EDWARDSVILLE - Civic Memorial softball shortstop Bella Thien is off to a magnificent start this season, hitting .391 with two home runs and 16 RBIs as the Eagles have gotten off to a 6-1 start. Her second homer of the year came on Apr. 3, when Thien sent a three-run shot over the left field fence to give the Eagles some cushion in what turned out to be a 6-4 win at Edwardsville, which is a signature win for the CM program. For her efforts on the field, Thien has been selected as a Tom Lane State Farm Female Athlete of the Month for the Eagles. Thien, who's coached by Lucas Angelo, was ecstatic following her homer and the Eagles' sixth win of the season. "I'm feeling good," Thien said in a postgame interview. "I think it brought my confidence back; I've been struggling a little bit. I think the team really needed this win." Thien doesn't remember the pitch she hit over the left field fence, but just wanted to find some way to get on base and extend the Eagles' lead. "I don't remember
This is a guy walking his dog on the road up to Idyllwild. The man's politics may be suspect, but his dog was very sociable. I had my car door open and he almost jumped onto my lap.
EDWARDSVILLE – In the wake of damaging weekend storms in the Edwardsville area and throughout Illinois, the Edwardsville Fire and Police Departments are offering tips to help residents prepare for severe weather events. Volatile weather can occur at any time, but spring is often considered the height of the severe weather “season.” In Illinois, the majority of tornadoes have struck between April 1 and June 30, although there have been occurrences during other months in Edwardsville and the rest of the state. An essential step that residents should take is to monitor severe weather alerts, and arrange for emergency notifications via cellphone apps, weather radios or other means, said Edwardsville Fire Chief James Whiteford. This is especially important during storms that hit during overnight hours. Residents are encouraged to sign up for Code RED, which provides customizable alerts in the event of an emergency or critical community event. It’s available through
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Maplewood Richmond Heights School District is planning an open house for Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to noon at all of the district’s buildings. It’s the first open house the district has held since 2018. The flyer below is from MRH.
ST. LOUIS -- Webster University and University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis have agreed to create a pipeline program. It allows Webster students in biological sciences to complete their bachelor of science undergraduate degree while simultaneously starting the doctor of pharmacy degree. This reduces the degree time by one year and potentially [...]
Elon Musk’s Twitter fundamentally misunderstands what made Twitter useful in the first place. In an attempt to wring blood from a stone, Twitter’s announced that all the original “blue checks”—initially created as a way to verify that someone was who they said they were—will disappear on April 1st. Instead, blue checks will once again be […]
The pot holes and piles of gravel at the Manchester Road intersections in Maplewood due to the installation of brick crosswalks is set to be repaired—pending on the weather—according to Maplewood city manager, Michael Reese. He said the mill process (removing asphalt) and new overlay on Manchester in downtown Maplewood will take a total of […]
It's that time of year again. April. When everything is beautiful and then you look up and the sky is green and sirens are wailing and you ... step outside because you're from the Midwest and want to see what's going on.
Saint Louis University has named a former Mizzou professor who's currently a Virginia Commonwealth engineering school administrator as the inaugural dean of its new School of Science and Engineering, which was launched last year.
A St. Louis developer hopes to build an apartment complex and new hotel next to the casino in St. Charles, expanding on another developer’s pre-pandemic project that didn't take off.
Because no charges have been involved in the case connected to a hit-and-run crash that killed four people, a firefighter questioned by police is back on duty.
Just for the record, I'm not deliberately avoiding Trump news because I think it's stupid.¹ It's mostly because events like his arraignment today are already covered in minute detail by every news outlet on the planet and I don't have anything special to add. I am curious to see what the charges are, just in ...continue reading "Trump update"
The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived: Donald Trump is currently being arraigned in New York for attempting to sneak hush money to our lord and savior Stormy Daniels. While the disgraced former president didn't kick, scream or get dragged away by cops, he did provide a moment that felt all too familiar — a raised fist. Suddenly, we were all transported back to January 6, 2021, when Missouri's then-junior senator Josh Hawley raised his fist to a crowd of insurrectionists.
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