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Marquette Catholic Releases High Honor, Honor Roll Students

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ALTON - Marquette Catholic High School 2025 Fall Honor Roll, High Honor Roll students are listed. High Honor Roll Seniors: Abby Anselm, Brianne Bagwill, Carson Bauer, Ashlynn Bennett, Cali Bequette, Luke Brown, Caroline Cain, Elizabeth Callahan, Karly Davenport, Laila Davis, Isabel Downey, Sharon Dugas, Jessica Eales, Holly Forrester, Tyler Hawkins, John Hornsey. Sarah Hubert, Dumebi Igwe, Carson Jones, Josephine Kuykendall, Kennedy Loftus, Reese Livingstone, Livia Mallory, Noah Menke, Mason

Edwardsville High Shines at 50th Illinois Theater Festival

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EDWARDSVILLE - Edwardsville High School students and staff were recognized during the 50th Illinois High School Theater Festival, held this past weekend at Illinois State University, for their outstanding contributions to the performing arts. Quinn Krewson, Katelyn Long, Alyssa Sayuk, and Serenity Ward represented Edwardsville in the Illinois All-State Cast and Crew, showcasing a Broadway-level production they have been developing since the summer of 2025. Alongside them, a group of 40 Edwardsville

HSHS Hospitals in Southern Illinois Announce Top Baby Names of 2025  

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals in Illinois are pleased to announce the top names chosen for babies born at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s in O’Fallon and HSHS St. Joseph’s in Breese. Over 1,200 babies were delivered at these two southern Illinois hospitals in 2025. HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, O’Fallon Top Boy Name Henry Top Girl Name Charlotte, Leilani, Naomi and Willow (tied) HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospita

Alton High School Announces Fall Semester 2025 Honor Roll and High Honor Roll

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ALTON - Alton High School is proud to announce the Honor Roll recipients for the Fall semester. These students have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement through their dedication, perseverance, and commitment to excellence in the classroom. Earning a place on the Honor Roll is a significant accomplishment and reflects not only strong academic performance but also the discipline, responsibility, and determination required to maintain high standards throughout the semester. We are incredibly

How Winter Shaped Ancient Survival Skills

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A full belly can be more dangerous than an empty one—if you can’t keep the food from spoiling, attracting animals, or making you sick. That hard lesson pushed ancient people to become careful planners, clever builders, and sharp observers of the natural world. Some of the survival skills we admire today—fire-making, food storage, layered clothing, and shelter design—were shaped by the toughest test: getting through long periods when mistakes were expensive. The real pressure

Why Humans are Drawn to Fireplaces and Firelight

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Stare into a fireplace for five minutes and you’ll notice something odd: your brain acts like it has a “mute” button. The to-do list gets quieter. Your shoulders drop. Even people who say they “can’t relax” often find themselves watching the flames like it’s the most important show in the world. That pull isn’t just nostalgia or decoration. Firelight taps into deep parts of human attention, emotion, and social life. It also fits neatly into modern

The History Behind Common Snow Sayings and Phrases

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Snow phrases stick because they do two jobs at once. They describe something physical (cold, bright, heavy, blinding) and they make a point about people (calm, chaos, luck, danger, effort). Once a phrase proves useful, it spreads. It gets quoted in newspapers, reused in movies, and passed along at kitchen tables. Over time, the original context fades, but the expression stays. Why snow makes such good language Snow is dramatic. It changes how streets look, how sound carries, how people move,

Sports stadium deals hand even more taxpayer money to billionaires

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When Washington, D.C., agreed to hand over billions in land and tax breaks for a new Commanders football stadium, experts thought it would long remain an outlier in sweetheart deals for sports teams. But just months later, attention turned to Kansas, where officials in December announced plans to fund 60% of a new stadium for […]
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This Day in History on January 12: Earthquake Strikes Haiti

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On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, collapsing buildings across Port-au-Prince and nearby towns and killing large numbers of people. It mattered immediately because it overwhelmed a country with limited infrastructure and emergency capacity, turning a natural disaster into a long humanitarian crisis. It still matters today because it reshaped Haiti’s politics, public health, and economy, and it changed how the world talks about disaster response—highlighting th