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EDWARDSVILLE — Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7 has announced the appointments of Kalan Gott as special education coordinator and Caty Happe as curriculum coordinator. Both appointments were approved in March by the Board of Education. Gott replaces Lori Compton, who is retiring at the end of the school year following a 25-year career in District 7. Gott currently serves as an elementary instructional coach in the district’s curriculum department, where she works alongside

Approximately 400 new employees are on the job at Granite City Works after U.S. Steel restarted the facility’s Blast Furnace B.

As if we needed any more evidence showing just how deep and thoroughly corrupted the Trump administration is. It’s an endless cycle of self-serving actions, pushed forward by bigots, grifters, and loyalists who sold off what was left of their souls and spines when Trump took office. It’s an endless cycle of perverse self-involvement performed […]

On April 7, voters in the City of St. Louis will decide a single question: whether to continue the city’s earnings tax. It’s a straightforward item on the ballot, but the implications are not. To understand what’s at stake, I looked at the tax’s history, how it fits into the city’s finances, and what could […]

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As the United States of America marks its 250th anniversary this year, the relationship between the states and the federal government is approaching a breaking point. Led by a bellicose president, the executive branch has moved to dominate states, resulting in more than a year of escalating confrontations between the two levels of government. President […]

Traffic co-founder Dave Mason has released his first children’s book, Hole in My Shoe, a reimagining of his 1967 song, which he wrote when he was just 19 years old."'Hole In My…

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Florida-based Metrc has been paid $7.3 million to assist the state in managing a legal marijuana sales program

Charges have been filed against a Eureka, Missouri, man for a standoff in Shrewsbury over the weekend that ended with the man being shot by police.

The Gallinas own Take Root Hospitality, which also runs the nationally acclaimed Vicia in the Central West End and Winslow’s Table in University City.

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Pedestrian deaths fell 11% in early 2025 over the previous year, the largest drop since the Governors Highway Safety Association began reporting them 15 years ago, but remain higher than pre-pandemic levels in 2019.  It could be evidence that recent state action could be having an effect, ranging from new technology to protect pedestrians to […]

The bill would prohibit several government officials from trading on the outcomes of political events, policy decisions and other actions.

EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department announced it is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and more than 200 local law enforcement agencies to step up April enforcement efforts in recognition of Distracted Driving Awareness Month. “Distracted driving endangers everyone, and we need the community’s support to keep our streets safe,” said Lt. Matt Senci. “While most people know texting while driving is illegal,

Westbrooks, who will earn $275,000 annually, said he's excited to get to work.