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Southwestern Middle School Names PBIS Students Of The Month

2 years 9 months ago
PIASA - Southwestern Middle School announced its PBIS Students of the Month for January. From left to right front row: Allyson Martin, McKayla Fisher, Molly Childress, and Reese Rimbey. Back row: Gabe Poole, Travis Copeland, Ian Gwillim, and Addy Walden. They were nominated according to the word of the month. Considerate. Also, for being Respectful, Responsible and Safe. They all received a Dairy Queen lunch of their choice.

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Police Chase in North St. Louis Leads to Fentanyl Drug Bust

2 years 9 months ago
Four St. Louis men are facing federal charges after a police chase in north city led to the discovery of more than 1,500 fentanyl pills earlier this month. According to a probable cause statement, on February 1, Eddie Reed Sr. and Charles Robbins were driving a Volkswagen SUV with no front license plate on Natural Bridge Avenue near Union Boulevard. When police attempted to pull them over, the two men fled in the Volkswagen.
Ryan Krull

Illinois State Police Investigates Fatal Single-Vehicle Vs. Pedestrian Traffic Crash

2 years 9 months ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY - The Illinois State Police is investigating a fatal single-vehicle vs. pedestrian traffic crash on Collinsville Road at Yale Avenue in St. Clair County at 6:08 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police Troop 8: The vehicle driven was a 2019 black GMC truck. PEDESTRIAN: Unit 1 – 65-year-old male from St. Louis, MO. - Deceased, pending next of kin notification DRIVER: Unit 2 – 50-year-old Steven Hodge from Collinsville. PRELIMINARY REPORT: The preliminary investigation indicates the following: Unit 1 was attempting to cross Collinsville Road at Yale Avenue. Unit 2 was traveling east on Collinsville Road at Yale Avenue, in the left lane. Unit 1 failed to yield to traffic and ran onto Collinsville Road. The driver of Unit 2 struck Unit 1 in the roadway. The pedestrian was pronounced deceased on scene by the St. Clair County Coroner. The driver of Unit 2 reported no injuries

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Boeing added 900 jobs to the region last year

2 years 9 months ago

This article originally ran in The St. Louis Post Dispatch on Feb. 17, 2023.   Boeing added hundreds to its St. Louis-area workforce last year, with an eye toward the next generations of defense aircraft. The company added 900 jobs in the region in 2022. Many were engineers, who will be needed as the company shifts to future products, Steve Nordlund, […]

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Jasmine Thomas

HSHS St. Elizabeth's Radiation Oncology Center To Give Away Free At-Home Colon Cancer Test Kits, March 18

2 years 9 months ago
O'FALLON, Ill. - March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital wants people to understand how important it is to not delay preventive screenings which could detect colon cancer in its earliest stages. Providers at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Radiation Oncology Center will hold a Colorectal Cancer Awareness drive-through event to give away free at-home colon cancer test kits. The event will be Saturday, March 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Cancer Care Center of O’Fallon, located at 321 Regency Park, O’Fallon. The InSure ONE at-home screening test includes full instructions for an easy, water-based sampling for specimen collection. Patients MUST return the sample to the Cancer Care Center of O’Fallon between March 20 – 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth’s laboratory will analyze, and results will be reviewed by a physician, then provided to each participant and their primary care provider. The kits ar

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Duckworth, Murkowski Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill To Tackle Military Hunger

2 years 9 months ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who served in the Reserve Forces for 23 years and is a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) led more than a dozen of their Senate colleagues today in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to support active duty military families experiencing food insecurity and prevent hunger in these families. Duckworth’s Military Family Nutrition Access Act would address this critical issue by excluding Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH)—a subset of military compensation intended to cover the costs of off-base housing—from income calculations used to determine Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility. This would ensure SNAP mirrors other federal assistance programs that already exclude BAH to determine eligibility, such as Head Start, the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.“Far too many of

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