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Ameren Illinois Restores Power To 3,700 Fairview Heights Customers

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FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS - Ameren Illinois crews restored power to approximately 3,700 customers in and around Fairview Heights on Tuesday afternoon, June 24, 2025, working under extreme heat conditions, Brian Bretsch, a spokesperson for the utility company, said on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. "The crews focused on maintaining safety and efficiency while addressing the outage," he said. “They kept an eye on each other to make sure no one got overheated and did a great job." Bretsch and Ameren Illinois also urged residents to check on neighbors and individuals who are homebound during the continuing heatwave. Bretsch also recommended taking vulnerable individuals on a car ride in a cooled vehicle to a local restaurant for relief from the heat during the Tuesday outage. The Ameren Illinois spokesperson emphasized the importance of community support as the region faces several more days of extreme temperatures.

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Granite City Announces 2025 Sports Hall of Fame Class

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GRANITE CITY – The Granite City Sports Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2025, which will be inducted in a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 at the Granite City High School Performing Arts Center (PAC). The reception begins at 6 p.m., followed by induction ceremonies at 7 p.m. The Class of 2025 features 12 former student-athletes, two special recognition honorees, and three teams: Individuals - Kevin Atkins – 2000 – XC, Track - Tasha (Dittamore) Dailey – 2006 – Basketball, Soccer - Tessa (Gavilsky) Florio – 2007 – Tennis, Basketball, Soccer - Laura Gabriel – 1980 – Tennis - Erika (Todd) Hackmann – 2000 - Tennis, Basketball, Soccer - Jason Maxfield – 1993 – Soccer, Baseball - Stephen McArther – 1986 – Martial Arts - Dean Perkins – 1981 – Wrestling - Larry Schleicher – 1976 – Football, Basketball, Track, Baseball - Tony Segobiano – 1983 &ndash

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Riverbend Students Named: Iowa State University Announces Spring 2025 Dean's List

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AMES, Iowa - More than 11,300 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the 2025 spring semester Dean's List, including the following Riverbend area students: Edwardsville Mitchell Henry Steinkuehler, Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Taryn Leigh Trauernicht, Industrial Engineering, B.S. Hamel William Reese Kirk, Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Jerseyville Kendal Marie Lacy, Industrial Design Undergraduate Pre-Major Students named to the Dean's List must earn a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course work.

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Alton Municipal Band "Blasts Off" Into Space With Upcoming Concerts

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ALTON - The Alton Municipal Band continues its 135th consecutive season of concerts in the parks with “Blast Off,” featuring the music of faraway planets and distant stars. Selections pay tribute to the Apollo program, and paint pictures of distant galaxies and bright stars. Directed this week by Bradley Eston, the band will also feature selections from the Star Wars franchise. The Jewel Ice Cream Company will be present for the Sunday program, offering out-of-this-world delicious treats for purchase. Alton Municipal Band concerts are free to all in the community. The Thursday evening concert, located at Riverview Park, begins at 7:30 PM. The Sunday concert, at picturesque Haskell Park, begins at 7:00 PM. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and enjoy the long summer evening. For more information about the Alton Municipal Band, search for “Alton Municipal Band” on Facebook, or visit the City of Alton website at www.cityofaltonil.gov.

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Attorney General Raoul Files Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Attempts To Terminate Critical Federal Funding

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CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, today filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its unlawful attempts to invoke a single provision buried in federal regulations to strip away billions of dollars in critical federal funding for states and other grantees. The lawsuit Raoul and the coalition filed seeks to limit the Trump administration’s use of this regulation to illegally terminate critical funding used for multiple initiatives such as combating violent crime, educating students, protecting clean drinking water, and conducting lifesaving medical and scientific research that safeguards public health and addresses food insecurity. “The Trump Administration continues to indiscriminately terminate federal funding authorized by Congress to be awarded to states to use for grants that support a wide range of often life-saving programs,” Raoul said. “I will continue to stand beside my colleagues

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On the 3rd Anniversary of Roe Being Overturned, Duckworth, Durbin Help Introduce Bill to Restore Abortion Access Nationwide

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade , U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Patty Murray (D-WA) in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025 , legislation to guarantee access to abortion everywhere across the country and restore the right to comprehensive reproductive health care for millions of Americans. The bill’s introduction comes as the Trump Administration further attacks a woman’s right to choose and Congressional Republicans barrel ahead with a bill that defunds Planned Parenthood. Put together, Trump and Congressional Republicans’ assault on Americans’ reproductive rights is a backdoor national abortion ban, ripping away millions of women’s access to abortion care and right to control their bodies. “In the three years since the Supreme

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