ALTON - The Alton YWCA will host a trivia night to fund their free community and youth programs. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the trivia starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at the Best Western Premier Conference Center in Alton. In addition to trivia, attendees can enjoy a 50/50 raffle, silent auction and “a wagon of booze” raffle, according to Alton YWCA Executive Director Dorothy Hummel. All proceeds go back to the organization. “This trivia night is important to us because it brings in dollars, it gives us an opportunity to talk about what we do and provides the financial support to us so we’re able to offer those programs for free to most of the community,” Hummel said. “Our mission is ‘Eliminating racism, empowering women.’ We focus on developing racial justice events and programs and social justice events and programs.” Many of these programs are child-centric. The Child Enrichment program works with the Alton,
JERSEYVILLE - JCHS Law students heard from a special guest speaker on Wednesday morning when Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lisa Holder White gave a presentation and spoke with students in the school’s auditorium. Kevin Strebel, who teaches Law at JCHS, said this opportunity was a win-win for Justice White and his students. “The 4th Appellate District in Illinois is 41 counties, and Justice White has a desire to meet the people in the district,” Strebel said. “This was an opportunity for her to do that, and for our students to talk to a professional at the top of her profession.” Strebel said Justice White’s visit also gave students a better understanding of the state-level court, which may not make headlines as often as the local or national-level courts. “I don't think the average citizen knows much beyond what happens at the local courthouse,” Strebel said. “I think that many of us would be more likely to recognize the
The only synagogue located in the city of St. Louis has joined a list of dozens of area Jewish leaders and organizations calling for Congresswoman Cori Bush to apologize for what they call her "incendiary" rhetoric about Israel in the weeks since attacks on the country killed more than 1,400. Synagogues and local Jewish leaders sent out the public letter yesterday taking Bush to task specifically for using the phrase "ethnic cleansing" to describe Israel's military action in Gaza.
From The Source: For the first half of the 20th century, St. Louis and St. Louis County — like many communities throughout the Midwest — utilized racial covenants to uphold segregation and restrict who could occupy property. Prior to the development of zoning and building codes and federal redlining practices, these private agreements shaped the […]
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, backed a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war Thursday but stipulated that it must start with the release of all hostages. Asked by CNN's Poppy Harlow whether it's time for a cease-fire, Durbin said: “I think it is." “At least in the context of both [...]
A 20-year veteran of the Missouri attorney general’s office accused her employer of illegal age discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed last month.
From St. Louis Business Journal: Soon after its formation in 2021, business group Greater St. Louis Inc. released a report emphasizing that it would seek to strengthen downtown as the region’s core and jobs center, in part by encouraging companies to locate new jobs there. The “restore the core” initiative called for in a jobs […]
ST. LOUIS -- Former Woodson Terrace, Missouri police officer David W. Maas, 57, has pleaded guilty to a charge of deprivation of rights under color of law. This charge pertains to his admission of kicking a man who was on the ground and held at gunpoint by another officer. The incident took place on April [...]
Alberici Constructors, Inc., is building on its top-ranked water (Engineering News Record Midwest, 2023) and wastewater business with the acquisition of nationally ranked and pioneering J.R. Filanc Construction Co. Filanc is a 71-year-old general engineering and design-build contractor that builds, renovates, and expands water and wastewater treatment, biosolids management, waste-to-energy facilities and pipeline conveyance infrastructure. […]
From The St. Louis American: St. Louis Community College celebrated groundbreaking for a $48 million Transportation Center on the Forest Park campus on Oct. 25, 2023. It marks the sixth new building the STLCC will construct as part of modernizing its four main campuses and programming throughout the district. The building is scheduled for completion […]
GRANITE CITY - Granite City senior libero Raegan Shrum “grew tremendously as a player in the past two seasons,” the Warriors’ Head Girls Volleyball Coach Grace Hurst said this week. “Number 11 was a very consistent player for this team,” the coach said. Raegan Shrum is a Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete of the Month for the Warriors. Coach Hurst continued and said Raegan was able to hold together the back row with serve receive and defense all season long. “Everyone knew she was going to go out there and do her job, but also give energy to her teammates,” the coach explained. “She was one of the captains this year and showed great leadership with her play and communication every single day.” Again, congratulations to Shrum for her honor as a Stillwater Senior Living Female Athlete of the Month for Granite City.
From RiverBender: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville recently signed an agreement to purchase up to 5.7 megawatts of energy through the State of Illinois’ Community Solar program. The purchase allowed SIUE to continue plans for a community solar garden, which kickstarts the University’s solar energy commitment by subscribing to multiple planned or under construction solar fields […]
From Construction Dive: A lawsuit alleging Amazon and its contractors fostered a hostile work environment by failing to prevent nooses from appearing at a Connecticut construction site could set a legal example for similar situations in the industry, attorneys say. “This is a precedent-setting case,” said Kenneth Krayeske, a civil rights lawyer at BBB Attorneys […]
EDWARDSVILLE – The Edwardsville Police Department Lt. Bradn Whittaker reported one impaired driving arrest over the recent Halloween enforcement effort. Edwardsville Police also reported the following: 1 drug-related arrest 7 speed citations 7 other citations during the recent Halloween enforcement effort. Whittaker said law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated in this effort to save lives by getting impaired drivers off the roads and more people buckled up. The fall enforcement campaign took place from Oct. 14 through Nov. 1. Extra emphasis was placed on enforcement during late-night hours when statistics show the most unbuckled and impaired driving fatalities occur. The recent law enforcement campaign was made possible by federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
ST. LOUIS --The fall colors are at their peak in the St. Louis area. Viewers are sending in their pics of the stunning autumn foliage. From bright reds to golden yellows, these pictures capture how the landscape changes during this special time of year. Do you have pictures of the leaves changing where you live? [...]
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