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GRANITE CITY - Juniors Aaron Brinker , Anna Forbes , Lucas Hutchings and Reece Smallie of Granite City High School were selected as Granite City Rotary Club Students of the Month for September and October. Students were nominated by teachers, and were chosen on the basis of academics, as well as scholastic, extracurricular and civic honors and awards, and organization membership and leadership. Each honoree will receive a framed certificate and a gift card, and will be recognized at a future Granite City Rotary Meeting. LUCAS HUTCHINGS - September Two-year member of boys golf team ... Three-year Honor Roll and two-year Secondary Honors ... All-Warrior Award ... Volunteer at Relleke Farms Fall Festival ... Member of Book Club, Renaissance, Speech and Debate Spirit Club, Varsity Club and Vica ... Son of Chris and Kellie Hutchings. REECE SMALLIE - September Two-year member of girls tennis and girls soccer team ... Two-time Honor Roll and three-year Scholar Letter ...

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A lawsuit regarding two men who were cited for feeding the homeless isn’t over yet, despite an early October loss. Dave Roland, director of litigation for the Freedom Center of Missouri, says his clients plan to continue the case –– either appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court or taking it to Missouri state court. At the center of the suit are questions of religious freedom and public health.

GRANITE CITY - GCS Credit Union employees joined together to raise $835.00 in the month of October to benefit the Love, Abby organization through their Don’t Stop Donatin’ Jeans Program. The Don’t Stop Donatin’ Jeans Program is funded by GCS employees who make monthly, monetary donations out of their own pockets to a local organization. By donating $15 or more to a specific organization, GCS employees are able to wear jeans and tennis shoes on Fridays and Saturdays during that month. This year, GCS Credit Union is focusing on giving back to the 18 counties that they serve. During the month of October, GCS focused on giving back to Randolph County, IL. GCS proudly raised $835.00 for Love, Abby. Love, Abby is an organization that was established in honor of Abby Liefer who was taken too soon from a car accident in 2015. This organization was put together by her parents who started Love, Abby as a Random Act of Kindness that helped the family cope with the

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The Freedom of Information Act was enacted 55 years ago. To its credit, it has resulted in an unprecedented amount of access to documents and communications created by federal agencies. But there has been a lot of resistance. Government agencies continue to abuse FOIA exemptions to withhold documents that shouldn’t be withheld. These efforts far […]

JERSEYVILLE - Gregory S. Breden, of the American Legion Post 492, said today this year's Veterans Day ceremony will be hosted by the Legion in Jerseyville on Friday, November 11, 2022. The parade will start at 10 a.m. on Friday. Participants of the Veterans Day Parade can begin lining up at 9 that morning. The starting point for the parade will be at Wells Norris on West Prairie in Jerseyville. The parade will proceed on State Street to Exchange and end at West Pearl in Jerseyville. The Veterans Day ceremony will be held at the Jersey County Courthouse War Memorial. "The ceremony will begin shortly after everyone settles in," Breden said. "On the day of the event if there is rain or snow the parade will be canceled and the ceremony will be moved to the American Legion Post 492." "We will hold the event outside underneath the big pavilion," Breden continued. "The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 11, under the big pavilion at the American Legion Post 492."

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Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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SPRINGFIELD - HSHS Hospice Illinois invites community members to join them for their 8 th annual Night of Remembrance ceremony on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. Similar to the 2021 ceremony, this year will be a virtual candle lighting service via video to remember loved ones, to ease grief and celebrate the lives of those lost. Community members are invited to join the ceremony by lighting a candle at home while viewing the event virtually at hshshomecare.org/candle . For more information or questions, contact Valerie Engelbart, HSHS Hospice Illinois Volunteer/Bereavement Coordinator, at valerie.engelbart@hshs.org or call 217-685-0702.

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Somehow, Guns N' Roses have found a way to make "November Rain" even more dramatic. The "Welcome the Jungle" rockers have released a new version of the Use Your Illusion…

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CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker, together with the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) Division of Early Childhood (DEC), announced plans to further advance Illinois as the best state in the country for families to raise young children. The investments are aimed at supporting providers as they continue serving their local communities and easing financial burdens on working families. Illinois will enhance its continued investments in the state’s early childhood system in the following ways: Extending and expanding the Strengthen and Grow Child Care (SGCC) grant program through July 2023. These grants provide funding for eligible child care centers and homes. Extending Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) eligibility for job seekers through June 2023. Reclassifying some eligibility earned income to unearned income. This will enable more families to access CCAP benefits and make Illinois a leader in this area. “When I took office in 2019, I pledged to

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EDWARDSVILLE - The City of Edwardsville renewed the municipal electricity aggregation program this fall with a new supplier, Constellation NewEnergy. This is an “opt-out” program, meaning that residents will be enrolled in it automatically unless they choose a different supplier. Since the start of this program, the City’s goal has been to insulate residents from the continued rise in electric supply rates by joining other municipalities in a competitive bidding process among alternative retail electric suppliers. This process locks in the rate for a period of time, typically up to 24 months. Because the new aggregation term doesn’t begin until February, every participating household will return to Ameren, but only for two billing cycles before the new aggregation program starts. Each household will receive a notice from Ameren confirming the return for the two-month period. If you want to participate in the City’s aggregation program, simply do NOTHING

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Landowner George Despotis testified that Sunset Hills city attorney Bob Jones said the city ‘was not going to lose to this family again.’

St. Louis: The Foodie City St. Louis is noted for its many food “inventions.” Arguably, the most notable being toasted ravioli and gooey butter cake. At the 1904 World’s Fair in Forest Park, it’s believed that iced tea, cotton candy, and the ice cream cone got their start. Did you know that 7-Up was founded... 

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"While she was in jail [my sister and I] were able to build a relationship with her.”

OSF HEALTHCARE - For many adults, alcohol is part of unwinding after a stressful work week. There are the usual reminders about having a sober driver, knowing your limits and mixing in water between your beers. But experts are also warning about the dangers of excessive drinking or binge drinking, which is having several drinks on one occasion. Two recent studies shed light on the dangers. One reported that around one in five deaths among people aged 20 to 49 was attributed to excessive alcohol use. The other study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine linked binge drinking to problems like alcohol addiction, emotional symptoms and not getting along with friends, family and coworkers. This was true in study participants who didn’t even consider themselves heavy drinkers. The dangers How quickly can binge drinking turn problematic? “Very easily,” says Andrew Zasada, MD , an internal medicine physician at OSF HealthCare in Champaign County,

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Two men died Thursday afternoon after their car rolled for almost a block and crashed into several other vehicles in Dutchtown.

For the second time in less a month, thieves targeted a St. Charles strip mall by trying to ram a vehicle into a store.

A close ally of Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has a plan that she claims will help win him the election and prevent voter fraud: She wants voters to cast their ballots “as late in the day as possible” on Election Day. Conspiracy theorist Toni Shuppe, who has ties to QAnon and who is rumored […]

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