EDWARDSVILLE – A section of Hillsboro Avenue east of downtown Edwardsville will be closed for several months for storm and sanitary sewer replacement, resurfacing and other improvements. The closure is scheduled to begin on Monday, January 8, but the work is dependent on weather conditions. The Hillsboro Avenue closure will run from North Buchanan Street to Illinois Route 157. The project will require a full closure from the vicinity of Hickory Street/Columbia Avenue to Bunn Avenue. The Hickory Street intersection will be accessible during the work. The rest of the impacted area – from North Buchanan to Hickory Street and from Bunn Avenue to Route 157 -- will be closed to through traffic only. Residents within the affected area will have access to their property. The project is expected to take about three months to complete. The City hired DMS Contracting Inc. of Mascoutah for the work, which will entail storm and sanitary sewer replacement, milling and resurfacing of
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has added a pair of eight-week classes to its Paralegal Studies program, starting this semester. According to Program Coordinator Becky Gockel, Elder Law and Electronic Discovery courses have been added to the Paralegal program on the advice of the Paralegal Unified Advisory Committee based on job demand and the growing need for specialized fields of expertise in the paralegal profession. “These classes have been added to the paralegal program in an effort to offer more options for areas of specialization,” she said. “These new courses do not change the requirements of the current Associate of Applied Science or Certificate of Proficiency. No prerequisites are required for either course, which makes them available to both students and members of the public. Elder Law (PLGL 180) will be offered during the first eight weeks of the semester, Jan. 16–March 8. The course focuses on key topics such
Last September, Opportunity Trust, a St. Louis nonprofit that aims to support education reform initiatives, was awarded $35.6 million in federal money to expand access to charter schools in Missouri. Since then, the nonprofit has beenquiet about how they plan to use this unprecedented amount of money to improve education.
SPRINGFIELD — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals in Illinois are pleased to announce the top names chosen for babies born at each hospital in 2023. HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon Top Boy Name Oliver Top Girl Name Amelia HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Breese Top Boy Name Wyatt Top Girl Name Ava HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield Top Boy Name Hudson Top Girl Name Aurora HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital, Effingham Top Boy Name Oliver Top Girl Name Harper HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield Top Boy Names Liam and Ryker (tied) Top Girl Name Eleanor These names were part of the over 4,400 babies delivered at these hospitals in 2023. The Women and Infant Centers at these HSHS Illinois hospitals in Springfield, O’Fallon, Effingham, Breese and Litchfield provide compassionate care for women and infants throughout pregnancy,
While Comcast’s streaming service Peacock has now reached 30 million subscribers, Comcast has been taking an absolute bath on the proposition. Comcast CEO Mike Cavanagh says the company lost nearly $3 billion dollars on the effort last year alone. The other streaming giants haven’t fared a whole lot better. Warner Bros Discovery, Disney, and Paramount all […]
GLEN CARBON - “Let it go, let it go, we can’t hold it back anymore…” You all know the song and are probably finishing the lyrics in your head as you read. It’s been ten years since the original release of the movie Frozen and it was an instant hit with kids around the world . The 2019 sequel once again brought the beloved princesses, Elsa and Anna, back into the spotlight with a new generation of kids . Now, as the world awaits the 2025 release of Frozen III, Goshen Theatre Project plans to bring the emotional bond between these two sisters to the stage in the musical adaptation of Frozen, Jr ! Performances will take place at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts (Lebanon, IL) with shows on January 19 and 20 at 7:00p.m and matinees on January 20 and 21 at 2:30 pm. These family - friendly shows are estimated to be about 90 minutes , which includes a 15 minute intermission . Tickets are selling fast with over half
More than 40% of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released by the Division of Cannabis Regulation Wednesday.
About half of those owners came from California, Michigan, Louisiana and Arizona collectively.
The microbusiness license program is meant to boost opportunities in the industry for businesses in disadvantaged communities, and it was part of the constitutional amendment…
Letter To The Editor: For Alton to solve its problems, we must involve the entire community, establish incentives for Broadway development, hire more police officers and make them more visible to counter crime. Alton needs a major push to rebuild neighborhoods and develop programs for our youth and seniors. We need commitments to bring jobs to Alton. Election day is fast approaching and as citizens our decision matters! It's time we vote into office a person who is willing to work hard at change for the city that will benefit the entire community. I write this community to make those comfortable with doing nothing feel uncomfortable. There must be a plan and the clock is running now.
Andrew Bailey is entering his second year in the office. He is facing a challenge by Will Scharf in the August Republican Primary. The general election could feature a race against Democrat Elad Gross.
Busch Stadium is hosting another massive concert this summer.
Billy Joel and Sting will bring their stadium tour to Bush Stadium on Friday, Sept. 27. Tickets will go on sale Friday, Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. at LiveNation.com and TicketMaster.com.
There will also be several presales including a Citi Bank presale on Jan. 8, a Verizon presale on Jan. 9 and multiple presales through the St. Louis Cardinals for season ticket holders and other VIPs.
The Cardinals made the announcement at a news conference…
The election-year fiscal agenda for Missouri lawmakers includes big ideas like eliminating the corporate income tax or sales taxes on groceries and targeted proposals like increasing a tax credit used by low-income seniors and the disabled. The stakes in those bills are hundreds of millions of dollars, much of it earmarked for public schools or […]
For its final show of the year, the Fabulous Fox Theater chose the family friendly hit musical Mrs. Doubtfire: The New Musical Comedy, a charming story that benefits from some smart script updates. The most memorable scenes from the 1993 movie seamlessly weave in and out of the songs, and the comedy shines, while the story is warm without going into much emotional depth.
Three Sixty is headed to Maryland Heights. The new lounge will open its second location atop the “gold tower” (111 West Port Plaza Drive, Maryland Heights; 360-stl.com/westport) in the Westport Plaza on Wednesday, January 31.
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