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Two teenagers accused in the crash of a stolen Kia vehicle Wednesday morning are hospitalized with injuries and could face criminal charges.

CARLINVILLE - Blackburn College has announced its Dean's List for the fall 2022 semester. Students named to the Dean's list must earn a grade point average of 3.6 or higher for the semester. Several area students below are honored on the Dean's List. Area students include: Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, co-educational liberal arts college located in Carlinville, IL. One of only ten federally-recognized Work Colleges, Blackburn has the only program in the nation fully managed by students. Balancing academic rigor and experiential learning, each student at Blackburn gains tangible experience and develops critical skills by contributing to their community, all while building a resume and earning their degree. U.S. News & World Report recognized Blackburn College as one of the top Liberal Arts Colleges in the Nation for Social Mobility in their Best Colleges lists for 2020, 2021, and 2022. The Center for Education & the Workforce at Georgetown

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The winning ticket was purchased at Bridgeton Mobil at 12239 Natural Bridge Rd.

SPRINGFIELD – Building on what he describes as four years of fiscal progress, Governor Pritzker’s fifth balanced budget proposal will make transformative, generational investments in early childhood education and childcare, the teacher pipeline, higher education, and efforts to fight poverty. Please see below for links to the proposed FY24 budget as well as the Governor’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget Fiscal Year 2024 Capital Budget Fiscal Year 2024 Budget in Brief State of the State and Budget Address Wednesday, February 15 th , 2023 *Remarks As Prepared For Delivery* Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Leader McCombie, Leader Curran, Lieutenant Governor Stratton, our Constitutional Officers, members of the General Assembly, Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, Cabinet Members, First Lady MK Pritzker, Second Gentleman Bryan Echols, esteemed guests — it’s a distinct honor to come before

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This is the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial as seen from the Inlet Bridge across the Tidal Basin. It was a very quickly taken panorama since the bridge is narrow and there's nowhere to park nearby.

The new headquarters comes as the cancer drug development startup charts a "rapid trajectory," expanding to nearly 90 employees since its launch in 2018.

SPRINGFIELD - One of the top budget negotiators for the House Republican Caucus, State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) issued a statement following Governor Pritzker’s Budget Address/State of the State before members of the Illinois General Assembly: “Illinois’ budgeting process over the past four years has been conducted behind closed doors and filled with broken promises. This year I want to see a process that is transparent. "Now that a budget has been proposed by the Governor, I will work with my colleagues to advocate for a budget that is balanced without any tax increases.”

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A New York lender has obtained a more than $1.6 million default judgment against entities it says owned Missouri hospitals that have closed.

Stifel Independent Advisors announced this week that that it added 23 financial advisors last year with more than $2.5 billion in client assets, raising the total assets under management to $6 billion. The firm has 114 affiliated advisors.

STEVENS POINT, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored more than 2,350 undergraduate students for attaining high-grade point averages during the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Full-time undergraduates who earned grade points of 3.90 to 4.0 (4.0 equals straight A) are given the highest honors designation. High honor citations go to those with grade point averages from 3.75 to 3.89 and honor recognition is accorded to those with grade point averages from 3.50 to 3.74. Personalized certificates of scholastic achievement are sent to those who earned highest honors distinction. Students who received honors include: HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, HONOR Edwardsville, IL Madison Ruklic, High Honor

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St. Charles County took a step to advance the $350 million Riverpointe riverfront redevelopment this week by turning over control of a county park to the city of St. Charles.

O’FALLON — In recognition of February being National Canned Food Month, HSHS Home Care Illinois is holding their annual “Cram the Car” food drive this month for the Catholic Urban Program food pantry to help those struggling with food insecurity. Community members are invited to “cram” a Home Care car by donating non-perishable items. On Friday, Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a HSHS Home Care Illinois branded car will be parked on the HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital campus at the main entrance canopy (blue “Hospital” sign) accepting donations of items or monetary contributions. Some non-perishable items that the food pantry could use are: Boxed meals (Hamburger Helper, Rice-a-Roni) Pancake mix and syrup Jelly Canned fruit Pasta sauce Cereal Granola Sugar free canned fruit Low salt canned vegetables Large boxes of oatmeal …as well as any other non-perishable items. When donating, please check the expiration dat

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Discount home goods retailer Tuesday Morning has filed for bankruptcy and plans to shutter nearly half of its stores, including two in the St. Louis area.

I wrote last week about the bizarrely bad House Oversight hearing that was supposed to expose how Twitter, the deep state, and the, um “Biden Crime Family” conspired to suppress the NY Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Of course, wishful thinking does not make facts, and we already know that story is totally false. […]

The seemingly endless possibilities of abstract painting continue to have resonance and relevance to comment on current political climates and contemporary aesthetic discourse. The works in the Presence as Object

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Celebrate legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim at Side by Side by Sondheim, which revisits almost 30 of the most poignant, powerful and witty songs in the American musical theatre

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ALTON - Betty Davis drove 70 miles round trip, five days per week for five weeks, to receive radiation treatment. That’s 25 times between her home in Greenfield, Ill., and Alton Memorial Hospital when gas averaged $5 per gallon. On top of the stress of a cancer diagnosis and the effects of radiation, Betty and her husband, Everett, needed help to pay for gas so she could continue to receive life-saving treatment. “We live on a fixed income,” Betty said. “My husband was the first to find out about the Extra Mile program and then he told me about it.” Because of gifts from the community to Alton Memorial Health Service Foundation’s Ribbon of Strength project, the couple did not have to choose between paying for essentials and battling cancer. The Foundation provided them with a gas card to continue to drive to treatment. “There were times we didn’t know how we could pay for the gas to get back and forth,” Betty said. “The

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The new executive joins the company from a long career in politics that included serving as manager of Gov. Mike Parson's 2020 re-election campaign.

U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush (D- St. Louis) and Republican U.S. Senator Josh Hawley don’t agree on much, but they are expected to introduce similar legislation to make sure Hazelwood Schools are safe from radioactive contamination. On Tuesday, Josh Hawley introduced the Justice for Jana Elementary Act, a bill to force the cleanup of the shuttered Jana Elementary School and order the United States Army Corps of Engineers to test all Hazelwood School District properties.