aggravated driving while under the influence. Kelley allegedly drove a 1999 Dodge Dakota on Illinois Route 143 at Illinois Route 3 in Wood River while under the influence of alcohol on Sept. 9, 2025. Charging documents also state the vehicle he was driving was not covere

Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete Of The Month: Morgan Hayes Excels in Golf and Academics at Granite City

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GRANITE CITY — Morgan Hayes, a standout student and athlete at Granite City High School, has demonstrated dedication both on the golf course and in the classroom. Over the past two years, Hayes has been an active member of the school’s golf team, as well as participating in Renaissance, Spirit, and Varsity Club organizations. Hayes also earned an All Warrior Academic Award in recognition of her scholastic achievements. She is a Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete of the Month.

Trump’s FEMA council misses deadline for report on agency overhaul

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WASHINGTON — The review council that President Donald Trump tasked with overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency was supposed to release its recommendations before Monday but missed the deadline.  A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security declined to say when the report would be published, but wrote in a statement that it would “inform […]
Jennifer Shutt