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Goshen Market to Host Customer Appreciation Day with Deals and Fun

3 months 1 week ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Organizers for the Land of Goshen Community Market encourage community members to join them for Customer Appreciation Day. From 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, the Goshen Market will have special deals and gifts available to showcase their appreciation for the customers who sustain the market every year. Ann Herrington, the market’s executive director, expressed her excitement for another great week and a chance to honor their customers. “Come on out and be appreciated,” Herrington said. “It's such an amazing group effort that we pull this together every week and that people show up and love it. We’re really grateful to be a staple in the Edwardsville community.” The first 50 customers who stop at the market’s info booth on Saturday will receive a $5 voucher. This voucher is good for any item at the market. Attendees can also enter a drawing for the chance to win a Goshen Market tote bag. There will be min

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Duckworth Demands Sec. Collins Protect Veterans & Veteran Care by Blocking ICE From Stealing VA Resources as It Invades American Cities

3 months 1 week ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is demanding that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins block his agency’s plans to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use part of Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital in Chicago’s property as the agency carries out Trump’s extreme immigration plans, which would jeopardize our Veterans’ access to the timely, high-quality care they earned through their service. In her letter to Secretary Collins, Duckworth detailed how redirecting VA resources away from the Department’s sacred mission of providing our heroes with the best care possible and toward the Trump Administration’s politically motivated invasion of the Chicagoland area would be disastrous for the thousands of Veterans who rely on Hines for their health care. “As a Hines patient myself, I have experienced the consequences of the limitations of the Hines VA Hospital parking

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What to know about the congressional redistricting trend kick-started by Trump

3 months 1 week ago
President Donald Trump’s call to redraw U.S. House districts before the 2026 elections has led to a wave of political maneuvering among state-level Republicans and Democrats. Texas Republicans were the first to take up redistricting intended to help their party win more seats. Then came Democratic-led California and Republican-led Missouri. More states could be following, including Republican-led Indiana. Redistricting typically occurs once a decade, after each census. The current mid-decade redistricting is being driven partly by the close political margins in Congress. Democrats need to gain just three seats in next year's elections to take control of the House from Republicans.
DAVID A. LIEB

Grafton Benefit to Help Local Parents After Two-Month-Old's Unexpected Passing

3 months 1 week ago
GRAFTON - The community can support a local family after the passing of their two-month-old son. Colden Joseph Charles Wellhausen, born in June, passed unexpectedly in August 2025. From 6–10 p.m. on Oct. 4, 2025, at Hawg Pit in Grafton, community members can enjoy food, live music, raffle baskets, and more while raising money for Colden’s parents so they can take the time they need to grieve. “Everything was just so perfect, and it was ripped away from them so suddenly,” said Sunshine Lee, Colden’s grandmother. “It’s not going to comfort them in any way, and it can’t make peace for them, but it can maybe make it a little bit easier to be at home and be with their little girl, who is struggling right now with losing her little brother.” Lee explained that Colden’s parents — Paige and Blake — are selfless, hard-working people who just bought their first house. Colden was a “miracle,” their “rainbow

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NTSB releases final report on 2023 Illinois HAZMAT disaster

3 months 1 week ago
TEUTOPOLIS, Ill. (WCIA) -- Just weeks before the second anniversary of a deadly HAZMAT disaster in Teutopolis, the National Transportation Safety Board released on Tuesday its final report on the disaster. The 27-page report, provided to WCIA by the Effingham County Coroner's Office, details the events of Sept. 29-30, 2023, and provides information about the [...]
Will Simmons