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GRANITE CITY - Seniors Sierra Cooper and Lilly Relleke of Granite City High School were selected as Granite City Elks Lodge 1063 Students of the Month for April. The Elks Student of the Month Program is designed to recognize outstanding young men and women for achievements in school and community life-fine arts, hobbies, athletics, church, school, club and community service, industry, and farming. Nominees are judged on multiple achievements including leadership skills, good moral character, community involvement, extracurricular activities, honors and award, and scholastic ability. Each student receives a $100 U.S. savings bond and an Elks certificate of achievement. SIERRA COOPER Four-year member of Marching Warriors, including two-year Section Leader ... 2021 Homecoming Court ... Member of Book Club, Creative Writing Club, National Honor Society, Science Club, Varsity Club and Writing Club ... Pride Club Historian ... Rotary Student of the Month ... Daughter of Don and

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The most awarded artist in bluegrass history and his band will perform at Jamo Presents’ The Lot at The Big Top concert series.

Ahead of her final concert with the SLSO, Kaiser talks memories, music, and what she loved about life with the chorus.

EDWARDSVILLE - The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is partnering with regional business leaders to host the 1 st Annual Entrepreneurship Academy in a Day. The program brings together the greatest minds in business to instruct, motivate and empower winning entrepreneurial endeavors. It will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 7 in the Morris University Center second floor Conference Center on the Edwardsville campus at 1 Hairpin Drive, Edwardsville. Parking is available in Lot B. Registration is available at ilsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/36407 . Use code EASIUE052022 for a discounted price of $199. “The Academy gives business owners around the region the opportunity to spend the day learning and interacting with business leaders who have positioned themselves in the marketplace as experts in their respective fields,” said G.W. Slaughter, founder of the Entrepreneurial Academy. “This one-day,

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The airline now is scheduled to have 2,942 flights departing in June, down 14% from the flights scheduled just over a week ago.

For all the talk of how Elon Musk wanted to buy Twitter to make it more supportive of free speech, there remain a ton of questions about what it will actually mean in practice. I’ve explained why his conception of free speech is incredibly naïve and his ideas around content moderation are not just outdated […]

EDWARDSVILLE - Source Juicery, a locally owned business dedicated to offering convenient, healthy eating options, is encouraging people interested in getting their body on track before summer, to try a 3-day cold-pressed juice cleanse. Juice cleanses are a simple way to detoxify and heal your body while providing your immune system with nutrients, antioxidants, and active enzymes. Source Juicery Co-Owner Chrissy Stevens said a juice cleanse can also give your digestive system a much-needed rest. Stevens said a juice cleanse can help restore your gut, assist in weight loss and help minimize your cravings for processed food. Each of their juices has around a pound and a half of fresh produce in them. “Spring is a great time of year to try a juice cleanse because people typically are a little less active in the winter months and don’t eat as many healthy foods, so this helps reset your system,” said Stevens. “Our juices are unique because they are made in our

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AURORA – The Irvin for Illinois campaign today is proud to announce Illinois Troopers Lodge #41’s endorsement of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and State Representative Avery Bourne in the Republican primary for Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. “Bad decisions from Springfield coupled with dangerous policies are alienating law enforcement and empowering criminals at a time when we need support from our elected officials,” said Troopers Lodge #41 President Joe Moon. “The men and women of Troopers Lodge 41 support individuals for office who support and understand the challenges facing state police and without question Richard Irvin is the Republican Gubernatorial candidate who has proven time and again he has the back of law enforcement.” Troopers Lodge 41 is the largest statewide police union in Illinois that includes approximately 3,200 sworn and retired Illinois state troopers. Irvin’s strong record in supporting law enforcement

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced today that it has learned of three suspected cases of severe hepatitis in children under ten years of age, potentially linked to a strain of adenovirus. Two of the cases are in suburban Chicago and one is in Western Illinois. One case resulted in a liver transplant. IDPH is working to learn of other suspected cases in Illinois and is asking healthcare providers in the state to be on the lookout for symptoms and to report any suspected cases of hepatitis in children of unknown origin to local public health authorities. The IDPH announcement follows a nationwide alert issued by the CDC in response to a cluster of nine cases of hepatitis of unknown origin in children in Alabama ranging in age from 1 to 6 years old, all of whom were previously healthy. The CDC said that symptoms of hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver, include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark

