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Tigers' Guard Blakely Hockett Off To Good Start, Is A Johnston Law Firm Female Athlete Of Month

1 year 9 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Junior guard Blakely Hockett is off to a good start for the Edwardsville High girls basketball team in the new season, scoring well and playing good defense for the Tigers. Blakely is a Johnston Law Firm Female Athlete of Month for Edwardsville. "I think our team is getting better and better each game," Hockett said during a recent postgame interview. "It's just they outsized us, but I think we matched their energy really well. We came back and fought." Hockett has brought much positive energy and good defensive play for the team to get started, and also credited her defensive partner for her success on the year so far. "I'm bringing energy, playing defense, that's kind of what I do," Hockett said. "I love having Sophie Shapiro up there with me playing defense. I think we work well together." She continued and said: "I can't wait for our season to start in conference games," Hockett said. "I think we're going to do well this year, we're getting better and better,

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Nicole Blackketter Earns AMH December Employee Of Month Honor

1 year 9 months ago
ALTON - Nicole Blackketter of the Emergency Department is the Alton Memorial Hospital Employee of the Month for December. Nicole received the honor on Dec. 4 from ED manager Jeremy Brown, left, above, and AMH president Dave Braasch. The nomination from assistant ED manager Chantelle Smith says that “Nicole is the epitome of what it means to be caring and compassionate. She is always a joy with whom to work and receives numerous compliments from patients. Nicole is understanding and respectful to all patients with whom she comes into contact. Nicole is what BJC strives to represent for their communities - kind, compassionate and respectful. She encourages all staff she works with to go the extra mile with our patients.”

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Lunchtime Photo

1 year 9 months ago
Some farmhouses in front of a peak in the San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains. This picture was taken a few miles north of Pagosa Springs.
Kevin Drum

Man sentenced to 5-years in prison for child abduction

1 year 9 months ago
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. โ€“ Marcus Weekfall has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for breaking into an Illinois home, threatening the child's mother, and taking their child to St. Louis. Weekfall pleaded guilty to interstate extortion with a threat to injure. The incident occurred on May 28, 2022, when Weekfall entered the [...]
Joe Millitzer