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ALTON — Ellie Williams, a standout student-athlete and community volunteer at Marquette Catholic High School, graduated this spring after four years on the girls' soccer team and a distinguished academic record. Williams, who posted a 4.720 GPA and earned 24 dual credit hours during her time at Marquette Catholic, was actively involved in several extracurricular activities. She was a member of the National Honor Society, Breast Cancer Awareness Club, and Student Council. Additionally, she held a leadership role as Captain of the St. Mary Community, part of the school’s Community and House System. A third-generation Marquette Catholic student, Williams previously attended St. Mary's School in Alton. She is the daughter of Jennifer Williams and the late Milt Williams, a 1983 graduate of Marquette Catholic. Williams plans to continue her education at Indiana University, where she intends to major in business administration.

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From Dodge Construction Network: The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI), issued by Dodge Construction Network, grew 6.8% in June to 225.1 (2000=100) from the downwardly revised May reading of 210.9. Over the month, commercial planning grew 7.3% while institutional planning improved 5.7%. “Nonresidential planning steadily improved in June, alongside strength in warehouse, recreational, and data center […]

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From ABC: Construction input prices increased 0.2% in June compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.3% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 2.1% higher than a year ago, while […]

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EquipmentShare, a leading technology-driven equipment rental and solutions provider in the United States, announced today that it has officially moved its state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas, effective June 30, 2025. The decision reflects the company’s long-term growth strategy and its commitment to aligning its operations with the regions where it is most involved […]

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The bills would limit the school's exclusive authority to grant certain research doctorates and professional degrees.

The American Subcontractors Association (ASA) Midwest Council recently elected its officers and board of directors to lead the organization. Mr. Matt Tucker with Affton Fabricating & Welding Co., Inc. was elected as the 2025-26-chapter president. Tucker succeeds Mr. Ryan Spell, Precision Analysis, Inc. Tucker will serve a one-year term as president, which began July 1 […]

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The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking the voter registration lists of several states — representing data on millions of Americans — and other election information ahead of the 2026 midterms, raising fears about how the Trump administration plans to use the information. The DOJ is also demanding Colorado turn over all records related to […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday. The condition is “benign and common” for people above age 70, U.S. Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, the president’s physician, wrote in a memo regarding the president’s health. The 79-year-old president underwent a “comprehensive examination, including diagnostic vascular studies,” […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Simmons Hanly Conroy , one of the nation's largest mass torts firms and a national leader in the legal representation of mesothelioma patients and their families, is pleased to announce that the firm’s San Francisco-based partners Deborah Rosenthal and Jennifer Alesio have been selected to the Northern California Super Lawyers 2025 edition. Rosenthal is a member of the firm’s Asbestos & Mesothelioma, Environmental Litigation, Personal Injury and Sexual Abuse Litigation practice groups. Over her 25 years in practice, she has helped secure substantial, multi-million-dollar results for victims suffering from mesothelioma and other diseases caused by toxic exposures including asbestos, property owners suffering nuisance conditions, maritime workers, and survivors of sexual violence. Her verdicts and settlements have been against defective product manufacturers, oil and shipping companies, telecom carriers, and other institutional and individual

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From Tech Crunch: Bedrock Robotics, an autonomous vehicle technology startup founded by veterans of Waymo and Segment, has been operating quietly for more than a year. Now, it’s breaking cover with an $80 million funding round from investors Eclipse and 8VC. Bedrock Robotics is focused on developing a self-driving kit that can be retrofitted to […]

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From REjournals: Albion Residential closed on its construction loan for Albion West End, the company’s first development in the St. Louis market. Financed by Pacific Life Insurance Company, the loan enables construction to begin immediately on the 30-story luxury residential tower, with completion expected in Spring 2027. Albion Residential has partnered with leading design-build firm […]

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GRANITE CITY - Alex Jones is a swimmer in the 11-12 boys age group for Paddlers Swim Club in Granite City, and on June 23, 2025, during the Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association relays meet at Paddlers, he swam well to help the Pirates finish fourth in the team standings with 111 points. He was a part of the Paddlers' 200-meter medley team that finished third, and also swam on the 150-meter breaststroke relay team that was disqualified, the 150-meter backstroke team that finished second, and the 150-meter butterfly team that placed fourth, He also swam the 50-meter leg on the 250-meter Crescendo Freestyle relay team that finished fourth at the end of the meet. In an interview conducted between his races, Jones felt he was swimming well against Montclaire Swim Club in a dual meet. "We were second in one of our races, and yeah, I think we're doing pretty well," Jones said. He agreed that he was having fun as well, which is the biggest point of the summer swimming season, and

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Officers were called to a shooting in the 2100 block of Territory Court just after 2 p.m., St. Louis County police said.

Local election officials across the country fear the loss of federal support for election security, according to a new survey. Sixty percent of local election officials expressed some level of concern, a survey by the Brennan Center for Justice found. The center, a left-leaning pro-democracy institute, surveyed 858 officials between mid-April and mid-May. The concern […]

The Savannah Bananas, the wildly entertaining baseball team that's anything but ordinary, are finally making their long-awaited St. Louis debut this weekend.

On Thursday, Demand Progress and Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) filed an ethics complaint against Edward L. Artau, a Florida judge who was nominated by President Donald Trump to a federal district court after delivering a favorable ruling for Trump in his defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Board. The ethics complaint asks the D.C. Court of Appeals and the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission to investigate Artau for potentially breaking rules requiring judges to recuse themselves to avoid conflicts of interest, remain impartial, avoid impropriety, and avoid giving false statements.

Politico reported that Artau, who sought for Trump to nominate him shortly after the president won the 2024 presidential election, later ruled in Trump’s favor as part of a panel of state appellate judges deciding whether to allow the president’s lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board to move forward. After joining a favorable panel ruling for Trump, and after going out of his way to write a gratuitous solo concurrence praising the lawsuit’s claims on the merits, Artau was nominated to be a judge on South Florida’s U.S. trial court. Artau later gave an incomplete and misleading testimony about these events to the Senate Judiciary Committee while under oath.

“A federal judge’s goal should be upholding the law and the American people’s confidence in the judiciary, not delivering whatever the president wants so that they can get a job,” said Emily Peterson-Cassin, director of corporate power at Demand Progress. “Judge Ed Artau’s behind-closed-doors jockeying for his nomination, his failure to recuse himself from the Pulitzer lawsuit and his misleading testimony to the Senate all raise bright red flags that need to be investigated.”

Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, said: “Judges should be safeguarding us against President Trump’s frivolous attacks on the free press, the First Amendment and the rule of law. Instead, Judge Artau seems eager to facilitate Trump’s unconstitutional antics in exchange for a job. That’s far from the level of integrity that the Rules of Professional Conduct demand. Attorney disciplinary commissions need to rise to this moment and not tolerate ethical violations that impact not only individuals before the court but our entire democracy.”

Read the Complaint here or below.

The event was held in resistance to the Trump administration.