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St. Louis hospital's permanent closure confirmed, license surrendered

5 months 2 weeks ago
A St. Louis hospital's suspected permanent closure was confirmed by the state's health agency Tuesday morning. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services told KSDK on Tuesday morning that the Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital's Board of Directors voluntarily surrendered its hospital license. DHSS spokesperson Lisa Cox confirmed the license surrendering means the hospital is officially closed. The hospital, NorthSide Regeneration's small North City hospital, had opened in January 2024…
Hunter Bassler and Justina Coronel

Jefferson County Eyes “Tiny Home” Development

5 months 2 weeks ago
From Leader Publications:  Father and daughter duo Justin and Joanna Bondurant want to bring a new, affordable housing style to Jefferson County. They hope to build 22 tiny cottage-style homes, ranging from 400-800 square feet, on approximately 2.7 acres off Miller Road just outside Arnold. The development would be called Scenic View Cottage Community. The […]
Rachel Finan

College Trustees Award Almost $900,000 in Construction Contracts

5 months 2 weeks ago
From Leader Publications:  Jefferson College officials have agreed to spend nearly $900,000 on two construction projects at its Hillsboro campus. For one of the projects, an addition will be built at the new veterinary technology building, which opened Jan. 20. The other project calls for renovations to space inside the Career & Technical Education building, […]
Rachel Finan

Wood River Township Supervisor Retiring From Position To Focus On Career As Madison County Treasurer

5 months 2 weeks ago
EDWARDSVILLE — Mike Babcock is preparing his next steps as he gets ready to step down from his role as Wood River Township supervisor — a position he’s held the past 16 years. “I had no idea when I first ran for office that I would still be serving,” Babcock said. “I am thankful to the voters of Wood River Township who entrusted me to serve as their supervisor for all these years.” After Babcock was appointed as Madison County Treasurer in 2024, he made the decision not to seek re-election as supervisor. His term will end on May 19. Although state statute doesn’t deem holding concurrent offices as a conflict, Babcock felt it was time to retire as a part-time supervisor and focus on his new job as the county’s full-time treasurer. Babcock looks back on the job he’s done as supervisor and is proud of being a good financial steward of taxpayer funds. As supervisor, and with the boards help, he cut the budget by 15 percent

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EPA Revisiting Dozens of Climate, Environment Rules in ‘Day of Deregulation’

5 months 2 weeks ago
From Waste Dive:  The U.S. EPA announced 31 actions taken across the agency on Wednesday, potentially clearing away or limiting rules that affect the permitting and operation of thousands of industrial facilities across the country, including waste and recycling facilities. In a release published Wednesday, EPA said the proposed changes would “roll back trillions in regulatory costs.” […]
Rachel Finan

St. Anthony's Offers New Support Group for Community Members in Their Twenties

5 months 2 weeks ago
ALTON - OSF St. Anthony’s Hospital has a new group for community members in their twenties who could use some extra support. The twentysomethings group meets from 3:30–4:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the Psychological Services Department at St. Anthony’s. This therapy group talks about socialization, life transitions, social anxiety and other challenges that folks in their twenties experience. “Really, we talk about anything from managing finances to resume-building, what kind of jobs are you interested in, how to make friends, difficulties with depression due to isolation and not making friends or socializing much,” explained Rachel, LCPC, who oversees the group. “The thing about this group is a lot of folks will be graduating from high school or college, and they’ve had that routine set for them for so many years. Now it’s gone, so what do they do? Now what?” Rachel said that the group accepts up to ten people. They discuss

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