WOOD RIVER — Bringing national-level 911 training closer to home is opening new opportunities for emergency communications professionals across Madison County. The National Emergency Number Association, or NENA, held a Conflict Management course on Wednesday in Collinsville, bringing together representatives from all seven Madison County public safety answering points, or PSAPs, along with 911 professionals from Southern Illinois and other downstate counties. Emergency Telephone System
GLEN CARBON - Hawthorne Animal Hospital at 5 Cougar Drive, Glen Carbon, will stop accepting new emergency patients overnight beginning Sept. 1, 2026, directing pet owners with emergencies between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. to a nearby 24-hour emergency facility, the hospital announced, citing nationwide veterinary staffing challenges, particularly in overnight emergency care. The hospital said its phone lines will remain staffed overnight to help clients determine the appropriate next step.
ALTON - The RiverBend Growth Association will host their annual LeadHERship Seminar to connect and empower local women. From 12:30–4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, community members are invited to Enjoy Church in Alton for an afternoon of speakers and activities. The goal, as explained by RiverBend Growth Association leaders Stefanie Withers and Debbie Hagen, is to bring women together and raise up the community through personal and professional development. “It is designed
GLEN CARBON – The process of selecting a new Glen Carbon Village Administrator has officially begun. The Aug. 25, 2026 Village Board meeting also served as a “kickoff meeting” between trustees and Mark Peterson of MGT Impact Solutions LLC. Peterson previously said the meeting would serve to determine what qualities and qualifications the village is looking for in its next village administrator. Jamie Bowden announced last month he would be retiring as Glen Carbon’s villag
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – Nine Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Scott Composite Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, trained in general aviation at the Saint Louis Regional Airport, East Alton, Illinois, on Saturday, 22 August and Sunday, 23 August 2026. Civil Air Patrol was on site conducting cadet orientation flights in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing, fixed-wing plane manufactured by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The Civil Air Patrol cadet orientation
It can be a little hard to believe it’s back-to-school season already. And while there are still some long, relaxed days of summer ahead, it’s also that time when families begin to plan for the coming school year. School clothes and notebooks are just around the corner. And there can be a lot going on for everyone during this transition. There’s a return to the familiar routines of the school day, but there’s also much that can be different — whether it’s
ST. LOUIS - It'll heat up through the weekend and into next week, with some of the hottest temperatures we’ve seen so far this year. However, humidity will remain lower than during our previous “heat waves,” so heat index values won’t get too high. We can expect highs near or just shy of 90 on [...]
Columnist Bill McClellan writes: I have great respect for class clowns, and I felt a certain pride when Sen. Eric Schmitt played class clown at a Senate hearing.
Kansas City leaders can seem contemptuous of the voters they answer to. The Royals stadium deal, pushed through without a public vote, is the latest example. That hostility goes back more than a decade — and former Mayor Sly James’ recent column is the latest reminder. James begins an Aug. 23 essay by chastising those […]
In many Illinois counties, cops even prosecutors helped federal immigration agents route people into the deportation despite a state law intended to prevent such collaboration.
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