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Ava Bartosiak Is One Of Area's Top Golfers, Is A Tucker Automotive Repair & Tire Female Athlete of Month For Explorers

2 years 9 months ago
ALTON - Marquette Catholic senior golfer Ava Bartosiak has been at the top of her game as the season unfolded in August and headed into September. Recently, she scored twice in the low 40s and seems to have a love of the game of golf. Marquette Catholic head girls golf coach Deb Walsh said Ava is “really outstanding.” “I am looking forward to what she does the rest of the season,” the coach said. “She is not giving up and working hard every day. If you get the type of effort she gives from a player that is incredible. She loves and respects the game of golf and has a lot of knowledge.” Ava is a Tucker’s Automotive & Repair Female Athlete of the Month for Marquette Catholic High School. When Ava is on the course, she is one determined golfer, her coach says, and is highly competitive. “Ava is also a good student,” Coach Walsh said. “She is a great leader in her school and will be good for whatever college she goes to after

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Moving Forward Part 2: Personal Accountability – Traffic Enforcement for Safer Streets

2 years 9 months ago

Another person has died while walking* or biking on St. Louis streets. On September 6th, another person was struck and killed by a driver while biking in St. Louis. In this latest crash, a driver illegally entered the painted bike lane to pass another vehicle along Grand Ave near Magnolia Street, hitting and killing someone […]

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Sam McCrory

Wednesday, October 5, Marks 165th Anniversary Of First Classes At Illinois State

2 years 9 months ago
Most colleges and universities come from humble origins. Some, however, leave an immediate impact on the people they serve. Wednesday, Oct. 5 marks the 165th anniversary of the first classes at Illinois State University, the first public institution of higher learning in the state. The influence of the university was felt across Illinois almost from the outset. Before then, higher learning in Illinois was dominated by religious denominations, which founded colleges as preparatory schools for the ministry, priesthood, and other Christian vocations. At least sixteen of these schools dotted the landscape of Illinois in 1857, the year that Illinois State was founded. Illinois was actually behind many neighboring states in creating public universities, as Michigan (1817), Indiana (1820), Iowa (1847), and Wisconsin (1848) already boasted impressive state institutions of higher learning. However, Illinois State quickly made up for lost time. The institution was a “normal school,”

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VPN Providers Remove Servers From India In Wake Of New Data Collection Laws

2 years 9 months ago
VPN providers remain a primary target of governments around the world (authoritarian leaning and otherwise) that don’t much like their citizens chatting privately or avoiding government surveillance. We watched it happen in Russia, where strict new data collection and retention rules resulted in a mass exodus of VPN providers (the ones that are actually dedicated […]
Karl Bode

Kevin Schmoll Retires As SIUE Police Chief, To Start New Assistant Director Role With SILEC

2 years 9 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Police Chief Kevin Schmoll signed off for the final time on Friday at SIUE. Schmoll has been an ever-present resource on the SIUE campus as he had served for 28 years in different capacities. SIUE Police Department said Chief Schmoll has been an invaluable member of the department and his leadership will be greatly missed. “Thank you Chief for your dedication and commitment to the safety of the SIUE community,” SIUE Police Department said in a statement on Friday. · Schmoll will now become assistant director of the Southwestern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. The purpose of the Southwestern Illinois Law Enforcement Commission is to improve and strengthen law enforcement; to encourage research and development directed toward new and improved methods for the prevention and reduction of crime and the detection and apprehension of criminals. Chief Schmoll is a well-known and respected member of law enforcement leadership

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Home near O'Fallon, Ill. engulfed in flames

2 years 9 months ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - A fire guts a home in St. Clair County Monday morning, not far from O’Fallon, Illinois.  Crews got the call for the fire at a home on Simmons Lane near Bethel Road just after 7:00 a.m. When they arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames. Assistant Chief for the Hollywood [...]
Monica Ryan