WASHINGTON — Immigration attorneys Monday detailed the impact on their clients, some of them undocumented children, after the Trump administration last week halted Department of Justice programs that fund nonprofits that provide legal services to immigrants. Meanwhile, over the weekend, the federal government began moving in earnest on President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge of an […]
by Tom Finan, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Construction Forum At 7:26 PM on Monday January 20th I received a text from photographer Brad Arteaga, “My father just passed.” The thing is that — even as I write this for you a week after that message from his son — I can still hear Eldon Arteaga’s […]
At the Streets of St. Charles shopping mall, there are mountains of snow throughout the parking lots, the lingering aftereffect from the storms earlier in the month. The combination of high snow and ice totals and frigid temperatures has kept them around longer than most people like.
EDWARDSVILLE — Madison County is set to connect persons experiencing homelessness this week with services and goods. Madison County will hold its annual Project Homeless Connect event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, Jan. 31 at Riverbend Family Ministries, 144 E. Ferguson Ave, Wood River, which is the day after the county’s Point in Time Count. Madison County Homeless Services Coordinator David Kerr said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires local agencies to conduct a survey every year to determine the number of people experiencing homelessness in each jurisdiction throughout the country. The program counts the number of homeless persons — men, women and children — throughout the county and provides free services. The results from this annual Point in Time Count are also used to help determine grant funding for Community Development and local service providers. The Madison County Partnership to End Homelessness, which
WASHINGTON — Governors and state legislatures may have to bolster their natural disaster response and recovery efforts in the coming years as President Donald Trump looks for ways to shift the federal government’s role onto states. Trump, who proposed doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency altogether while on a tour of disaster scenes […]
GLEN CARBON – Glen Carbon trustees this week are set to consider a site plan for Dutch Bros Coffee. If approved, the latest Orchard Town Center tenant would make progress towards opening its first-ever Illinois location. On the agenda for Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, is the consideration and approval of a “Site Plan for Dutch Bros,” presented by Community Development Director Erika Heil and Trustee Nekisha Omotola. Heil stated the following in a memo to Mayor Bob Marcus and Village Administrator Jamie Bowden: “Dutch Bros is looking to invest in the Village,” Heil stated. “They would like to create a drive-up coffee and drink facility. No variances are being sought.” She added the project has been presented to and unanimously approved by the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission. The site plan itself includes a 950 square-foot, one-story building with a drive-thru facility. The new coffee spot would be located on Outparcel 12B in Orchard
GODFREY - St. Ambrose Catholic School will host an open house for prospective families to check out everything the parish has to offer. From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, students and families are invited to stop by St. Ambrose at 822 W. Homer Adams Parkway in Godfrey to meet the teachers and staff, hear about the school’s updated curriculum, and learn more about everything St. Ambrose does in the community. Principal Robert Baird shared that St. Ambrose aims to educate the whole child with a focus on faith, academics and extracurriculars. “We’re preparing people to be people, to be the best versions of themselves they can be, using the Lord and Savior as our example, Jesus Christ,” he said. “But then of course, preparing them for everything else, too. First and foremost, the academics, making them as strong and prepared for their high school and later college experience as they can be. That’s the focus and the mission of
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