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California fast food workers are finally making $15 per hour*

3 years ago
Good news for workers in California: Fast-food companies agreed over the weekend to pull a California referendum off next year’s ballot that sought to reverse a landmark worker-protections law, forgoing a costly political fight with labor unions over employee pay. The deal will result in an increase in the minimum wage for fast-food workers to ...continue reading "California fast food workers are finally making $15 per hour*"
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Local Politicians Remember 9/11, Edwardsville Conducts Flag Lowering

3 years ago
ILLINOIS - Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Local politicians took to social media to express their sorrow for the 2,977 victims and their gratitude to the first responders who were on the scene. “Twenty-two years ago today, our lives were forever changed,” State Representative Amy Elik wrote on social media. “Today we remember the heroes who emerged that day, from first responders who ran toward danger, to the everyday Americans who risked their own safety to help any way that they could. Today we remember the thousands of innocent lives lost in the terror attacks and rededicate ourselves to always standing against hate and evil in this world.” The 9/11 casualties included 343 firefighters. At Edwardsville Middle School, the Edwardsville Fire and Police Departments were invited to a morning flag-lowering ceremony. Students took turns lowering the American flag to half-mast as the firefighters and police officers

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McAdams, Baker and Shipman Bring Home First-Place Alton Catfish Classic Team Win

3 years ago
ALTON - The Alton Catfish Classic featured strong competition and the winning team of Kaleb McAdams, Chris Baker and David Shipman brought in a monster catfish that weighed 106.23 pounds for a total of 151.27 pounds of fish. The winners captured $21,500 for their victory. B and R Marine won the Big Fish and $1,500. The second-place team was Rob Benningfield, Chuck Baker and Dustin Baker with a total catch of 130.80 pounds for $8,000. The third-place finishers were the team of Don Fisher, Jackson Mitchell and Mike Mitchell with a total catch of 129.69 pounds for third place. The trio won $5,000.

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Fall Happenings Underway with

3 years ago

September Entertainment Fall    8th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis – September 7-17 https://www.twstl.orgThis year’s fall Festival will give center stage to Suddenly Last Summer, a drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Williams, directed by award-winning director, Tim Ocel at the Catherine B. Berges Theatre at Center of Creative Arts (COCA) on September 7-17. […]

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You might need an ambulance, but your state might not see it as ‘essential’

3 years ago

When someone with a medical emergency calls 911, they expect an ambulance to show up. But sometimes, there simply isn’t one available. Most states don’t declare emergency medical services (EMS) to be an “essential service,” meaning the state government isn’t required to provide or fund them. Now, though, a growing number of states are taking […]

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FROM THE ASCENSION CHARITY CLASSIC

3 years ago

       Scorecard for the event…Record-Breaking    Both on and off the Norwood Golf Course            By Tom Anselm Another successful Ascension Charity Classic presented by Emerson is in the books, the scorecards have been turned in and a new Champion has been crowned. On Arnold Palmers 93rd birthday, 56 year old Steve Flesch was […]

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