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EDWARDSVILLE - When Sherry Rosenberger was diagnosed with MALT lymphoma right as the COVID-19 pandemic began, she vowed to make something good out of the bad. A few years later, her 16-year-old daughter has decided to follow her mother’s example. Sherry is in remission and has raised $50,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) since 2020. Her daughter Whitney hopes to do the same thing in just seven short weeks through the LLS Student Visionaries of the Year program. “I feel like I’m going to cry again. I’ve literally been crying every day because I am just amazed at not only our community, but that Whitney actually came to me at the end of last fall saying that she wanted to do this,” Sherry said. “It was very difficult for us to go through my cancer journey, especially during a pandemic. And at the end of my battle, the one thing I wanted to do was turn the bad into good…To see my daughter turn it around herself, too, and be able

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Charter schools would be able to tap into a $2 million fund, administered by the state treasurer.

Starting this week, Amazon Prime Video customers (who already pay $140 per year) will be charged $3 extra every month just to avoid ads that didn’t previously exist. Shifting toward ad-based tiers has been popular among streaming companies like Netflix, Max, Disney+, and Paramount. But whereas those services make a cheaper ad-based tier an opt-in […]

Sam Alton, full-time chief of staff to Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, has made more money working for several small municipalities than he has for the county.

GRAFTON - The Grafton Veteran’s Memorial Bronze Statutes have been officially ordered and it is described by those associated with the project as “a one-of-a-kind in the world.” The National Memorial of Military Ascent (NMMA) signed a contract with Carolina Bronze Sculpture of North Carolina for the creation and production of 12 life-size bronze statues in full World War II military gear. The statues will showcase soldiers with rifles, ladders, grappling hooks, radio backpacks, and stainless-steel ropes. The cost to secure the foundry’s production was $87,360.15. The foundry is scheduled to send its staff to Grafton for two weeks centered around the 80th Anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2024, to develop the scans of the soldiers to make the bronze figures. The 2nd Ranger Battalion of St. Louis Reenactors will provide authentic World War II uniforms, equipment, and models for the scanning process to make the bronze figures. NMMA Project Engineer of Carlton

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AC/DC is glad to be back in YouTube's billion views club. The rock legends' video for "Back in Black" has officially hit the milestone, making it the second AC/DC clip…

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EDWARDSVILLE - Three individuals have been charged with various forms of battery, including one individual additionally charged with robbery, in cities across Madison County according to recently filed court documents. Martina L. Thomas, 42, of Madison, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery by the Pontoon Beach Police Department. On Dec. 27, 2023, Thomas allegedly used a “deadly weapon, a knife, in that said defendant stabbed the victim about the chest and abdomen.” According to court documents, the attack caused great bodily harm to the victim, including “vital organ impairment requiring critical care.” A petition to deny Thomas’s pretrial release describes her as the individual who was “identified as the person who repeatedly stabbed the victim, causing internal injuries.” Thomas faces two Class 2 felonies, and court documents indicate she was remanded to jail until her initial court appearance. Joshua A. Warren, 28,

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One man is dead and another injured after a shooting in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood.

Missouri lawmakers are considering a handful of bills in both the House and Senate that would change the way the state measures school performance and accreditation. The House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee debated two bills Wednesday seeking to scrap systems developed by the state’s education department to assess schools. A Senate committee held a […]

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St. Louis Board of Aldermen committee advances redevelopment plan that protects residents while allowing eminent domain against Paul McKee.

EDWARDSVILLE - One man has been charged with burglary in an attempted storage unit theft which joins a list of various other thefts from businesses and individuals across Madison County in recent months, according to Madison County court documents. Mysti A. Maronie, 40, of Brighton, was charged with one count of retail theft over $300 on Jan. 3, 2024. Maronie allegedly stole over $300 worth of various merchandise from the Walmart on Godfrey Road in Godfrey, according to court documents. Maronie faces a Class 3 felony and was released upon her signature of a Conditions of Pretrial Release Order. Jason J. Thebeau, 49, of Granite City, was charged with burglary on Jan. 3, 2024 in a case presented by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. Court documents indicate Thebeau knowingly and without authority entered a storage unit located in the 3100 block of W. Chain of Rocks Road in Granite City with the intent to commit a theft. He faces a Class 2 felony and was released upon his

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Senzime, a global medical device company that specializes in neuromuscular treatment, is planning to move its US headquarters to St. Louis.