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EDWARDSVILLE – Cherese Fine, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has been appointed as the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.“We congratulate Dr. Fine on her appointment as our Faculty Athletic Representative,” said SIUE Chancellor James T. Minor, PhD. “Our student-athletes at SIUE have an impressive record of academic success. I look forward to working with Dr. Fine as she partners with our faculty, coaches, and staff to support student-athletes.” The FAR serves as a faculty voice, ensuring balance between academics and athletics for the benefit of the student-athlete. “I am honored to be selected as SIUE’s third Faculty Athletics Representative,” said Fine. “I want to thank Chancellor Minor, Director of Athletics Andrew Gavin, Deputy Athletic Director Jaci DeClue, and the past FAR Dr. Bill

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The Census Bureau released poverty figures for 2022 today: The official poverty rate is based solely on family income. It declined continuously during the 2014-19 economic expansion, and since then has been about flat. The current official poverty rate is 11.5%, slightly down from last year. The Supplemental Poverty Rate is a better measure that ...continue reading "Measured correctly, poverty was up 60% in 2022"

Any music fan who’s been to a Grateful Dead, or Dead-related, concert has no doubt noticed the smell of marijuana wafting through the air. Well, now The Dead is providing fans with a…

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From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  A new psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents is being planned for the St. Louis region as part of a funding agreement approved by Gov. Mike Parson in July. The state is spending $7.5 million to jump-start a fundraising effort by KVC Missouri, a not-for-profit mental health provider that took over […]

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - The deceased has been identified as Emmanuel Penson, 20 years of age, of the 8800 block of May Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri 63136, in a fatal motor vehicle crash in the area of Jennings Station Road and Fairhaven Drive in St. Louis County. St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives and the Accident Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash in the area of Jennings Station Road and Fairhaven Drive that resulted in the death of a male. On September 11, 2023, at 1:23 AM, a St. Louis County police officer from the City of Jennings Precinct observed a Kia Optima traveling northbound on Jennings Station Road at West Florissant Road. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, however, the vehicle failed to yield. The officer turned off the vehicle’s emergency equipment. Approximately one minute later, the officer observed the Kia Optima, which had crashed into a building in the area of Jennings Station Road and Fairhave

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A youth golf center at a Superfund site, a new early childhood center and the expansion of a lavender farm are among the projects chosen by the city of St. Louis for its final round of $10 million in federally funded Neighborhood Transformation grants.

RIVERVIEW, Mo. -- St. Louis County Police School Resources Officers, contracted by Riverview Gardens School District, were on hand today when a fight broke out between 10-15 students. The officers intervened, back up officers were summoned, and the fight was broken up. About 10 juveniles were arrested and police plan to ask St. Louis County [...]

This is no ordinary blackbird. This is a French blackbird. Round up 23 more of them and you can make a pie.

St. Louis chef Steven Pursley has been named among Food & Wine’s 10 Best New Chefs in America for 2023.

Content by Confluence Academies. Among the many clubs and activities offered at South City Academy, the Podcast Club stands out as a hands-on experience of creativity, self-expression and real-world practicality.

The former CEO spent 18 months developing the digital bank which he said "has a clear roadmap to success."

Delays are expected on the McKinley Bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday as flaggers limit traffic to just one of the span's two lanes.

EDWARDSVILLE - Senior striker Colin McGinnis has gotten off to a good start, with five goals and two assists for 12 points as Edwardsville High's boys soccer team has gotten off to a great start. Since losing the season opener to Springfield 1-0 in the Metro Cup showcase at the start of the heat wave that invaded the area two weeks ago, the Tigers have won five of their last six matches, including a 5-0 win over Waterloo Gibault Catholic, a match in which both McGinnis and Evan Moore each had a brace (two goals). McGinnis is a Johnston Law Firm Male Athlete of the Month for the Tigers. "I'm feeling good," McGinnis said during a post-match interview. "It was a good game, 5-0 lead. It's good for us to get a good game before our big game next week." The team has won many a big game to start off the season, having won their first three Southwestern Conference games, creating a great feeling among the players. "It feels good," McGinnis said. "We're undefeated in our conference so far,

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In a very brief hearing today, the 35-year-old whose new wife fell to her death following a St. Louis Cardinals game in 2019 pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault. As part of the plea agreement, the assault charge against Bradley Jenkins was reduced from a felony. He will serve two years probation.

"He took one day of classes at engineering school before deciding to move to Okinawa, Japan, where his mother is from and where he’d spent part of his childhood, to study ramen instead."