GRANITE CITY – 1st MidAmerica Credit Union announced its three recipients of the Granite City Community Unit School District #9 Teacher Grants for the 2025 Fall Semester at the February 24, 2026 GCSD9 School Board Meeting. 1st MidAmerica Credit Union Business Development Representative Martha Morse presented each honoree with a $250 grant. Below is a list of the three honorees and how the $250 grant will be used: Jessica Farris - Prather Elementary School Novel for all class reading
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs today unveiled nearly $200,000 in Charitable Trust grants to 10 small nonprofits that help people stay in their homes and get job training. In Wood River, Riverbend Family Ministries will receive $20,000 from the grants. “The Charitable Trust program has been a transformative support for our work with families facing housing instability in Madison County,” said Rachel Craddick, executive director of Riverbend Family Ministries
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Christopher Belt introduced a new measure to increase access to life-saving mental health resources and strengthen suicide prevention efforts across the state. “What we’re doing is expanding suicide prevention education across the entire state,” said Belt (D-Swansea). “These are meaningful steps to address mental health proactively and compassionately.” Belt’s measure would require numerous public buildings across
EAST ALTON - East Alton students learned about unity through several Black History Month activities. On Feb. 25, 2026, the Black History Month celebrations concluded with an assembly at East Alton Middle School, where choir members sang songs and students performed a step routine. Fifth grade students at Eastwood Elementary completed a live museum project, and students across the district were encouraged to enter a poster contest. Angela Gray, the school social worker, and Karinsa Moline,
WILDWOOD, Mo. - The combination of low relative humidity, gusty winds, and dry vegetation on the ground made Friday especially dangerous when it came to the brush fire risk. “Today is all about awareness. We just want people to be aware that these conditions are right for these types of fires. And to just know [...]
We have a weak cold front that has dipped into the region and stalled overhead. This will create a bit of a temperature range for this afternoon from the upper 50s north to the low 70s south. Highs in St. Louis will likely hit the mid 60s. Localized elevated fire weather conditions are also possible [...]
Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]
JEFFERSON CITY — The House Education Committee is considering a bill that would bring driver’s education back to Missouri public schools at the elementary and secondary education levels. Rep. Rodger Reedy, R-Windsor, sponsor of House Bill 2195, told the committee at a hearing on Wednesday that he aims to allow public schools to integrate driver […]
If you polled Missourians, you would be hard-pressed to find someone who enjoys paying taxes, regardless of political affiliation. Yet most Missourians recognize that some services are essential — things like roads, schools, and programs that support independence, self-sufficiency and community health. These services provide stability not just for individuals, but for entire communities. The […]
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes on Iran after weeks of threats from President Trump, who called for regime change in Tehran and warned of American casualties in a video posted online shortly after the attacks began. "A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran," Trump [...]
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