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GODFREY – Illinois State Representative Amy Elik will be the keynote speaker at Lewis and Clark Community College’s Adult Education high school graduation, formerly GED ® graduation, on June 8. Elik sponsored the bill that recognizes a general education degree (GED ® ) as a State of Illinois High School Diploma. It went into law Jan. 1 of this year. Her sponsorship earned her recognition from the Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) for not only helping to erase the stigma of a high school equivalency diploma versus a high school diploma, but also reducing the cost of exams for adult education students. For these reasons, L&C Associate Dean of Adult Education Valorie Harris said Elik is the perfect speaker for this event. “The change inspires our students to succeed knowing their achievement will be recognized and valued by employers and colleges, regardless of the path they took to earn their diploma,” she said. This year’s student speake

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GRANITE CITY - Seniors Lauryn Fenoglio and Eric Stratton of Granite City High School were selected as Granite City Elks Lodge #1063 Students of the Month for May. The Elks Student of the Month Program is designed to recognize outstanding young men and women for achievements in school and community life-fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school, club and community service, industry and farming. Nominees are judged on multiple achievements including leadership skills, good moral character, community involvement, extracurricular activities, honors and award and scholastic ability. Each student receives a $100 U.S. savings bond and an Elks certificate of achievement. LAURYN FENOGLIO Four-year member of cross-country and track and field team and three-year member of Marching Warriors ... Girls on the Run volunteer ... ILMEA All-District 1st chair ... ILMEA All-State Honors Band .. Marching Warriors John Phillip Sousa Award ... Four-time all-county in Track and three-time all-county

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CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Illinois and 41 other states negotiated a bipartisan nationwide $102.5 million settlement with Indivior Inc., a global pharmaceutical company and the maker of Suboxone, a prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction. Under the settlement , the state of Illinois is expected to receive approximately $2.9 million. In 2016, Illinois and the coalition states filed a complaint against Indivior with the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging the company used illegal means to switch the Suboxone market from tablets to film while attempting to destroy the market for tablets to preserve its drug monopoly. Suboxone is a brand name prescription drug used to treat heroin and other opioid addictions by easing addiction cravings. “Our settlement with Indivior comes at a crucial time when too many people continue to battle addiction to opioids and need medications to treat opioid addiction,” Raoul said

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St. Louis police say two suspects used a chain to break into an ATM at a south city bank before dawn Monday.

Adjusted for inflation, new manufacturing orders for consumer goods fell another 0.5% in April, continuing a decline that began a year ago: Since June of 2022, new orders for consumer goods have declined nearly 10%. New orders for all manufactured goods have declined 5%.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced the Wear Orange Resolution , which supports the designation of June 2 nd , 2023, as “National Gun Violence Awareness Day” and June 2023 as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.” The resolution has over 100 original cosponsors in the House of Representatives. Each year, more than 43,000 people in the United States are killed, and 76,000 are injured by gun violence. June 2 nd is the birthday of Chicago teen Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot and killed in a Chicago park in 2013, just days after performing in the parade for President Obama’s second inauguration. This tragic event has moved us to designate the first Friday in June as a time to recognize Hadiya nationally. This resolution marks June 2 nd , 2023, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in her honor.

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The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is distributing free emergency contraception by request at its three permanent health centers.
The emergency contraception kits contain Plan B (levonorgestrel), which can be used by women to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex or after other birth control methods fail.

From Building Design+Construction:  Michael Kennedy, Jr. and Gyasi Haynes of KAI Enterprises, St. Louis, describe their firm’s effort to create a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion—and how their own experiences as black men in the design and construction industry shaped that initiative. Source.  

CARROLLTON - Commander Jon Baker and eleven of his fellow American Legionnaires from Eldred Post 1135, were busy making Memorial Day memories on May 29, 2023. The eleven other veterans were Mike Brannan, Jon Davis, Bob Lake, Michael Lake, David Lehr, John McClintock, Rod Portwood, Jim Rabe, Gary Ruyle, Bob Shannon and Steve Talley. Their day started at 9 AM in the Eldred Memorial Gardens Cemetery with presentation of colors, a 21-gun salute and an address about the meaning of Memorial Day by Pastor Don Carpenter of the Eldred Baptist Church. The ceremony ended with the playing of Taps and dismissal. The group then boarded their Honor Guard bus and headed for Carrollton, where they set up at 10 AM with a review on the Public Library yard, presented another 21-gun salute, and placed a Memorial Day wreath in front of a number of American Flags on the lawn. Following this presentation and dismissal, eight members crossed the road and made their way to the Veterans Freedom Walkway, a projec

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Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park once again bursts to life with audiences gathering over picnic baskets and enjoying a free, professional production by the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival. A summer staple since the early 2000s, this year’s play, Twelfth Night, gets a vibrant, contemporary interpretation under the direction of Lisa Portes that ripples with life as bold style and infectious music accompany the Bard’s delightful romantic comedy.

The virtual Jerry Garcia Archive Museum, which will provide a digital library of historical information about the late Grateful Dead star, is set to open June 7, and the occasion will be celebrated in the…

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The St. Louis County Department of Public Health is distributing free emergency contraception by request at its three permanent health centers.

In the fall of 2016, the Connecticut Department of Children and Families began using a predictive analytics tool that promised to help identify kids in imminent danger. The tool used more than two dozen data points to compare open cases in Connecticut’s system against previous welfare cases with poor outcomes. Then each child received a […]

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A Florida couple faces dozens of charges for allegedly partaking in "a brutal pattern of child neglect, abuse and torture" against children in their home, detectives said.

It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true. Over the past few months, we’ve gone through the various “Twitter Files” releases, and pointed out over and over again how the explanations people gave for them simply […]

LA mayor Karen Bass is using the return of congressional earmarks to get creative with homelessness: Bass asked every member of the House and Senate who represents Los Angeles to use one of their allotted 15 annual earmark requests on a project relating to the homelessness and housing crisis that her team had identified in ...continue reading "More money won’t help LA’s homeless"

A Perryville, Missouri, man died Sunday evening after crashing his motorcycle on Highway 61.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 9, guests at the Saint Louis Zoo can enjoy a family-friendly event with several different activities involving ocean and marine life.