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ALTON – The Marquette Catholic baseball team has called Lloyd Hopkins Field at Gordon Moore Park their home for many years now. They share the field with the Alton River Dragons of the Prospect League. The field received brand new turf for this season and was granted a ribbon-cutting ceremony before the game. Alton’s Mayor David Goins cut the ribbon alongside River Dragons owner Steve Marso. Mayor Goins stuck around to watch a little bit of the game between the Alton Redbirds and Marquette Explorers. It was the first time since 2013 that the two teams have meant which only built the anticipation for the night. There were plenty of fans to cheer on the teams and celebrate the opening ceremonies. Luckily, the Alton-Marquette Catholic baseball game itself also delivered being a back-and-forth contest with the Redbirds narrowly winning by a score of 5-4. The Marquette Catholic Explorers will use the field up until their final regular-season home game on May 3 when they take

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More than a hundred people gathered at North County Senior High School on Sunday to honor fallen Officer Lane Burns and wounded Cpl. Garrett Worley.

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ALTON – Sophomore Austin Rathgeb helped the Alton High School baseball team get past rival Alton Marquette in a 5-4 victory last Wednesday (March 16). It was the Redbirds’ season opener and the first time since 2013 the two Alton foes faced one another. “It wasn’t too bad,” Rathgeb said after the game about his pitching performance. Austin Rathgeb is the Auto Butler Male Athlete of the Month For Alton High School. “I came out in a little bit of a tough spot, got through on that. Next inning I could have been more consistent on strikes, but overall it didn’t end bad. We fought through it, I fought through it and I ended the night with two K’s Rathgeb entered the game in the bottom of the fourth with runners on the corners with two outs and his team trailing 2-0. He was able to get a groundout and mitigate the damage. The following inning he started with a leadoff walk; he then struck out the next batter. Eventually, Marquette had runner

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – The challenge of mental health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse during the COVID pandemic. Affinia CEO Dr. Kendra Holmes says there has been sizeable increase in anxiety disorder and depressive disorder because of the pandemic. She says the problem is especially bad in the minority community, where [...]

More than 400 people in the St. Francios County community attended a vigil Sunday in honor of Bonne Terre Officer Lane Burns, who was shot and killed in the line of duty early Thursday morning.

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EDWARDSVILLE – Junior Sam Buckley will be a key member of the Civic Memorial baseball team this season. The Civic Memorial baseball team opened their season Friday night (March 19) against Washington High School and lost 11-7, but they did move to a 6-1 lead after two innings. Junior Sam Buckley was on the mound in the third inning, and Washington had runners on first and third with one out. The Eagles caught a man stealing for the second out and Buckley picked up his first K to end the inning. It was a huge moment at that point in the game keeping his team up by five. “It felt pretty good knowing we had a five-run lead,” Buckley said after the game regarding getting out of the jam. He mentioned it’s much easier to pitch when his team is leading. Buckley is the Tom Lane State Farm Insurance Male Athlete of the Month for CM. While it was a tough loss Saturday, Buckley believes in his team. When asked about what he’s looking forward to most this season

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Walker's sudden and unexpected death prompted an outpouring of support from local, state and national politicians.

MetroLink was forced to shuttle riders in the Illinois Metro East for several hours Sunday after a car struck a train.

EDWARDSVILLE - Andrew Hendrickson, a senior pitcher/infielder for the Edwardsville High baseball team, is off to a good start to the 2022 season, saving the Tigers' opening game win over Lisle Benet Academy Catholic 3-1 on Thursday night, then on Saturday, hit the team's first home run of the year, a three-run shot over the right-field fence as part of a seven-run third inning as Edwardsville won over St. Charles North 14-3 on Saturday afternoon. Hendrickson has appeared in three of the Tigers' first four games, going a combined one-for-four at the plate with the team's first homer and four RBIs, and pitched in the season opener, going two innings and allowing a hit while walking two and striking out one as Edwardsville has gotten off to a 4-0 start, defeating four quality Chicagoland teams in the Prep Baseball Report Metro-East Kickoff Classic showcase. Hendrickson is an iCAN Clinic Male Athlete of the Month for EHS. "I feel really good," Hendrickson said in an interview conducted

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