EDWARDSVILLE - Journey Anderson has been enjoying a successful freshman season for the Edwardsville High girls basketball varsity, and the guard who handles the ball for the Tiger offense, as well as hitting key three-point shots, is looking ahead to her first IHSA postseason. Anderson, who scored a team-leading 14 points in a 62-39 loss at home to Alton on Jan. 29. She has averaged nearly 11 points and 3 rebounds a game for the Tigers on the season and has been one of the squad's leading scorers.
From Missouri Independent: “The Negro should be granted equality…On the surface, this appears reasonable, but it is not realistic. For it is obvious that if a man is entered at the starting line in a race three hundred years after another man, the first would have to perform some impossible feat to catch up with […]
EDWARDSVILLE - Kaylea Lacey is a senior forward and a four-year starter for the Alton High girls basketball team that has helped revive the program into one of the area's best in a short period. Lacey, one of the key players for the Redbirds in last year's 34-3 campaign and third-place finish in the state, this year has been one of seven seniors who are leading the team in the right direction. She led Alton with 15 points in a 62-39 win at Edwardsville in late January 2026, then helped the Redbird
Lauren Rich, who grew up in St. Louis, will spend 19 days at the rink in Cortina, Italy, making sure the ice is just right for the Olympic competitors.
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch: A developer wants to transform portions of the American Car Foundry property along the riverfront here into a sprawling complex of apartments, townhomes and restaurants. But the plans have angered residents and historic preservationists who attended the City Council meeting Tuesday night in hopes of convincing city leaders to block the […]
A former substitute teacher in the Fort Zumwalt School District is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teenager in their care.
Build-A-Bear Workshop is introducing a new Valentine’s Day addition to its After Dark collection: the Silver Fox plush, available exclusively on the brand’s 18+ Bear Cave microsite.
CHICAGO – Several trusted Illinois programs offer free income tax preparation for low-to-moderate income families and older adults who may need assistance in filing their 2025 income taxes. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), American Association of Retired Persons' (AARP) Foundation Tax-Aide Program, the Ladder Up Tax Assistance Program (TAP), and the GetYourRefund Program provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals in select locations
PORT ANGELES, Wash. - Officials recovered the body of a missing St. Louis woman last week in Washington. According to the National Park Service, 26-year-old Alleacya Boulia was located deceased on Feb. 6 in Washington's Olympic National Park. Officials found Boulia near the Hidden Lake off-trail, south of the Sol Duc Falls trailhead in the [...]
From St. Louis Business Journal: The St. Louis-based parent of several residential and commercial services businesses is moving its local operations to a larger facility. HB Solutions Group, parent of Hoffmann Bros., a provider of HVAC and other services, as well as Ferguson Roofing and Blue Sky Plumbing, is relocating its St. Louis operations base […]
From St. Louis Business Journal: Editor’s note: The debate over whether the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County should combine continues to flood into my inbox. It started with a proposal by St. Louis attorney and developer Jarrad Holst to put the city-county merger to a vote to combine the governments in name […]
A Trenton, Illinois man was charged with intimidation, false report of an offense, and electronic harassment after making violent threats on Facebook to officials about a proposed data center in Troy, Illinois.
I don’t understand sycophancy. Never have. I don’t know what it gets you in the long run other than a reputation for subservience. That’s worth nearly nothing in the open market. The only people who will hire you are people most people would never want to work for. And yet, that is pretty much the […]
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