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GREENE COUNTY - Saturday, April 30, 2022, will be the 22nd National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Greene County residents are urged to use this as an opportunity to clean out those medicine cabinets and properly dispose of those unused medications. “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “Overdose deaths continue to hit tragic record highs. I encourage everyone to dispose of unneeded prescription medications now.” Overdose became the leading cause of death in the United States as of March 2022. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says that in a recent study they found that a majority of people obtain medications from family members or friends. Unfortunately, Greene County is not immune from the effects of this crisis. Syndromic surveillance efforts by the department confirm that overdose incidents are on the rise, right here at home, a trend we can work togethe

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday granted clemency to nearly 80 individuals charged with nonviolent crimes and unveiled an administration strategy to help formerly incarcerated people secure employment. Of that list, three were pardons and 75 were commutations, which is a reduction in an individual’s prison sentence. They were the first pardons and commutations […]

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Founded in 2021, Gravy has created a mobile app with features meant to help prepare renters to purchase their first homes. Through the app, users can open a FDIC-insured savings account to save for a down payment, complete home buying education courses and participate in a rewards program.

The mother of a St. Louis teen who fell to his death from a drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park last month said she filed a wrongful death lawsuit and will take the matter to trial to ensure no family has to experience her anguish and pain ever again.

Last year we wrote about how the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force was offering to haul away your Bradford pear trees, which are currently blooming all over St. Louis, and replace them with something less terrible. The problem with Bradford pear trees? For one thing, their smell.

Robert (Bob) and Beverly (McNear) Moore of Godfrey will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary on May 11, 2022. Wedding vows were exchanged on May 11, 1957, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Alton with Father Croake performing the ceremony. Bob retired from Canteen Vending Company after 40 years and Rolling Hills Golf Course after 20 years. Beverly retired from the Bank of Edwardsville with over 20 years and Rolling Hills Golf Course after 15 years. Their children are Dana and Tony Armenta of California, Brian and Karen Moore of Godfrey, Kimberly and Frank Rothe of Brighton, Robert Moore of Godfrey, and Chris and Marilyn Moore of Wood River. Bob and Bev are proud grandparents to nine grandchildren: Kristy (Mike) Pulley, Adam (Heather) Rothe, Hannah (Drew) Joehl, Jessica (Erik Jaffry, Patrick (Marisa) Moore, Laura Moore, Brittney (Kolby) Bissell, Kendall and Kelsey Moore. They are also proud great grandparents to seventeen grandchildren: Koller, Kaden, and Merritt Moore;

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EDWARDSVILLE - The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing (SON) has doubled the number of awards and associated monetary total aimed at supporting student success through generous annual and endowed scholarships. During its Scholarship and Awards Ceremony held Monday, April 11, SON administrators, faculty, staff, students and donors gathered to celebrate the distribution of 60 awards valued at more than $60,000. “It is my absolute delight to welcome everyone to this in-person gathering,” shared Senior Director of Development Patti McDonald. “This has been an extremely challenging last couple of years for us all, personally and professionally. But, the response of nurses, nurse educators and our students to these difficult and ever-changing circumstances has been nothing short of heroic. The world has truly discovered the value of nurses and their significant impact on quality of life and well-being.” “On behalf of the School of Nursing,

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Advantage is partnering with the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council Business Consortium Fund on a new private growth fund with the goal of helping to close the wealth gap.

As I scanned my burgeoning shelf of cook books, I came upon one I’d bought years ago. It was not a book of recipes, but one of intriguing food facts. Larry Olmsted, published the best-seller entitled: Real Food, Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating & What You Can Do About It. Olmsted... 

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ALTON - After learning by doing, and accumulating 20 years of first-hand experience in the scrap industry, Douglas Francis launched his entrepreneurial journey with his company Alton Dock Works, LLC. Since?June 2021, he has?been a?client of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville?and Director Jo Ann Di Maggio May, after first contacting the SBDC for help with his SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). In high school, Douglas was introduced to the scrap industry. He attended Greenville College and continued his career in not just scrapping but specifically ferrous and non-ferrous metals. He worked at Azcon Corporation, PSC Metals, and then Azcon Corporation again trading scrap metal and shipping all around the world. Francis then decided to use his contacts in the metal industry to venture out on his own. He began his journey full force. Finding a location in Alton, building a clientele, networking, and

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