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We will get our first taste of winter weather overnight Saturday into Sunday, even though none of it will stick.

EDWARDSVILLE - Scholarship applications are open for the Industrial Engineering Program (IE) of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE). Scholarships offer a direct incentive for IE careers, which have a projected growth of nearly 39,400 hires during the next 10 years (BLS.gov, 2023). One-time scholarships are available for eligible first-year students and transfer students. The deadline for applications is December 15. “Industrial engineering careers range from defense to transportation, traditional manufacturing, to service industries like healthcare or banking,” said Sinan Onal, PhD, associate professor and chair of SOE. “IE students go on to work in companies all over the world, but more importantly, they work to solve problems that impact humans all over the world." Two selected transfer students majoring in IE will each receive a one-time scholarship of $5,000. Four first-year IE majors who are selected will each

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Tyler Cowen got me curious about something yesterday. Commenting on the Geert Wilders victory in the Netherlands, he says "much of the world is moving in a right-wing direction." But is that true? Yes, we have the evidence of Italy and now the Netherlands this year. But we also have Poland, where the illiberal Law ...continue reading "Is the world moving in a right-wing direction?"

The St. Clair County coroner pronounced the 16-year-old dead at the scene. He was identified as Markel Staples.

Ismail Botchway, a 17-year-old senior at the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, will never forget the October 24, 2022, morning when a former student entered the school and killed a fellow student and teacher before police killed the assailant.

Dan Robb was the bankers association vice chair in 2020 and chair-elect in 2021. He became involved in the national trade group because of his work with the Missouri Bankers Association. He was that group’s chairman from 2014 to 2015.

The Wall Street Journal says real estate data shows that more people are returning to the office: According to a September report by Redfin, about 10% of home sellers in the U.S. are looking to move because of return-to-work policies, indicating that after more than three years of remote-work policies dominating behavior in the housing ...continue reading "Return-to-work has stalled out in 2023"

This is Charlie out front gazing at birds flying overhead. Sadly for him, they are just a dream. The crows around here are about as big as he is.

Arin Dube thinks he knows the answer to an ongoing issue: I am tried of this debate because the answer is yes and we should stop debating it https://t.co/47B2nG6JOL — Arin Dube (@arindube) November 24, 2023 In other words, the answer is yes to both questions. People are concerned about their actual conditions and social ...continue reading "We know why (some) people think the economy is terrible"

CDC says nine people in Missouri and four in Illinois have been sickened by the contaminated fruit.

In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a hard-right school board filled with Moms for Liberty members was swept out of office in November. But at the last minute they decided in their final board meeting to show their appreciation for the school superintendent who had backed their agenda: A Pennsylvania school board that banned books, Pride flags ...continue reading "MAGA school board leaves the boss a thoughtful gift on its way out"

Leonard Griggs, the gruff ex-Air Force colonel who was Lambert Airport's director for 21 years-plus, died Monday at age 92.

Chanel Ligies walked into work at The Urban Outfitters in the Galleria Mall here around 8:30 a.m. with two Starbucks coffees in hand, expecting to see a much larger crowd.

A 36-year-old woman walking in the road was struck and killed by a car early Friday on Interstate 70.