PIASA — Addy Walden, a senior setter for the Southwestern Piasa Birds girls volleyball team, played a key role in the 2025 season, earning recognition as the Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Female Athlete of the Month. Walden, who also competes in girls' soccer for Southwestern in the spring, was praised by her volleyball coach, Derek Dempsey, for her performance throughout the Piasa Birds volleyball season in 2025. She is a mid fielder in soccer. “She was a good player
EDWARDSVILLE – A lawsuit filed on behalf of a 14-year-old Madison County boy and his mother alleges the companies behind Roblox and Discord are “accountable for creating breeding grounds for predators.” The suit claims both companies enabl ed the sexual exploitation of the anonymous teen victim while prioritizing profit over child safety . Roblox is an online game platform self-described as “the ultimate virtual universe,” while
The Missouri Attorney General will add another count to the quo warranto petition seeking to remove St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from public office.
From The St. Louis American: The city of St. Louis, in partnership with Missouri Green Banc has received a $250,000 grant from the Municipal Investment Fund to develop public-private partnership plans for building an innovative pipeline of investments to bring down energy prices for St. Louisans. The Coalition for Green Capital, which is supported by […]
SMITHTON — Raegan Davis, a student at Freebird High School, attended the University of Tennessee at Martin’s Preview Day on Nov. 1 with her parents, Chris and Lindsey Davis. The event took place at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center on the UT Martin campus. Preview Day is designed to give prospective students an opportunity to explore the university, meet professors in their chosen fields, and gather information about academic programs, financial aid, scholarships, housing, and student
PONTOON BEACH – The Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that a weekend lane closure of eastbound Interstate 270 from Illinois 203 to Illinois 111 in Madison County will begin, weather permitting, at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7. The closure is necessary for pavement striping and is expected to be lifted by midnight Sunday, Nov. 9. Motorists should expect delays and are encouraged to use alternate routes during this lane closure. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, be alert
Schnucks has announced the lowest price on their turkeys in over 15 years to help families save on food for Thanksgiving.
The company says they're responding to customer demand for early holiday shopping and planning by launching their thanksgiving deals a week earlier than usual.
Missouri public schools showed continued improvement in annual performance reports released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Thursday, with 56% of districts and charter schools raising their scores. The state is in its fourth year of the Missouri School Improvement Program 6, which education officials deem “more rigorous” than the previous iteration of […]
Tuesday, Republicans got crushed in elections across New Jersey, Virginia, and New York. Not close races. Not razor-thin margins. Massive defeats in states they’d convinced themselves were winnable after Trump’s 2024 victory. Bret Baier—on Fox News, to Fox & Friends—had to explain to his audience how bad it was. “It’s a big loss,” he said. Not just the […]
From McKinsey & Company: For decades, the construction industry has wrestled with both rising demand and shrinking labor capacity. Productivity has stagnated, and the situation could soon worsen: Many workers are nearing retirement, and fewer young people are entering the field because of safety concerns, uncertainty about future prospects, and the physical intensity of construction […]
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This report has been updated. A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pay roughly $9 billion for a full month of nutrition assistance benefits by the next day. Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr., who was appointed by Democratic former President Barack Obama, said the administration blew its chance to […]
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