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Greta Deist Has Great SWISA Meet, Is A Spencer Homes Female Athlete Of Month For Edwardsville

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EDWARDSVILLE - Greta Deist had an excellent meet at the 62nd Southwestern Illinois Swimming Association Championships on July 21, 2024, at the Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center at Edwardsville High School. Deist was a part of the Sunset Hills girls 13-14 200-yard medley relay team, which came in second at 2:11.22, then won the 100-yard individual medley at 1:06.71, and also won the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:15.75, then took her third consecutive event in the 100-yard backstroke, having a time of 1:05.00. She finished her day as a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team, who came in fourth at 2:05.57. Greta is a Spencer Homes Female Athlete of the Month for Edwardsville. All in all, it was a very good day for Deist, and in an interview after her winning 100-yard backstroke race, she expressed her happiness and satisfaction with her results. Deist also rated her overall performance as solid, but the most important part to her was being able to swim and compete with her friends, which

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BW Design Group Adds Former Velta Technology Talent to Bolster Expertise in Industrial Cybersecurity

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BW Design Group, one of the largest system integrators in the U.S., announces that former employees of Velta Technology, a leading provider of digital safety and cybersecurity solutions, have joined the firm. Already a leader in digital transformation and cybersecurity for the food and beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology markets, the addition of […]
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Metro Air

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The Metro Air Support Unit is celebrating 20 years of protecting both citizens and law enforcement. It was in early 2004 that the STL County Police Chief, the STL Metropolitan Police Chief, and the St.Charles County Sheriff joined forces to create the Metro Air Support Unit, which now consists five police helicopters that work to…

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Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration’s enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. The rule is to take effect on Aug. 1. A federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement in six additional states, bringing…

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UAW ends strike at Lear plant after reaching tentative deal

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Autoworkers at the Lear Corp. seating assembly plant in Wentzville ended their strike Thursday, days after they walked off the job over health and safety concerns as well as pay demands. UAW Local 282 President Bill Hugebeck said the union reached a tentative deal with Lear and workers returned to the assembly line Thursday morning. Hugebeck said the terms of the deal would be released at a later time. Lear is responsible for making seats for several cars, including for the General Motors plant…
Sam Clancy

VP Harris tells teachers union she’s ‘fighting for the future,’ blasts Project 2025

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Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely 2024 Democratic presidential nominee — outlined on Thursday some of her “vision of the future” while touting the administration’s education record in her keynote address to the American Federation of Teachers national convention in Houston. Harris has quickly drawn the support of major unions like the AFT in […]
Shauneen Miranda

Missouri court blocks updated Title IX protections for LGBTQ students

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A federal judge in St. Louis on Wednesday halted implementation of a Biden administration rule that extends protections for LGBTQ students, adding to the number of U.S. courts that have issued similar orders. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel of the Eastern District of Missouri came in a lawsuit filed on May […]
Sonny Albarado