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Blakely Hockett Emerges As Key For Edwardsville Basketball Girls, Is An iCAN Clinic Female Athlete of Month

2 years 9 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Blakely Hockett, a sophomore guard for the Edwardsville girls' basketball team, has helped the Tigers with solid defensive play and also encourages her teammates constantly. And in the Tigers' 42-34 win over Civic Memorial on Jan. 28, Hockett made vital contributions to the come-from-behind win as Edwardsville came back from an 11-0 Eagles run to start the game with a first-quarter run of their own to get back into the game, eventually finishing by scoring 16 unanswered points after CM scored the first basket of the final quarter to take the win. "It's good. I'm happy that the team won," Hockett said in a postgame interview, "and starting our streak back up again. I think we played really well together tonight and we shared the ball." The fact that the Tigers rallied back and chipped away at the Eagles' lead to go ahead in the final quarter to take the win is a good sign indeed for the team. "I think we just finished strong, our team didn't give up at all," Hockett

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Gene & Ilona Breden's Love Story

2 years 9 months ago
Couples names: Gene and Ilona Breden City: Hardin Date met or started dating: September 30, 1970 Date married: February 27, 1971 What makes your relationship special? I was stationed in Germany when I met Ilona. She was a beautiful German girl. We fell in love immediately and dated until January 1970 when I received orders for Viet Nam. I decided that we should get married while home on leave. I brought her to the states in February 1971 and we were married. We have been married for 51 years and have 3 children, 4 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild. I still love her dearly and cannot imagine my life without her. Share a memory you have made together: Our grandchildren and our great-grandchild who are the joy of our life together.

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Local Company and SBDC Client Receives Justine Peterson's Small Business of the Year Award

2 years 9 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE – Lindsey Wold, founder of Amygdala Co., client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, has won Justine Peterson’s 2022 Small Business of the Year Award. Amygdala Co. is a local company that specializes in helping children who have negative unwanted externalizing behaviors, along with their families, by implementing parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). Founded by Wold, this company focuses on positive and effective communication between a parent and their child. “I saw the need to help parents and children communicate,” said Wold. “I immediately informed and congratulated our clinicians of the recognition. They are the ones doing the work and are changing families’ lives.” The Illinois SBDC for the Metro East at SIUE began working with Wold and Amygdala Co. back in 2020. With the help and support of the SBDC, Wold was first introduced to Justine

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Orvin Kimbrough Prides Himself on Being ‘a Thinker and a Doer’

2 years 9 months ago
From The St. Louis America:  The beginning of Orvin Kimbrough’s pathway to success was far from smooth. Yet, he now serves as the chair and CEO of Midwest BankCentre. He is the first and only African American to lead one of the 100-plus mainstream banks in the St. Louis region. Midwest BankCentre is St. Louis’ second […]
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Quincy Vets’ Home Construction Site has Topping Out Ceremony

2 years 9 months ago
From WCEM:  Work at the Illinois Veterans’ Home in Quincy has temporarily changed most residents’ lives on campus. You can often find veterans at the construction site of the new facility, watching the new structure go up. ”It’s…it’s pretty special,” Structural Steel Superintendent Shane Cross said. “I take a lot of pride in it, that were […]
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Matt and Lisa's Love Story

2 years 9 months ago
Couples Names: Matt and Lisa City: Alton Date met/started dating: November 1, 2018 Date Married: October 10, 2020 What makes your relationship special? We both had been married previously many years ago with ugly breakups. We had both prayed for many years to find the right person to share our lives with and had many bad relationships. I (Lisa) volunteered at Hope Rescues and volunteered with Matt’s son and daughter. His son Chris introduced us and we attended a fundraiser event for Hope. We talked all night and I knew immediately he was the one I was meant to spend the rest of my life with. We shared the same Christian and family values. Share a memory you have made together: 1 year after we met at that fundraiser Matt proposed to me in front of everyone at that event including our immediate families who all attended.

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Police shootings by race and age are . . . a little weird

2 years 9 months ago
I was piddling around with something related to the Tyre Nichols killing—I don't quite remember what—and decided to look at police killings by both race and age. We all know that Black people are killed at much higher rates relative to population than white people, but it turns out that the difference depends a lot ...continue reading "Police shootings by race and age are . . . a little weird"
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Bank to Replace Flood-Damaged U City HQ With New $2M Building

2 years 9 months ago
From St. Louis Business Journal: The historic rainfall in July 2022 that triggered flooding in the St. Louis area led to damage to the headquarters of Royal Banks of Missouri in University City. But rather than repairing the damaged building, which is also the bank’s headquarters, Royal Banks plans to demolish the structure and replace it […]
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Coloring STL

2 years 9 months ago

St. Louis is a kaleidoscope of architecture, filled with structures of every age, shape, and size. In Coloring STL, Missouri History Museum visitors will interact with these fascinating buildings in

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